ITV I'm A Celebrity in 'chaos' as Ant and Dec left exhausted

I'm a Celebrity duo Ant and Dec have opened up about how their prep for the live show was impacted by a fire alarm just hours before they woke up at 2am.

I’m a Celeb duo Ant and Dec’s preparation for the live show was thrown into disarray - thanks to a rogue fire alarm.

The pair usually get up at 2am every morning Australian time to prep for the show going live at 7pm. But after going to bed at 6.30pm on Monday evening, they were awoken just three hours later by the alarm going off.

The pair are once again staying in a beachfront £1,000-a-night penthouse they normally rent which is a short drive away from the I'm A Celebrity jungle. Speaking to fans, the pair admitted they were exhausted for the live show, which aired at 9pm in the UK.

One viewer asked on their Instagram Live: “Are you both tired?” to which Dec replied: "We are and I shall tell why. There was a fire alarm last night at 9.30pm. I know that might sound early for you, doesn’t it, but we go to bed at 6.30pm.”

Ant added: “You are three hours in and those first three hours are your deep sleep, that’s you’re really good sleep.” Dec the joked: “You can tell he missed out on his beauty sleep last night…look at the state of him today."

Dec is staying with wife, Ali Astall, along with their children Isla, six, and Jack, two, in the Cabarita in New South Wales. Ant meanwhile is staying with wife Anne-Marie, and their baby Wilder, who was born in May. She was unable to join him last year as she was pregnant.

Dec has previously spoken about their night routine ahead of their gruelling 2am wake-up. He said they usually film the Bushtucker trial after the show ends before getting home at 1pm

He said: “We have a couple of hours to chill and then have dinner about 4.30pm and then bed is like six or 6.30pm." Ant added: "And then our alarms go off at two or 2.30am every day. And you can never fall asleep at half six. It is always after seven."

Dec agreed and said: "I don't fall asleep no, I go to bed and put on a podcast, a Newcastle United podcast, Pod On The Tyne or the True Faith podcast, I listen to that."

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