{"id":249291,"date":"2026-01-24T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/249291\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:00:26","slug":"tv-star-ant-mcpartlin-shares-life-after-rehab-and-fight-against-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/249291\/","title":{"rendered":"TV star Ant McPartlin shares life after rehab and fight against addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TV star Ant McPartlin shares life after rehab and fight against addiction<\/p>\n

Ant McPartlin opened up about how hard he works every day to stay sober and keep his life on track. <\/p>\n

The 50-year-old TV star, famous for hosting I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out of Here! explained that practicing nightly prayers and writing little gratitude notes help him stay focused after his drink-driving conviction in 2018 and his two stays in rehab.<\/p>\n

Ant\u2019s problems started after a knee operation in 2015, when he became addicted to painkillers and alcohol. <\/p>\n

He first went into rehab back in 2017 and returned a year later after his conviction. <\/p>\n

Back then, the host took a break from his Television career, leaving his long-time co-host Declan Donnelly to host I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2026 alone.<\/p>\n

Now, as a father of one-year-old Wilder, Ant went on to add that staying sober is something he thinks about every single day. <\/p>\n

He told Fearne Cotton on the Happy Place podcast, \u201cIt is something that you have to constantly check in with. It helps me feel grateful for life, work, friends, and family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with Wilder, Ant is also raising his step-daughters Daisy and Poppy with his wife Anne-Marie Corbett. <\/p>\n

However, he even joked about getting scolded for swearing at home, saying, \u201cMy little one is 19-months now, all his words are starting to come slowly and so I\u2019m getting told off a lot for swearing in the house.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Ant\u2019s honesty highlighted how much effort it takes to stay healthy and be a present dad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TV star Ant McPartlin shares life after rehab and fight against addiction Ant McPartlin opened up about how…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-249291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}