Ant McPartlin's marriage to ex-wife Lisa 'destroyed by addiction' before his fling with assistant

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Popular television host Ant McPartlin has admitted that it was his "addictions" after an "insane" binge of tramadol, morphine and alcohol following a second knee operation which ultimately broke his marriage for good.The Geordie TV icon has had teenage fans lusting after him for years as he's fronted the country's most popular television shows, particularly during his and his sidekick Declan Donnelly's Smash Hits era where the 'randy' star apparently hooked up with women everywhere from "golf courses, nightclub lavatories, kitchen floors".But all that came to an abrupt halt when Ant fell for Deuce star Lisa Armstrong on the 1994 Smash Hits tour, reports the Independent.

Ant was only 18 when he was "instantly attracted" to a then 17-year-old singer Lisa and the two were apparently head over heels by the end of the tour.In a rare interview with The Mirror, make-up artist Lisa admitted his good looks made her feel "all gooey"."I've always felt relaxed with him," she said in 2006, ahead of their wedding. "And when we met there was something about his hair and eyes that made me feel all gooey.""I met the love of my life, Lisa Armstrong, she was the most amazing thing that ever happened to me...

She was beautiful, she had a great sense of fun, and she was different from any girl I'd ever met," Ant gushed in his autobiography, Ooh!

What A Lovely Pair.After 11 years, Ant finally popped the question in Dubai in 2005, with a £16,000 square-cut diamond ring from Tiffany, and they tied the knot 14 months later in a star-studded ceremony in Buckinghamshire.The couple had fears that their age was against them as they battled fertility struggles, and in 2014 Ant suffered a torn meniscus in his knee which left him immobile and in