{"id":370033,"date":"2026-03-28T16:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/370033\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:06:11","slug":"revealed-ant-mcpartlin-sent-ex-lisa-armstrong-a-bouquet-of-flowers-when-their-beloved-dog-hurley-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/370033\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: Ant McPartlin sent ex Lisa Armstrong a bouquet of flowers when their beloved dog Hurley died"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ant McPartlin<\/a> sent Lisa Armstrong<\/a> a bouquet of followers after their dog Hurley passed away, marking an unlikely thawing of tensions between the former couple.<\/p>\n

Insiders told The Daily Mail the Britain’s Got Talent<\/a> host, 50, organised for the flowers to be hand-delivered to Lisa’s home the day after the chocolate labrador passed away.<\/p>\n

And the Strictly<\/a> Come Dancing makeup artist, 49, was ‘touched’ by the gesture, joking to pals it’s the first time Ant has sent her flowers ‘in years.’<\/p>\n

The feuding exes briefly reunited at the London vets where Hurley was put to sleep earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail told how the pain of losing Hurley was too much to bear for Lisa, leaving Ant to be with the 12-year-old mutt alone before Hurley died in his arms.<\/p>\n

However, it appears the shared pain of losing their beloved dog has brought the former couple closer together, summed up by Ant’s thoughtful gift.<\/p>\n

An insider told The Daily Mail: ‘Lisa was really taken back by the flowers – she truly wasn’t expecting anything.’<\/p>\n

‘Ant got them delivered the day after Hurley died, organising them just before he jetted to Portugal with his wife Anne-Marie and their three kids.<\/p>\n

\"Lisa <\/p>\n

Lisa Armstrong, ex-wife of TV star Ant McPartlin, was sent a bouquet of flowers from the TV presenter following the death of their beloved brown Labrador, Hurley<\/p>\n

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The I’m A Celeb host, 50, and Lisa, 49, had entered a bitter custody battle over Hurley following their split in 2018 – but were reunited last month when he had to be put down by the vet\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Lisa was genuinely touched, it was a really thoughtful thing to do and she even joked to pals it’s been years since she received flowers from Ant.’<\/p>\n

The insider added: ‘It’s baby steps, but it’s a sign Ant and Lisa could be civil again in the near future.’<\/p>\n

Ant and Lisa married in 2006 but their relationship turned sour, resulting in a \u00a330million divorce battle in 2018.<\/p>\n

Their feud got even ugly uglier when Ant moved on with their former PA Anne-Marie Corbett, 47, who he married in 2022. They’ve since had son Wilder, and Ant is stepfather to Anne-Marie’s two older children.<\/p>\n

The pair managed to agree a custody arrangement for Hurley through the courts, which saw them share the dog on a week-to-week basis.<\/p>\n

Such was the animosity between the pair, Lisa’s mother and Ant’s PA were usually involved in transporting Hurley to their respective houses, as the exes couldn’t bear seeing each other.<\/p>\n

Lisa was determined to win sole custody of Harley, especially as Ant had other Maltipoo dogs Anne-Marie, called Milo and Bumble.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail told last week how the pair’s beloved dog was cremated – and the exes divided his ashes in half.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Daily Mail told how the pain of losing Hurley was too much to bear for Lisa, leaving Ant to be with the 12-year-old mutt alone before Hurley died in his arms\u00a0<\/p>\n

The former couple will each hold their own private individual memorial ceremonies for the brown Labrador.<\/p>\n

Following Hurley’s death jetted off to Portugal, while Lisa headed for Los Angeles, to grieve for their much loved dog.<\/p>\n

While the pair were overseas, sources close to the couple told how they organised for Hurley’s remains to be cremated and his ashes split in half which they’ll collect individually.<\/p>\n

A pal said: ‘Ant and Lisa agreed to share Hurley’s ashes 50\/50.<\/p>\n

‘It’s a decision they felt was fair and it means they’ll both be able to hold their own farewells.<\/p>\n

‘Ant has already collected his ashes, while Lisa intends to do likewise when she returns from her trip.<\/p>\n

‘It’s likely the ashes will be buried in their own respective gardens so they’ll both be able to regularly pay their respects to Hurley.’<\/p>\n

Now Hurley has passed, Lisa now has no links with Ant whatsoever.<\/p>\n

\"Sources <\/p>\n

Sources close to the former couple told the Daily Mail last week that Hurley has been cremated – and that his ashes have been divided in half<\/p>\n

\"However, <\/p>\n

However, it appears the shared pain of losing their beloved dog has brought the former couple closer together, summed up by Ant’s thoughtful gift\u00a0<\/p>\n

An insider said: ‘Hurley was the only connection Lisa and Ant had, so his passing really is the end of an era.<\/p>\n

‘It’s unlikely they’ll ever speak or see each other again.<\/p>\n

‘They have totally separate lives, different social groups.<\/p>\n

‘In some respects, that’s probably the only positive from Hurley’s passing – they can now both have a clean break from one another.’<\/p>\n

Ant credited Hurley for helping him overcome his high-profile addiction battles, which saw him spend time in rehab in 2019.<\/p>\n

He said: ‘There’s a loyalty and a love and a companionship with Hurley that you can’t describe.<\/p>\n

‘He never tells me off and is always pleased to see me.<\/p>\n

‘I came out of a shop the other day and there was a woman on the floor cuddling Hurley.<\/p>\n

‘She said to me, ‘It’s the dog from the papers!’ Hurley’s a celebrity.’<\/p>\n

Hurley enjoyed regular trips to the groomers and spent a holiday with Ant and his family last summer.<\/p>\n

Ant once told how Hurley was allowed to visit him in rehab after his drink-drive conviction in 2018.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons why Ant and Lisa adopted Hurley was due to their struggles to have children of their own.<\/p>\n

And perhaps in a move which may irk his ex-wife, Ant opened up his desire to become a dad again, saying fatherhood is his ‘greatest achievement’<\/p>\n

Ant said on his podcast: ‘I’ve got three and I’d have more’.<\/p>\n

He added: ‘It is the best, the absolute best being a dad.<\/p>\n

And I was lucky enough to be stepdad to my girls a few years before my son was born.<\/p>\n

‘So, I feel like I had a really great introduction to fatherhood because I got to be able to talk to them straight away.<\/p>\n

‘We could go out and the feedback was immediate.<\/p>\n

‘And then when Wilder came along, I got to do all of the baby and toddler stuff that I didn’t get to do with the girls.<\/p>\n

‘So, I’ve had the best of both worlds really’<\/p>\n

He added: ‘It changes you for the better.<\/p>\n

‘All of the sleepless nights, the early mornings, the tiredness is worth it.<\/p>\n

‘It’s the greatest thing I think you can do.<\/p>\n

‘It far surpasses anything that we’ve achieved in our career.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ant McPartlin sent Lisa Armstrong a bouquet of followers after their dog Hurley passed away, marking an unlikely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[71099,32542,539,93,61,60,115668,2888,1489],"class_list":{"0":"post-370033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-anne-marie","9":"tag-ant-mcpartlin","10":"tag-dailymail","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-lisa-armstrong","15":"tag-portugal","16":"tag-tvshowbiz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}