Did you notice this?
Fans of Britain’s Got Talent claimed that scenes featuring Ant McPartlin were cut from the first episode in the new series of the show on Saturday night.
Although McPartlin is currently in rehab, the show’s audition stage was filmed prior to his arrest for drink-driving last month.
However, despite Ant and Dec being reunited on-screen for the first time since the incident, viewers on social media accused the show’s producers of “editing out” Ant McPartlin “as much as possible”.
The criticism was particularly focused on the apparent removal of the Geordie duo’s usual interviews with contestants.
Here’s a sample of what people had to say on social media:
https://twitter.com/Tommo1965/status/985237548938166272
Anyone else noticed the very obvious editing of ‘cut as much out of Ant as much as possible’ #BGT #BritainsGotTalent
— Hannah (@Spampoodle) April 14, 2018
14 minutes into @BGT and you can already tell they’ve cut Ant out a bit 😞 @antanddec #BGT
— ❤.x.Natalie.x.❤ (@nats_118) April 14, 2018
Nice to see Ant & Dec back on TV together. If only until the live shows. I wonder did they cut some of Ant's bits? #BGT
— Dara (@loader_luver) April 14, 2018
Elsewhere in the show, Ant and the show’s judges were seen breaking down in tears after magician Marc Spelmann opened up about his wife’s struggle with IVF and battle with cancer.
Ant will appear throughout the auditions, which will run on TV until the end of May. However, he will likely be absent from the full week of live shows, with Dec set to front the show alone.
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