The show must go on. Even when the do good’er does bad.

Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway is built on giving joy to good people who have pulled through tough times.

This year, the comedy duo have been giving people a “Place on the plane”: A week-long holiday in Orlando including DisneyWorld Florida, where the series finale will take place live.

So far they’ve given tickets to a widowed Dad and his toddler son who lost his mum to cancer, a midwife who has been in the profession for decades and delivered babies in their thousands, a mother and son who haven’t seen in each other in 10 years- among other struggling families, who deserve a holiday of a life time.

And you believe these good people should have their holiday revoked- possibly the best thing that has happened to them in a long time taken away?

The most watched show of 2018 is based around making people smile- faces of the winners are irreplaceable and to turn these smiles upside down would defeat the point of Ant and Dec altogether. They strive on making their audience smile.

This doesn’t condone the fact Ant has broken the law. He has been charged with drink-driving and is responsibile for a young girl being taken to hospital. His actions are disgraceful, and he should face the consequences. But the show’s audience and his best friend and co-host shouldn’t have to.

Anthony McPartlin is an ill man. Recovering from rehab, prescription drug addiction, alcoholism, divorce – all in the spotlight is enough to drive anyone insane. He has retreated, stepped down, and is returning to the treatment he needs.

He is correcting his terrible mistake and this shouldn’t effect the happiness of thousands of people.

Sources have confirmed, Dec is supporting him. His ex-wife is supporting him. His mother is supporting him.

Lets support him too. Lets finish what good he started.

Declan Donnelly will and should continue to present the last two episodes of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night takeaway without him.

For now, the show isn’t about them and their career. Dec isn’t going to flee the scene and become a solo success without his best friend. He’ll just be on the other end of the telephone to support him.

It isn’t about Ant letting Dec down or Dec getting to have a nice time and all the attention. I’m sure the next two Saturday’s for Dec are going to be some of the hardest and uncomfortable nights of his entire career.

The next two Saturdays are about delivering promises the comedy duo made. It’s about showing what means most to them: their audience and making people smile.

The show has prizes to give, people to surprise, places on the plane to hand out, and one heck of a  holiday and party to throw in Orlando Florida that they have promised so many people.

And nothing would ruin the pair more than not delivering just that.

This isn’t a great split, a divorce between the most famous comedy duo of the 21st century. The show continuing without Ant displays the dedication the presenters have to make other people happy, even if they are suffering.

The show will go on, and I for one, am right behind them both.