Declan Donnelly skips Royal Television Society Awards as he and Ant McPartlin lose out on two gongs – days after Ant’s ‘drink-drive’ arrest

ANT McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were snubbed at tonight's RTS Awards, two days after Ant's 'drink-drive' arrest.

The presenters both missed the event where they were nominated in the Entertainment Performance and Programme categories for I'm A Celebrity and Saturday Night Takeaway.

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Both Ant and Dec were absent from the ceremony at London's Grosvenor House, with Ant having gone into rehab following Sunday's car crash.

However, they were in attendance last year when they scooped the Entertainment Programme gong.

Caroline Flack picked up the Entertainment Programme gong for Love Island and said: "Everyone's obsessed with other people's love lives... and so are we."

They also lost out for the second year in a row to The Last Leg presented by Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdecombe who won in the Entertainment Performance category.

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Ant, 42, sought treatment after being involved in a collision with two other cars while he was driving his Mini in Richmond, South West London.

Ant's agent said in a statement released to The Sun: “Ant has decided to go back into treatment and step down from his current TV commitments.

"He has spoken with Dec and ITV today and asked for time off for the foreseeable future. As such ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ will not be going ahead this Saturday.”

He failed a roadside breathalyser test and allegedly became “agitated and argumentative” with the policewoman as she arrested him on suspicion of drink-driving.

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This morning his mum Christine - who was in the vehicle at the time of the collision with her dog - was seen leaving her son's £2million home.

Ant, who has spoken of his struggle with painkillers and booze, reportedly let his mum move in last year to help aid his recovery.

The decision to head into the rehab programme and back out of filming commitments, made during emotional talks with advisers at the star’s rented West London home, has left his career hanging in the balance and co-host Declan Donnelly devastated.

This weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Takeaway has been ­cancelled.

But the last two in the ITV series are expected to go ahead without 42-year-old Ant.

It will be the first time Dec has presented without his best friend.