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Rebecca Daly

Inside Ant and Dec’s family lives as I’m A Celebrity returns - from marriage split to wedding jobs

ITV’s I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here returns this Sunday for its second year in Gwrych Castle in Wales.

Celebs like Richard Madeley, Louise Minchin, Naughty Boy and Arlene Philips are among those entering the camp.

Lovable hosts Ant and Dec will also return for their 19th year on the show, and fans haven’t grown tired of them yet.

The duo have been in the public eye since the 1990s, after they starred in children’s TV show Byker Grove.

Before presenting, they had a music career under the name PJ and Duncan. Their iconic hit ‘Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble’ was released in 1994 and it seems to get better as the years go on.

We’ve seen their public highs and lows, but what are Ant and Dec’s lives like off-screen?

Ant’s split from long-term partner

In 2006, Anthony McPartlin married his long-term girlfriend, Lisa Armstrong, a singer turned make-up artist. At the time, Dec was his best man.

After 11 years of marriage, the couple announced that they had split in January 2018. They had no children together.

(GETTY)

Recovery with his “rock”

Shortly after, Ant entered into a relationship with his former assistant, Anne-Marie Corbett, who has two daughters from a previous relationship.

Anne-Marie has been credited as being the “fundamental reason for the great change” in Ant’s life, following his drink-driving charge in 2018.

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“She’s been my rock. She’s a beautiful soul. We’re very happy. I’m in the best place I’ve been in my life, to be honest with you. It’s great,” he told The Sun at the time.

Dec marries their manager

In 2015, Declan Donnelly married the pair’s manager, Ali Astall, after over a year of dating. Returning the favour, Ant was the best man this time round.

(ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

The couple welcomed a daughter named Isla Elizabeth Anne in September 2018.

“Ali and I are thrilled to announce the arrival of our baby girl, Isla Elizabeth Anne, who was born just after 9 o’clock this morning,” Dec announced on social media following her birth.

Ant, pictured with his ex-wife Lisa, and Dec, pictured with his wife Ali, have been close friends on and off-screen (Getty Images)

“Mother and daughter both doing well, Dad is head over heels!”

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