Ant and Dec's win at the National Television Awards earlier this week has caused controversy among fans of the pair and other viewers of the show. Although many were over the moon that they'd won for the 18th year in a row, others questioned whether it was fair, considering that Ant had taken most of last year off to recover from his addiction struggles.
However, the pair have remained unperturbed by the critics, even subtly taking to Twitter to hit back at naysayers with a simple retweet from a fan account which read, 'To those of you who are hating: Ant McPartlin hosted all 6 of the @BGT audition episodes last year & 3 of the @ITVTakeaway live shows, so he is eligible & they both deserve it. #NTAs.' [sic]
Now, the 43-year-olds have taken to Twitter to reveal that they've had even more happy news on top of their NTA win, as they've been awarded a Guinness World Record for the most National Television Awards for Best Presenter won consecutively.
Sharing a photo of themselves holding the awards backstage at the Britain's Got Talent auditions at the London Palladium, they wrote, 'The folks from @GWR came down to #bgt auditions at @LondonPalladium today and surprised us with these! How lovely! Thank you.'
The pair proudly presented their awards, which read, 'Guinness World Record Certificate - The most National Television Awards for Best Presenter won consecutively is 18 and was achieved by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (both UK) as of 22 January 2019.'
Fans were utterly overjoyed for the pair, and took to the comments to share their joy. One wrote, 'Congratulations @antanddec still one of my favourite duos. Great to see Ant back, hope you are feeling better. So nice to see you both back together again.'
Missed the National Television Awards 2019? Here's the full list of NTA 2019 winners:
NTAs 2019 winners stacked
1 of 15Factual Entertainment
WINNER: Paul O'Grady: For The Love Of DogsThe Great British Bake OffGoggleboxAmbulanceDIY SOS: The Big Build
2 of 15New Drama
WINNER: BodyguardKilling EveGirlfriendsThe CryA Discovery Of Witches
3 of 15Daytime
WINNER: This MorningGood Morning BritainThe Jeremy Kyle ShowSunday BrunchLoose Women
4 of 15Newcomer
WINNER: James Moore as Ryan Stocks in EmmerdaleRicky Champ as Stuart Highway in EastEndersAedan Duckworth as Oliver Morgan in HollyoaksAlexandra Mardell as Emma Brooker in Coronation StreetNeet Mohan as Dr Rashid 'Rash' Masum in Casualty
5 of 15TV Judge
WINNER: David Walliams on Britain's Got TalentSimon Cowell on Britain's Got Talent and The X FactorRobert Rinder on Judge RinderRobbie Williams on The X FactorLouis Tomlinson on The X Factor
6 of 15Comedy
WINNER: Peter Kay's Car ShareJack Whitehall: Travels With My FatherBenidormMrs Brown's BoysThe Big Bang Theory
7 of 15Drama Performance
WINNER: Richard Madden as Sgt David Budd - BodyguardMichelle Keegan as L.Cpl Georgie Lane - Our GirlJodie Comer as Villanelle - Killing EveJodie Whittaker as The Doctor - Doctor WhoCillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby - Peaky Blinders
8 of 15Quiz Show
WINNER: The Chase8 Out Of 10 Cats Does CountdownPointlessA League of Their OwnCatchphrase
9 of 15The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award
**WINNER: I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!**Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawayAll Round To Mrs Brown'sThe Graham Norton ShowLove Island
10 of 15Serial Drama Performance
WINNER: Danny Dyer as Mick Carter in EastEndersLucy Pargeter as Chas Dingle in EmmerdaleBonnie Langford as Carmel Kazemi in EastEndersJack P Shepherd as David Platt in Coronation StreetEmma Atkins as Charity Dingle in Emmerdale
11 of 15Special Recognition
WINNER: David Dimbleby
12 of 15Drama
WINNER: Peaky BlindersDoctor WhoOur GirlCasualtyCall The Midwife
13 of 15TV Presenter
WINNER: Ant & DecHolly WilloughbyPhillip SchofieldGraham NortonBradley Walsh
14 of 15Talent Show
WINNER: Strictly Come DancingDancing On IceThe Voice UKThe X FactorBritain's Got Talent
15 of 15Serial Drama
WINNER: EmmerdaleCoronation StreetEastEndersHollyoaks
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