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Friday, April 20, 2018

Ant McPartlin is a celebrity, but do we forget he’s a human being? | Ros Coward

The entertainer’s tortured appearance after his drink-drive case reminds us of fame’s dark side – and our appetite for it

Ant McPartlin’s celebrity has been built on a perennially boyish, cheeky-chappy image, always at ease in front of the camera. The image he presented following his sentencing for drink-driving, after a collision in which other people were injured, could not have been more different. Gaunt face, furrowed brow, and dark bags under worried eyes, he looked in no fit state to have cameras shoved in his face. But a press that has built him up is not going to miss the opportunity for close-up scrutiny of his downfall to addiction and depression. His haggard face covered front pages: “Ant’s court shame”, “Ant’s guilt”, “Shamefaced!” chorused the captions. The Daily Mail had the nastiest dig at its former darling: “A picture of self-pity, drink drive Ant fined £86,000 (and that’s just 4 days’ wages).”

Related: Ant McPartlin has no reason to apologise. His addiction is not his fault | Chris Owen

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