Paul Gascogine has offered to step in for Ant McPartlin on 'Saturday Night Takeaway'.

Paul Gascogine

Paul Gascogine

The former footballer took to his Twitter account to post a mocked-up picture of himself alongside co-host Declan Donnelly with his nickname Gazza replacing Ant's moniker to read "Gazza & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway", after Ant was charged with drink driving following a collision last weekend.

In the caption alongside the tweeted image, which has since been deleted, Gazza wrote: "I'm here for you Dec if you need me while Ant gets better (sic)"

Paul, 50, has been a longtime friend of Ant and Dec since he played for their beloved Newcastle United in the 1980s.

Earlier this week, Ant was charged with drink driving after he hit two cars in his black Mini sports car while driving with his mother in Richmond, south west London, on Sunday (18.03.18).

The 42-year-old TV presenter was arrested following the smash and is set to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on April 4.

ITV confirmed shortly after the crash that this weekend's planned broadcast of 'Saturday Night Takeaway' will not go ahead.

A spokesman said: "ITV has taken a joint decision with Ant and Dec's team not to broadcast Saturday Night Takeaway this weekend."

But Dec has since confirmed he will front the last two episodes of 'Saturday Night Takeaway', on March 31 and April 7, on his own.

In a statement posted on Ant and Dec's Twitter account on Wednesday (21.03.18), Dec wrote: "Whilst I never thought I'd be in this position, after much discussion and careful consideration we've decided that the remaining two shows of this series of 'Saturday Night Takeaway' will go ahead. We made a promise to take hundreds of deserving winners to Florida to watch the series finale, and we will honour that. Everyone at ITV and the Takeaway team feels we owe it to the audience to complete the series. Dec x. (sic)"

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