Jacob Rees-Mogg is the latest politician to venture into the wild world of reality TV , with his new show, Meet the Rees-Moggs. The infamously posh Etonian has welcomed cameras into his home for a Kardashian -style TV show, marking a move into light entertainment that follows the likes of Nigel Farage ( I’m a Celebrity ) , Matt Hancock ( I’m a Celebrity ) and Ann Widdecombe ( Strictly ). No matter what you think about the former Tory MP, who lost his seat in the latest general election, it is likely he will make for interesting viewing.
After all, this is the politician who made headlines in 2019 for having a nap in the middle of a crucial House of Commons debate. Other unusual moments include his first tweet being in Latin, and his boast that he has never changed a single nappy despite having half a dozen children. “The nanny does it brilliantly,” he said.
“I’ve made no pretence to be a modern man at all, ever.” Rees-Mogg has insisted, though, that the show will simply be an “everyday story of Somerset folk”. Here’s what we know about the series.
.. What’s it about? Meet the Rees-Moggs is a five-part docu-series that promises to “lift the lid on the man behind the public image”.
The “fly-on-the-wall” series will be a “never-before-seen” insight into his life at home in the 17th century Somerset house (Gournay Court) where he lives with his wife, Helene de Chair, and six children, most of whom are named after medieval saints (he is a committed.