Dec Donnelly has laughed off claims ITV co-stars Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield are contracted to holiday together during their time off.
The presenter, who has been vacationing with the duo along with his wife Ali Astall and their baby daughter Isla, joked that there’s a clause in Holly and Phil’s contract that means they must take at least one foreign trip a year with each other.
When he appeared on Friday’s Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio, Dec and his best mate Jonathan Wilkes gushed about the Portuguese holiday resort where all the ITV royalty have been staying, The Mirror reports.
“So is it an ITV thing, is it part of your contracts that you get to come here all together in the sunshine?” asked Chris.
“Absolutely,” joked Dec.
“It is a laugh though isn’t it?” asked the radio host.
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“It’s brilliant, it’s brilliant. And it’s all kind of happened organically, we’ve all holidayed out here in the past and we just seem to meet up here in the August,” Dec explained.
“Back at base it does work, because the bonds are there and that permeates throughout all your production teams, they all know that you lot get on and it’s good for business, isn’t it,” said Chris.
“Yeah, absolutely,” said Dec.
Jonathan then chipped in to add: “We’re all on the same management as well so we all meet up at management parties so it’s nice to come out and just be with all the families as well. Good fun.”
However, there was no mention of Dec’s on-screen partner Ant McPartlin, who this summer has stayed away from his pals in Portugal and is thought to be in America with PA turned girlfriend Anne-Marie Corbett.
It means he’s missed out on valuable bonding time with Holly and her husband Dan Baldwin - plus their three young children - Phillip and his wife Stephanie Lowe, and Dec and Ali.
Earlier this summer, Rochelle Humes and comedian Romesh Raganathan also jetted out to the star-studded Algarve resort for some time away from the UK.
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