Ant McPartlin announces he will halt ALL TV work until 2019 to focus on his recovery.

Ant McPartlin announced on Thursday he will continue to take a break from all television presenting roles until 2019.

42-year-old Ant will not present I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! in November this year.  

In addition, Ant and Declan Donnelly, also 42, have made the joint decision not to present a new series of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway in Spring 2019.

Production and filming for a Saturday Night Takeaway series in February would normally have already started, and continue throughout 2018 and early 2019.

Neither Ant & Dec nor ITV wanted to compromise the quality of the show and therefore felt it was better to rest the series next year. 

They will instead bring the show back in 2020, bigger and better than ever. 

Ant said in a statement to MailOnline: 'My recovery is going very well and for that to continue having spoken to Dec and ITV, I have made the decision to take the rest of the year off.'

He continued: 'I’d like to thank both Dec and ITV for their continued support and I look forward to getting back to work in the new year.'

Dec added: 'Whilst I am obviously sad at the thought of being without my best friend in Australia this year, I am proud of the work Ant has been doing privately and I am fully supportive of his decision. 





MailOnline