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1st September 2018
11:47am BST

The statement, issued on the presenting duo's website, also said that the new series of Saturday Night Takeaway is being pushed back to 2020 and that it will be "bigger and better than ever".
However, Simon Cowell has now admitted he is hopeful that Ant will be back on TV for next year - just in time for the new season of Britain's Got Talent.
Ahead of the launch of The X Factor tonight [September 1], the music mogul said he thought Ant did "the right thing" by taking some time off.
He told The Sun:
“That is what I always thought would happen, so I am happy to hear that. He is welcome back and we have missed him. But he has done the right thing by taking some time off, and he will come back fresh and will enjoy it. “We didn’t speak while he was in rehab but we got messages through Dec – as we have always done – but I didn’t want to impose on his privacy. "But we have always made it clear what our relationship is, we help each other. We are friends and he is welcome back anytime.”
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