![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0019b120-614.jpg\"\/)
\nAnt McPartlin and Declan Donnelly hose I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here<\/p>\n
TV presenter Declan Donnelly has spoken about how he suffers from a “constant anxiety” that he should always be doing something and “can never sit down”.<\/p>\n
Donnelly said he had therapy about five or six years ago and “really got a lot out of it”.<\/p>\n
The I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026Get Me Out Of Here! host was speaking on Fearne Cotton\u2019s Happy Place podcast with co-presenter and long-time collaborator Anthony McPartlin.<\/p>\n
They shot to fame as teenagers and are known as Ant and Dec. They spoke about fatherhood and how they have come to appreciate their long-running careers more as they have got older.<\/p>\n
Asked about his mental health, Donnelly said: “I struggle a bit with, it\u2019s kind of a low-level, constant anxiety about ‘should be doing this\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019ve got to be doing\u2026<\/p>\n
“I never feel I can sit down and just watch telly, I always feel like I should be doing something else. There\u2019s that anxiety that there\u2019s a job that needs to be done somewhere and I should be doing it.<\/p>\n
“I struggle with that a lot, with trying to calm that voice in the back of your head that\u2019s going, \u2018no, you should be using this time more productively\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nAnt McPartlin and Declan Donnelly hose I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here<\/p>\n
“I went through a period of having therapy about five, five or six years ago. I really got a lot out of it. I really enjoyed it.”<\/p>\n
Donnelly said he went away for a while and when he tried to book another appointment, the therapist said he was unable to see him.<\/p>\n
He added: “He did recommend somebody else and I\u2019ve still got those details, I just haven\u2019t managed to make an appointment yet.”<\/p>\n
Donnelly, who said it was the very first time they had ever been on a podcast, said they take their jobs “incredibly seriously”.<\/p>\n
The Geordie men have hosted a number of primetime entertainment shows over the years, including Ant And Dec\u2019s Saturday Night Takeaway, Britain\u2019s Got Talent and Ant And Dec\u2019s Limitless Win.<\/p>\n
Donnelly said: “When we\u2019re looking at projects, we always look at how can we get the whole family together?<\/p>\n
“To entertain the whole family is no mean feat, and you\u2019ve got to try and grab each generation and entertain them. It\u2019s entertainment, it\u2019s fun, but we take it incredibly seriously.”<\/p>\n
McPartlin added: “We do the best job in the world. We have a laugh every day.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve hosted some turkeys over the years. It hasn\u2019t always been a success.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s a privilege to be in someone\u2019s living room on a Saturday night hosting a big show.”<\/p>\n
Talking of fatherhood, McPartlin said he now has to be careful of his language around his 19-month-old son.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m getting told off a lot for swearing in the house,” he added.<\/p>\n
Donnelly told the podcast that his daughter, Isla, seven, asks to watch I\u2019m Celebrity\u2026Get Me Out Of Here! but he is reluctant as it is broadcast after the watershed.<\/p>\n
He said he also has a three-year-old son, Jack, adding: “I\u2019m not sure my kids should be watching my TV show.”<\/p>\n
They also said they are fronting their own podcast series together, Hanging Out With Ant & Dec, which launches later this week.<\/p>\n
Source: Press Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TV presenter Declan Donnelly has spoken about how he suffers from a “constant anxiety” that he should always…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,137,514,515],"class_list":{"0":"post-423547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}