Ant McPartlin OBE is a television presenter, singer, comedian and actor. One of the UK’s most famous and popular television personalities. Best known for working together with Declan Donnelly in Byker Grove, SMTV Live, I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, and Britain’s Got Talent. He was awarded an OBE in 2016 for services to broadcasting and entertainment. He has been nominated for or awarded over 40 television awards. In 2018 he was involved in a car accident and subsequently found guilty of drink driving. Following the accident he took a pause from work and during that recovery process learnt he had ADHD. He went public with his ADHD diagnosis in 2019.
The Sun (2019)
“I’ve got ADHD. I don’t mind talking about that.”
“I never knew that until afterwards [referring to his car crash]. I was so thoroughly examined and diagnosed, I found stuff out about me I hadn’t addressed for years.”
“Ant says his diagnosis immediately “made sense” because the condition can go hand-in-hand with alcohol problems.”
“In my job, having what they call ‘popcorn thinking’ is good because it means you can jump from one thing to another”.
“Professionally it’s brilliant. Personally I’m all over the place.
“I need to be cared for and looked after. I need to be aware of things more and I am now.”