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Ant McPartlin reveals there was ‘tension’ between him and Declan Donnelly following his drink driving arrest

Ant McPartlin has revealed that there was “tension” between him and Declan Donnelly following his drink driving arrest.

The television presenter was arrested and given a driving ban after he crashed his car driving over twice the legal alcohol limit.

The celeb was forced to pull out of all work commitments and entered rehab for his alcohol abuse, as Dec carried on presenting Britain’s Got Talent, Saturday Night Takeaway and I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! without his co-host.

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Ant has now revealed that the father-of-one was “angry” about his arrest, as he told The Sun: “He’s angry, of course he’s angry. But it’s justified and I understood it.”

“I saw Dec the day after the crash and we didn’t even speak work. It wasn’t about that. It was about, ‘How are you?’ I said: ‘I’m not right.’ You know, mentally I wasn’t in a good place.”

“Because this is not just getting p****d and making a fool of yourself at the office Christmas party — this is drink driving.”
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“He’s angry, of course he’s angry. But it’s justified and I understood it. Underneath all of that is love and still is love. And that’s what we talked about more than anything,” the presenter continued.

Ant went on to say that it was “absolutely the correct decision” for his co-presenter to continue on their shows solo and that he would have done the same.

“But I was taking time out of life, not just work. Work was secondary. I said to Dec, ‘I just need to take time out and re-evaluate and get better and deal with things going on in my life. It will take as long as it takes.’ I’m very lucky that I’ve got an understanding business partner and best friend who said, ‘Absolutely, your head is more important than anything.’ I had to lock myself away.”

Ant and Dec recently returned to their co-presenting roles on Britain’s Got Talent, which is expected to hit screens in April.

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