Yahoo News Ant McPartlin breaks silence on Twitter following rehab
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! presenter Ant McPartlin has broken his silence on Twitter after checking himself into rehab earlier this year.
And it was all in order to post a birthday message to his long-time presenting partner Declan Donnelly...
"Happy birthday to the little fella from the ever so slightly taller fella!!xxxx #bigdonsbday," he wrote on Twitter.
Happy birthday to the little fella from the ever so slightly taller fella!!xxxx#bigdonsbday
- antanddec (@antanddec) September 25, 2017
In June this year, Ant took an extended hiatus from public life to seek treatment for personal issues relating to "prescription drugs and alcohol".
In his first interview since finishing rehab earlier this month, Ant spoke about how a 2014 knee injury and a battle with depression contributed to a serious prescription drug addiction.
"I was at the point where anything – prescription drugs, non-prescription drugs – I would take," Ant told The Sun on Sunday. "And take them with alcohol, which is ridiculous. The doctors told me, 'You could have killed yourself'.
"I was insane. It sends you crazy. It was to the point of hearing things, seeing things in the garden and still the pain was getting worse. I was depressed through the whole thing because I was in pain and immobile."
Last month, ITV confirmed that Ant will be reuniting with Dec on I'm a Celeb when studio head Kevin Lygo was asked if the channel was considering resting the show this year.
"How very dare you," he responded. "Ant is doing really well and we're expecting him to return to I'm a Celebrity, so we won't be resting it."
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! will return to ITV this autumn.
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