Ant and Dec reunited! Ant McPartlin pictured with Declan Donnelly for first time since drink-driving arrest

Declan Donnelly and Ant McParlin with a fan
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Ant McPartlin has been pictured with his TV partner Declan Donnelly for the first time since his drink-driving arrest.

Both grinned in the photograph, taken by a fan, in what was reportedly the garden of a London hotel.

The fan, who posted the snap on Instagram, told the Standard she was “happy to meet them” and “have a brief friendly exchange”.

McPartlin has rarely been pictured in public since his arrest.

He stepped down from his work commitments to return to rehab after he was arrested for crashing his car into two vehicles in Richmond earlier this year.

He was fined £86,000 and banned from driving for 20 months after pleading guilty to being twice the legal drink drive limit.

On Saturday, Donnelly made his first red carpet appearance since his McPartlin was found guilty of drink-driving at the BAFTA TV Awards.

The Geordie duo were up for two gongs for Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and Britain’s Got Talent.

Donnelly, who attended with his pregnant wife Ali Astall, collected Best Entertainment Programme for Britain's Got Talent.

He will be presenting the current series of Britain's Got Talent's live shows on his own, as he did for the final two episodes of Saturday Night Takeaway following McParlin’s arrrest.

It is not know yet when Ant will return to presenting.

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