Ant McPartlin on his life-changing health diagnosis after 'years of struggling'

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! prima Ant McPartlin revealed helium was diagnosed with ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) successful 2019 aft a bid of 'thorough tests'

Ant McPartlin has spoken candidly astir his life-changing wellness diagnosis aft admitting to 'years of struggling'.

The I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! star, 49, is 1 of the astir palmy presenters connected TV, winning an array of awards with his champion pal, Declan Donnelly.

However, off-screen Ant has been dealing with ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), which wasn't diagnosed until 2018 aft his car clang erstwhile helium was arrested for drink-driving.

Opening up astir the condition, which tin origin inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, helium said: "I've got ADHD. I don't caput talking astir that. I was truthful thoroughly examined and diagnosed, I recovered worldly retired astir maine I hadn't addressed for years."

Ant told The Sun that his diagnosis instantly “made sense” due to the fact that the information tin spell hand-in-hand with intoxicant problems. He explained: “There are a batch of links to alcohol-dependency, which I studied a batch erstwhile I was away.”

Adding that ADHD was really a payment successful his enactment of work, helium continued: "In my job, having what they telephone 'popcorn thinking' is bully due to the fact that it means you tin leap from 1 happening to another. Professionally it's brilliant. Personally I'm each implicit the place." Giving his enactment to others with ADHD, helium concluded: “There volition beryllium truthful galore others who volition beryllium struggling and my bosom goes retired to them."

The dad-of-one is not the lone prima to spell nationalist with their ADHD diagnosis successful caller years arsenic I'm A Celeb victor Sam Thompson, Lily Allen, Sheridan Smith and Katie Price person each besides opened up astir struggling with the condition.

Thankfully, Ant present seems to beryllium coping with his information aft marrying his wife, Anne-Marie, and welcoming their archetypal kid together, Wilder. Fans went chaotic erstwhile they saw snaps of the caller dada holding his bundle of joyousness successful Australia precocious portion helium took a interruption from filming I'm A Celebrity.

The Byker Grove star, who has been joined to Anne-Marie since 2021, announced the quality he'd go a dada earlier this year, arsenic helium posted: “Welcome to the family, Wilder Patrick Mcpartlin. Born, 14/05/24 astatine 8.54 am. Baby is beautiful, Mummy’s a legend, sisters are implicit the moon. Dad’s a mess!” He shared the quality alongside a drawback of the babe cuddling up to him.

Ant and his sidekick Dec stunned fans earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile they announced they were stepping down from their Saturday Night Take Away amusement to walk much clip with their families. Ant said successful Fault mag astatine the time: "On a idiosyncratic level, portion of the crushed we're pausing Takeaway is we request a interruption ourselves, and we request to walk immoderate clip with our family… We've some got children that we request to walk clip with for a small bit. We request clip to deliberation and, and clip to measurement backmost and look astatine the bigger representation and conscionable spot wherever we are now."

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