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Declan Donnelly: Ant hasn’t asked me to be best man yet

Declan Donnelly: Ant Hasn’t Asked Me To Be Best Man Yet
Anthony McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly. Photo: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images
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By Sherna Noah, PA Senior Entertainment Correspondent

Declan Donnelly has quipped that he is “waiting to be asked” to be his TV sidekick’s best man.

Ant McPartlin and girlfriend Anne-Marie Corbett recently got engaged.

But asked about being best man at the ceremony, Dec (45) told the Sunday Mirror: “He hasn’t asked me yet.

“I wait to be asked. We’ll see!”

Ant’s publicist Simon Jones previously confirmed the engagement.

Ant McPartlin at Wimbledon with Anne-Marie Corbett
Ant McPartlin at Wimbledon with Anne-Marie Corbett. Photo: Adam Davy/PA

The “proposal took place on Christmas Eve, at home, in a very romantic setting”, he said.

The couple have been in a relationship since 2018, following McPartlin’s separation from Lisa Armstrong, his wife of 11 years.

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Ant described Corbett, who has two daughters from a previous marriage,  as his “rock” after she supported him following his drink-driving arrest and stint in rehab.

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He stepped back from the spotlight after crashing his car in 2018 while more than twice the alcohol limit, before entering rehab.

The star had struggled with a two-year addiction to super-strength painkillers following a knee operation in 2015.

Ant made a return to his TV duties early last year, alongside Dec, at the Britain’s Got Talent auditions.

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