Ant and Dec reunited: ‘I wanted to punch him and hug him at the same time’

A year after addiction and a drink-driving conviction drove them apart, the nation’s favourite double act talk failure, friendship and therapy

Ant and Dec stand nose-to-nose, waltz, tie each other’s ties and josh as if they’ve never been apart. Then, photos done, they sit down to talk, and within five minutes Declan Donnelly is in tears.

This is the first interview the pair have given since announcing their comeback last December. More significantly, it’s their first interview since they stopped performing as a team in March last year, after Anthony McPartlin smashed into two cars in south-west London while under the influence of alcohol. A number of people were treated for minor injuries at the scene, and one child passenger was taken to hospital for a checkup.

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