Donnelly was opening up on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast with co-presenter, Anthony McPartlin. He revealed that he had tried therapy about five years ago and "really got a lot out of it."
When the I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! host was asked about his mental health he said: "I struggle a bit with, it’s kind of a low-level, constant anxiety about 'should be doing this’ or ‘I’ve got to be doing… I never feel I can sit down and just watch telly, I always feel like I should be doing something else."
He continued: "There’s that anxiety that there’s a job that needs to be done somewhere and I should be doing it. I struggle with that a lot, with trying to calm that voice in the back of your head that’s going, ‘no, you should be using this time more productively’. I went through a period of having therapy about five, five or six years ago. I really got a lot out of it. I really enjoyed it."
Donnelly explained that he has tried to go back to therapy although his old therapist was unable to see him. He said: "He did recommend somebody else and I’ve still got those details, I just haven’t managed to make an appointment yet."
The iconic 'Ant and Dec' have hosted multiple primetime entertainment shows, including Ant And Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Britain's Got Talent and Ant And Dec's Limitless Win. "When we're looking at projects, we always look at how can we get the whole family together? To entertain the whole family is no mean feat, and you've got to try and grab each generation and entertain them. It's entertainment, it's fun, but we take it incredibly seriously," Donnelly said.
"We do the best job in the world. We have a laugh every day. We've hosted some turkeys over the years. It hasn't always been a success. It's a privilege to be in someone's living room on a Saturday night hosting a big show," McPartlin added.
