Ant and Dec will ‘miss’ Saturday Night Takeaway but need ‘to make time for families’

ok.co.uk:

It's the end of an era for presenting duo Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly, who tonight [13 April], after two decades, are hosting the last episode of the beloved entertainment show Saturday Night Takeaway.

Ant, and Dec, both 48, who also host ITV shows Britain's Got Talent and I'm A Celeb, previously revealed the reasons for taking a break from the popular Saturday night entertainment show and explained that they want to step off the "hamster wheel" and "decide what's next." However, Ant also said that saying goodbye to the series will be "bittersweet" and will come with "lots of tears." Now a source has told OK!

that while the busy and in-demand hosts will "miss the show" they want to spend time with their families. "They both have families, so they need to make time for them too," our source claimed. "Let's not forget, they are gearing up to do Britain's Got Talent at the moment and then I'm A Celebrity later in the year, so they're still so busy.This is just one less thing and gives them a bit of breathing room to spend time with their loved ones, something they have realised is so important." Ant has been happily married to Anne-Marie Corbett since 2021 and is step-father to her two children from her previous marriage.

While Dec shares two children - Isla, five, and one year old Jack - with wife Ali Astall. Ant and Dec and their wives often hang out as a group when not filming and will get to make the most of that in the coming years, our source claims. "Their families like to spend time all together too with each other, so they will get to have that without working all of the time," they said. "They did Takeaway for a long time and It's a real weight off." Ant and Dec, who first found fame on Byker Grove back in the.