‘Some big news for you guys… after 30 years together’: Ant and Dec announce they are REBRANDING as Dec and Ant as they kick off the April Fool’s Day posts
They’ve been known as Ant and Dec for three decades.
So Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly decided to have some fun on April Fool’s Day as they announced they are rebranding as Dec and Ant in a hilarious post.
Taking to Instagram on Thursday, the Geordie duo, both 45, quipped that a ‘change is needed’ alongside mock statements from the pair.
Switching things up: Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly decided to have some fun on April Fool’s Day as they announced they are rebranding as Dec and Ant in a hilarious post
They penned: ‘Some big news for you guys… after 30 long years together we’ve decided a change is needed, and so without further ado, we can announce we’ll now be officially known as Dec & Ant. It’s only fair on the little guy x #DecAndAnt’.
Dec’s statement read: I’m over the moon, we agreed back in the Byker days that he’d take the first 30 years and I’d take the rest… It’s really the only reason I’ve been hanging around with him for this long’.
Ant added: ‘I’ve had a good run, but it’s time to hand over the reins. Hopefully this step back will give me more time to focus on some of my neglected hobbies… such as stamp collecting and medieval battle reenactments’.
Although the post left their followers in hysterics, they were quick to pick on the fact that it was April Fool’s Day and officially a day of pulling pranks.
Delightful duo: Ant and Dec have been a household name since the Nineties after finding fame on Byker Grove (pictured in 1995)
Ant and Dec have been a household name since the Nineties after finding fame on Byker Grove.
After leaving the series, the duo turned their hand to pop music and began releasing songs under the name PJ & Duncan, but kept their Ant and Dec moniker for presenting gigs.
The pair are so synonymous with one another that they are said to be insured a whopping £1 million in the case of the other’s death.
The duo will next be seen together on the weekend for the final episode of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.
Hilarious: Taking to Instagram on Thursday, the Geordie duo, both 45, quipped that a ‘change is needed’ alongside mock statements from the pair
Cheeky: Although the post left their followers in hysterics, they were quick to pick on the fact that it was April Fool’s Day and officially a day of pulling pranks
Viewers were left distraught when they learned the programme would be the last of the season, and ITV revealed on Tuesday that the show has raked in a hugely impressive 8.5 million viewers across the series.
In the seventh episode, Mo Gilligan will be their special guest announcer, and Mo Farah will be taking part in I’m A Celebrity… Get Outta Me Ear.
Other highlights set to appear on the programme include the final episode of their drama Double Trouble, which sees their evil clones target them.
Source: Read Full Article
