Ant return ‘next year’, host hopes

Ant McPartlin will not be back fronting live TV until next year, Stephen Mulhern has suggested.

I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, hosted by McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, is due to air later this year and traditionally kicks off in November. But Mulhern, pictured, who hosts Britain’s Got More Talent, said: “Fingers crossed, Ant will get the treatment he needs and be back for next year.”