Ant McPartlin SLAMS Piers Morgan for 'belittling' his addiction recovery

Published 16th Feb 2019

Ant McPartlin is reportedly furious with Piers Morgan following his 'belittling' comments about Ant's recovery

Piers Morgan is known for ruffling feathers - and this time it's with his former BGT co-star, Ant McPartlin.

Ant is reportedly furious with Piers after the GMB presenter made some rather harsh comments following Ant and Dec's award nomination a the National Television Awards in January.

Ahead of the ceremony, Piers voiced his anger on television, questioning why Ant was up for a nomination when he's been "walking the dog for a year" and "sitting on his backside."

Ant and Dec did in fact go on to win the category and whilst accepting his award, an emotional Ant thanked voters, "I don’t really feel like I can accept this award this year. The one reason why we won the award this year is because of this guy."

And now Ant has been left reeling following Piers' rude comments.

"Ant sent him an email saying he takes his recovery very seriously and he didn’t appreciate Piers ­belittling it. Ant 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", a source told The Mirror.

CHECK OUT A timeline of Ant and Dec's career

And & Dec: Early career

Ant & Dec as PJ and Duncan


In 1989 Dec landed a part on BBC children's drama Byker Grove, playing Duncan. A year later Ant was cast as PJ – PJ and Duncan was born.


Another career change for the boys came in 1994, when they began as co-presenters of children's show Gimme 5 on CITV. Just a year later they landed their own programme, The Ant & Dec Show, this time on CBBC.

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In 2015, Ant was prescribed painkillers for botched surgery on his knee. Over the next two years, he became dependent on the drugs and on alcohol. In 2017, he entered rehab to deal with his addictions, and returned to work in the November.

However, in March 2018, he was involved in a three-car road collision which involved a young family. He was arrested on suspicion of drink driving, and pleaded guilty in court in April. He was fined £86,000 and banned from driving for 20 months, and stepped down from his TV duties in August 2018, returning in January 2019.

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