Ant & Dec: Family comes first now

Geordie pair on why they are quitting Saturday Night Takeaway

- MARK JEFFERIES

ANT and Dec have spoken ahead of the final series of Saturday Night Takeaway about putting family first.

The Geordie pair posed like models in Fault magazine and then talked about the final series of ITV's SNT, which starts this weekend.

Ant, 48, says he is quitting to spend time with wife AnneMarie, who has two children from a previous marriage.

He said: "Part of the reason we're pausing Takeaway is we need a break ourselves, and we need to spend some time with our family. We've both got children that we need to We nee spend time with step ba for a little bit.

"We need time to think and step back and look at SEE the bigger picture and just see where we are now." And speaking of his own changing relationship with pal and dad-of-two Dec, Ant said: "We started working together when we were 13, and we became friends very quickly.