{"id":385448,"date":"2026-01-23T04:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/385448\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T04:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:18:09","slug":"ant-dec-further-away-from-each-other-as-they-share-reason-they-arent-spending-time-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/385448\/","title":{"rendered":"Ant &#038; Dec &#8220;further away from each other&#8221; as they share reason they aren&#8217;t spending time together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">They may be inseparable on the screen, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69585788\/im-a-celebrity-ant-and-dec-contraband-shona-ruby-dictator\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69585788\/im-a-celebrity-ant-and-dec-contraband-shona-ruby-dictator\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Ant and Dec\" data-node-id=\"2.1\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ant and Dec<\/a> have revealed that they have drifted further apart in recent years. The situation isn&#8217;t as bad as it sounds, however, with the duo just following the various paths of life!<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69538491\/im-a-celebrity-ant-dec-shona-mystery\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69538491\/im-a-celebrity-ant-dec-shona-mystery\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The pair\" data-node-id=\"7.0\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The pair<\/a> have been a fixture on British TV since making their debuts in Byker Grove in 1989, going on to present shows such as I&#8217;m a Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out of Here!, Britain&#8217;s Got Talent and Saturday Night Takeaway. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a70019247\/ant-dec-launch-podcast-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a70019247\/ant-dec-launch-podcast-show\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"the beloved duo announced their latest venture\" data-node-id=\"10.1\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the beloved duo announced their latest venture<\/a>, Hanging Out With Ant &amp; Dec, a podcast series which will see the pair &#8220;catching up, reminiscing and seeing where the conversation takes them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"14\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">In the press release, Dec alluded to the fact that they had decided to start the podcast as the pair had seen less of each other outside of work in recent years, and he elaborated on the matter.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"17\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;We\u2019re now dads to very small children,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/declan-donnelly-admits-ant-mcpartlin-36593337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/declan-donnelly-admits-ant-mcpartlin-36593337\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Mirror\" data-node-id=\"17.1.0\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\">The Mirror<\/a>. &#8220;The little ones especially take up a lot of time, effort and energy. I love them dearly, but we [Ant and I] don\u2019t hang out as much as we used to. <\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"ant and dec, i'm a celebrity get me out of here day 1\" title=\"Ant and Dec, I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here day 1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2030\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ant-dec-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here-655b640ac8fa7.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>James Gourley\/ITV\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"21\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tech\/best-tech-deals\/g35899960\/best-streaming-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tech\/best-tech-deals\/g35899960\/best-streaming-services\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Best streaming services UK 2025 \u2014 including Disney Plus, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV\" data-node-id=\"21.0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Best streaming services UK 2025 \u2014 including Disney Plus, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"24\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;Ant\u2019s moved house now &#8211; geographically we\u2019re further away from each other than we\u2019ve ever been. We don\u2019t get the chance to hang out as much and talk rubbish anymore so we decided to come up with the idea of doing a podcast to sit together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"27\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Hanging Out With Ant &amp; Dec was announced at the same time as Belta Box, a brand-new digital entertainment channel that will be home to some of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69519108\/im-a-celebrity-ant-blunder-slip-umbrella-dec\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69519108\/im-a-celebrity-ant-blunder-slip-umbrella-dec\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"the duo&#039;s\" data-node-id=\"27.2\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the duo&#8217;s<\/a> most famous moments across their career. <\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"ant and dec, hanging out with ant and dec podcast\" title=\"Ant and Dec, Hanging Out with Ant and Dec podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2250\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hanging-out-with-ant-dec-podcast-6969f6161c00f.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mitre Studios<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"31\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69852326\/ant-dec-future-itv-confirmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69852326\/ant-dec-future-itv-confirmed\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Ant &amp; Dec&#039;s future on ITV confirmed as the presenting duo move towards new milestone\" data-node-id=\"31.0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ant &amp; Dec&#8217;s future on ITV confirmed as the presenting duo move towards new milestone<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"34\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;We\u2019ve spent our whole careers celebrating great entertainment, so launching Belta Box feels like the natural next step,&#8221; said Ant. &#8220;Alongside our new podcast, we\u2019re excited to create a space packed with fun, feel-good content that brings people together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"37\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;What better way to launch Belta Box than with our first-ever podcast series!&#8221; added Dec. &#8220;We asked our audience if we did a podcast, what would they like it to be about, and they said we just want you guys to hang out. So that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re doing!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"40\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Hanging Out With Ant &amp; Dec is streaming now.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"44\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">The new edition of Living Legends, celebrating music icon Dolly Parton, is here! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/special-editions-subscriptions-lvldollyparton\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/special-editions-subscriptions-lvldollyparton\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Buy Dolly at 80 in newsagents or online\" data-node-id=\"44.3\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buy Dolly at 80 in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-dynamic-svg=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/images\/logos\/lettermark.05d81be.svg?primary=%2523000\" loading=\"lazy\" data-testid=\"dynamic-svg-base\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" alt=\"Lettermark\" class=\"css-7mevzh ev8dhu50\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Reporter, Digital Spy George is a freelance writer who specialises in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Movies<\/a> and TV. After graduating with a degree in Film Studies and Journalism from De Montfort University, in which he analysed the early works of Richard Linklater for his dissertation, he wrote for several websites for GRV Media. \u00a0His film tastes vary from blockbusters like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/mission-impossible\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mission: Impossible<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/john-wick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Wick<\/a> to international directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and has attended both the London and Berlin film festivals.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They may be inseparable on the screen, but Ant and Dec have revealed that they have drifted further&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,379,145716,381,96,1156,145715,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-385448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-1d8cefc7-4079-45ef-970a-cfd96a807297","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-ant-dec-further-away-from-each-other","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}