Furious Ant McPartlin has slammed Piers Morgan for questioning his National Television Awards win.

Ant McPartlin

Ant McPartlin

Piers questioned why 43-year-old Ant - who took a year out to focus on his sobriety - won the Best Presenter award alongside Declan Donnelly and Ant reportedly hit back with an angry email.

A source told the Daily Mirror: "Ant sent him an email saying he takes his recovery very seriously and he didn't appreciate Piers belittling it by saying all he has done is walk the dog.

"Ant did work last year - he presented nearly the whole series of 'Takeaway' and all the audition shows of 'BGT'.

"He then worked hard on his recovery. To suggest that all he did was walk the dog insults everyone who is in recovery or suffering from mental health issues. Ant pointed this all out to Piers."

Following the win, 'Good Morning Britain' presenter Piers lashed out at Ant live on air.

He fumed: "It's like Ant and Dec always winning it even though Ant hasn't worked for a year.

"It's like 'Come on! How did you get a nom?' I'm sorry but how did that happen? "Dec? Sure he's put a shift in, us? Hundreds of days at the coal face in the morning.

"Walking the dog for a year, television personality of the year. Me? Coal face every morning, hours on end, week after week...nothing, not a dickie bird.

"Imagine Britain, if that is a reasonable way to conduct the awards season business, seriously."

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