Former Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg is reportedly filming a new a fly-on-the-wall reality TV series following his general election defeat The Discovery+ series, said to be titled Meet The Moggs, will follow the former minister in his 17th-century country home and star his wife Helena and their six children. The former MP for North East Somerset was among a number of Tory “big beasts” to have lost their seat last week, with filming thought to have captured his efforts on the campaign trail via the production company Optomen. Mr Rees-Mogg is not the first MP to turn to TV following politics.
The move follows the likes of Nigel Farage on I’m A Celebrity and Matt Hancock on SAS: Who Dares Wins . The former GB News presenter left families in shock last month when he walked into their children’s first holy communion with a camera crew. Sir Jacob had permission to appear with his family and a film crew for a mass at St Joseph and St Teresa Church in Somerset, but while a sign had been put up, the families of some dozen children said they did not know he would be in attendance.
He was also joined by the team while canvassing in Longwell Green , on the edge of Bristol before the election. Mr Rees Mogg's 14-year spell in the House of Commons came to an end last week when he lost to Labour’s Dan Norris. A insider told The Sun : “Jacob and his family have been filming for the last couple of months but no one expected the General Election to be announced.
“It was gold for.