Ours is a career built on a friendship, not a friendship built on a career.Collection: Friendship
The first meaningful friendship moment we had was when Ant sent me a Fred Flintstone Christmas card and it said, 'To Dec from Ant, have a yabba dabba do Christmas.'Collection: Friendship
We always said our career was built on our friendship and that our friendship was the secret of our success. The career just happened by accident.Collection: Friendship
People would always try and set me up, which was awkward. You can't set me up on a blind date because she will automatically know more about me.
We come to Birmingham every January for the 'Britain's Got Talent' auditions and always have a great time.
We had one big album and we started working on the 'Ant and Dec Show' and we had a really good time.
We sat down and talked about who we liked comedy-wise, TV-wise, what made us laugh and what we enjoyed doing. So a lot of our tastes went into 'The Ant and Dec Show.'
The thing that I miss more than anything is doing Saturday morning telly. It was the best, best, best three years.
No one tells you how hard being a parent is! We could have had a warning! It is literally the hardest thing I've ever done but I'm loving it.
There is always someone you are going to miss and for me it's my dad. I always hoped he would see me marry, but these things happen in life. I know he is proud of me.
Northern Ireland isn't actually part of Great Britain, but we still want it to be part of 'Sofa Watch.'
I'm not sure I'm confident in the viewing public seeing every side of me and I'm not sure I'm confident enough that I'd allow myself to be that exposed.
I grew up being called Eamonn-Martin-Dermott-Declan because I was the youngest of the boys and Mum would go through all their names first before she got to mine.
It's lovely when you get those awards because it reminds you that the audience are enjoying what you're doing so you keep working hard and never take anything for granted.
Put your head down and work hard and you can achieve what you want. You can end up in Buckingham Palace.
I think from doing so many live shows it gives you a real appreciation of being present. You don't know what's going to happen, you don't know what is around the corner.