As Ant enters rehab, is this the end for Ant and Dec You cant blame Declan Donnelly, pictured on holiday this week at a hotel at Lake Como, for looking as if he has the whole weight of the world resting on his slightly sunburned shoulders. Its no exaggeration to say that his professional future, which had seemed so golden, is now on a knife edge. Ant Mc. Partlin, his professional partner of 2. Meanwhile, the question thats worrying Dec, their management and ITV paymasters, is whether theyll be able to put their double act back together again or whether the beer and gags friendship between the two men, on which their astonishing 1. Ant Mc. Partlin is today completing his first week in a two month rehab stint for addictions to prescription painkillers, booze and unnamed substancesthe question thats worrying Declan Donnelly right, their management and ITV paymasters, is whether theyll be able to put their double act back together again. Ants descent into a toxic hell of depression, insomnia and drug dependency has been apparent for at least a year. Some say that the 4. The causes are numerous and troubling. Theres his long and unsuccessful battle to conceive a child with his wife, Lisa, 4. But theres also a sense of dissatisfaction with the confines of his carefully controlled TV image and a deep seated urge to party, hard, that has been impossible for him to resist. Is this the end for Ant and Dec As a tortured Ant enters rehab, the troubling truth about TVs best loved double act and the tensions that could tear them apart. Ants troubles are said to have begun two and a half years ago with a botched operation to repair damaged cartilage in his knee. That led to an addiction to the painkiller tramadol, to despondency, to boozing heavily alone and problems with substance abuse. His woes became known after information was obtained by a newspaper that suggested he was heavily dependent on drugs. Ant agreed to make his problems public, and Dec arranged to leave the country just as the news broke. Sources are certain that Dec, also 4. Ant called him over to his house they live a few doors apart in Chiswick, West London and said he needed help. Declan Donnelly, pictured on holiday this week at a hotel at Lake Como, looked as if he had the whole weight of the world resting on his slightly sunburned shoulders. Ants troubles are said to have begun two and a half years ago with a botched operation to repair damaged cartilage in his knee. A friend was quoted saying For Dec, it was a bit of a bombshell. He had no idea of the full extent of the torment his best friend was going through. Dec had felt for a long while something was wrong with Ant. Ant was, and was shocked when Ant told him about his problems. However, one showbiz stalwart who observed them at a lunch at the Ivy Club in Covent Garden this month, said Ants problems were the talk of the room. And a source who knows them both agreed I think the suggestion that Dec did not know what was going on with Ant is just preposterous. They are in each others pockets 2. What is certain is that Decs loyalty has been absolute throughout. One mutual friend told me this week he believed Dec has hesitated in starting a family with his wife of two years, Ali Astall, because news of a pregnancy would be devastating to Ant. Indeed, Ant and Lisas fertility issues are said to have strained his 1. Ant. Its all too apparent, then, that this friendship, which started in 1. Qq. Poda lnku IV. Veobecnch podmienok sa vo Fun rdiu, udeujem shlas so spracovanm dajov za elom identifikcie vhercu pre. BBC childrens TV series Byker Grove, is central to the lives of both men. But one fellow celebrity, who has known them for more than two decades, told me If it was going to be one of them, then it would 1. Ant. Sources are certain that Dec right, 4. UGRpoTb90/0.jpg' alt='Kelly Clarkson Stronger Midi' title='Kelly Clarkson Stronger Midi' />Ant left called him over to his house and said he needed helpThere is some darkness there, but you wont find any in Dec. Ant can be moody and complex. Dec is a sheer delight, the nicest man in the world. It is true that Ant is the only one who has broken the law thanks to a moment of sheer recklessness in 2. Audi TT at 1. 27mph. No such idiotic thrill seeking from Dec. Significantly, last year, in a film made for the Princes Trust, Ant reflected that, had his life taken a different path, he might have been taking drugs and heading for prison. In the film, fellow Geordie Cheryl Cole said showbusiness had saved her from that fate. Ant responded Its exactly the same with me. If I didnt get that lucky break with the Byker Grove audition. I mean, God knows what would happen, its probably the same route. Skype On Nokia X2 Phone more. Led Pixel Controller Software. I mean, you dont know. Dec comments I was probably always going to be all right. How telling that exchange appears now. Because, although the pair were raised within a mile of each other in Newcastle, Ant and Dec have very different backgrounds. Kelly Clarkson Stronger Midi' title='Kelly Clarkson Stronger Midi' />Today, they are almost viewed as twins, thanks to their award winning turns at the helm of such TV juggernauts as Im A Celebrity. Get Me Out Of Here, Saturday Night Takeaway and Britains Got Talent. But this obscures concerning aspects of Ants background and appetites. It is true that Ant is the only one who has broken the law thanks to a moment of sheer recklessness in 2. Audi TT at 1. 27mph. For instance, Dec does not smoke. He suffered the heartbreak of his father, Alphonsus, dying from lung cancer in 2. Winclone 4. But Ant has never managed to break his reliance on Regal cigarettes. He frequently takes smoking breaks during and after filming. Ant has a reputation for rudeness at times. Dec is famous for being the most polite man in showbusiness. Dec attended St Cuthberts, a former grammar school. Ant went to the local comprehensive. Significantly, Ant became the man of the house aged ten when his father, Raymond, walked out. He learned how to make spaghetti Bolognese to feed his younger sister, Sarha, while his mother, Christine, worked cleaning and temp jobs to get by. By contrast, Dec is the adored youngest of seven children, raised in a devoutly Catholic home, and he still attends Mass. One brother is a priest. His parents ran the Tyneside Irish Club and Dec was singing and dancing in the club from five. After meeting on the Byker Grove set, the turning point for the friendship came aged 1. PJ and Duncan, were being written out of the show. As Ant recalled, they made a pact We said to each other Look, whatever happens, Ill always be there for you and youre never in this life on your own against the world youve always got a mate looking out for you. Ant has a reputation for rudeness at times. Dec pictured is famous for being the most polite man in showbusiness. Ever since, theirs has been a bond of complete trust. That genuine friendship has proved a great televisual strength viewers feel they are being invited to join the gang. However, behind the seductive on screen camaraderie, says a friend Ant is much more spontaneous and quite often strays off message, but Dec is the opposite. Their publicity is so controlled and careful and that is down to Dec, not Ant. In the early years, they would go out partying with pop stars and all the rest, and then they signed with James Grant management run by former DJ Peter Powell and pal Russ Lindsay and all that stopped. Now, they inhabit a tiny, controlled circle. Dec will tell you trust is the most important thing and, ultimately, thats the way they live their lives. The James Grant crowd, which includes the likes of TV presenters Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby, Amanda Holden and Tess Daly, are a family. In fact, that is how they refer to themselves and they all adhere to a squeaky clean ethos.