Ant McPartlin will not present the next series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! nor will he and Declan Donnelly front a 2019 series of Saturday Night Takeaway.
The presenter, who has been absent from screens since his arrest for drink driving in March 2018, confirmed in a joint statement with Donnelly that he plans to extend his recovery into the new year.
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“Ant McPartlin today announces he will continue to take a break from all television presenting roles until 2019,” the statement from the duo reads. “Ant will not present I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here in November this year. In addition Ant and Dec have made the joint decision not to present a new series of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway in Spring 2019.
The next series of I’m a Celebrity is expected to begin on ITV in late November, with no word yet on whether Donnelly will present solo, as he did on this year’s Britain’s Got Talent live shows, or whether he will be joined by a new on-screen partner.
Saturday Night Takeaway will return for a new series in 2020. As the statement explains: “Production and filming for a Saturday Night Takeaway series in February would normally have already started, and continue throughout 2018 and early 2019.
“Neither Ant & Dec nor ITV wanted to compromise the quality of the show and therefore felt it was better to rest the series next year. They will instead bring the show back in 2020, bigger and better than ever.”
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