ANT McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have issued an apology for using blackface disguises during their ITV prime time show Saturday Night Takeaway.
The presenters issued the joint statement on their social media accounts earlier this evening. In the statement, Ant, and Dec, both 44, said: “During past episodes of Saturday Night Takeaway we impersonated people of colour in the undercover segment of the show. “We realise this was wrong and want to say that we sincerely sorry to everyone that was offended. “We purposely stopped doing this several years ago and certainly would not make these sketches today. “We had already taken steps to ensure footage was taken down and have again recently confirmed with ITV that these segments, and any other.
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