Ant McPartlin has reportedly slammed Piers Morgan in a strongly worded email, for “belittling” him during his recovery.
According to the Mirror, the 43-year-old privately messaged the Good Morning Britain presenter, after he criticised Ant and his co-host Declan Donnelly for winning the Best Presenter gong at the National Television Awards last month.
A source said: “Ant sent him an email saying he takes his recovery very seriously and he didn’t appreciate Piers Âbelittling it by saying all he has done is walk the dog.”
“Ant did work last year – he presented nearly the whole series of Takeaway and all the audition shows of BGT.”
“He then worked hard on his recovery. To suggest that all he did was walk the dog insults everyone who is in recovery or suffering from mental health issues. Ant pointed this all out to Piers,” the source added.
Many were left shocked that Ant and Dec won the gong for the 18th year in a row, as Ant took a lot of time off work last year following his drink-drive arrest in March.
Piers was particularly annoyed by their win, as he said on GMB, “It’s like ‘Come on! How did you get a nom?’ I’m sorry but how did that happen? Dec? Sure he’s put a shift in, us? Hundreds of days at the coal face in the morning.”
“Walking the dog for a year, television personality of the year. Me? Coal face every morning, hours on end, week after week…nothing, not a dickie bird.
“Imagine Britain, if that is a reasonable way to conduct the awards season business, seriously.”
