Ant and Dec have broken their silence after losing out on Best Presenter at the National Television Awards on Wednesday night.
The duo lost their 23 streak to Gary Lineker, however were not at the ceremony for the loss, instead taking to Instagram from South Africa, where they are preparing for the upcoming series of I’m A Celeb, the following morning.
The duo said: ‘We just wanted to jump on here and say a huge huge thank you to everyone who voted for I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here last night. Wooo!…
‘Thank you very much! Woooo everyone here are very very happy. Also thank you everyone who voted for us for the best presenter category even though we couldn’t get it across the line this year.
‘We were beaten by an up and coming new guy, 64 year old Gary Lineker… Well deserved, congratulations Gary. Very well deserved, great speech too… Lovely speech thoroughly deserved, well done pal.’
Ant and Dec have broken their silence after losing out on Best Presenter at the National Television Awards on Wednesday night
Gary in the press room after winning the TV Presenter Award at the National Television Awards
At the event, Gary, 64, was visibly stunned by the news as he took to the stage as the arena erupted into loud applause.
The former footballer, who left Match Of The Day under a cloud earlier this year, told the audience: ‘Blimey, I’ve won the Ant and Dec trophy. Thank you, thank you to everyone who voted for me, hugely appreciated. It’s amazing.’
On Thursday’s episode of Lorraine, the presenter discussed the ‘controversial’ loss following their domiance over the gong.
She said: ‘Can we start with the controversy, And and dec didn’t win the Ant and Dec award! I always say – just give it to them, congratulations.’
‘There was another controversy, though, because Molly Mae won against some extraordinary entries – there was Rob Burrow, Freddi Flintoff, Amie Dowden, I think there were quite a few shocked faces.’
(Have set Jessica up with a story, as well as Emma with a couple more, then we’ve divided up TV from now until Loose Women)
At the event, Gary, 64, was visibly stunned by the news as he took to the stage as the arena erupted into loud applause
