Viewers adored Dec’s Ant joke that kick-started I’m a Celeb

This was a brilliant moment.

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! returned to our screens on Sunday night and so too did everybody's favourite pair of presenters. The image of Ant and Dec, together again, greeted viewers at the beginning of the 2017 series and it was a welcome sight. "We're here for the next three weeks," Dec started. "Your hosts with the most. Me and... the gorgeous Holly Willoughby." https://twitter.com/imacelebrity/status/932358028053004288 With that, Dec put his finger to his ear as if to make contact with a producer. "Oh guys, that's the wrong script," he continued. "You've put the wrong script in the teleprompter. Nobody was sure if you would make it or not! We didn't know if you'd be here." Cue faux offence from the returning Ant, who promptly embraced his television soulmate and insisted that he was "always going to make it back."

"It's good to be back!"

The joke was an ice-breaking reference to the fact that Ant has been away from the spotlight for several months after checking himself into rehab in June for drink and drug addiction. The 42-year-old revealed in the summer that he'd been battling depression and an addiction to prescription painkillers following knee surgery. And while the subject is obviously a serious one, Dec made his returning buddy feel as though nothing had changed by taking the mick again towards the end of Sunday's show. https://twitter.com/BeardedGenius/status/932376528524111872 Thankfully, Ant looked happy and healthy when he returned to our screens on Sunday night and viewers couldn't have been more pleased. https://twitter.com/Louise_Alice92/status/932354273781919745 https://twitter.com/nickieohara/status/932354272976605196 https://twitter.com/lexnnehxyes/status/932354271407955969 https://twitter.com/iMattG5/status/932354270896295938 https://twitter.com/shannonae23/status/932354311702614024 https://twitter.com/ByLucyJones/status/932354708823560193 https://twitter.com/eoghainfitz/status/932354532985540608 https://twitter.com/LowriBuckley/status/932354507052371969 https://twitter.com/lucyai31/status/932354503998926851 https://twitter.com/GJDTaylor/status/932354464836669442