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Declan Donnelly opens up on silent health struggle after undergoing therapy

Declan Donnelly revealed therapy helped ease his persistent anxiety, describing a constant feeling of needing to stay busy and difficulty relaxing during a podcast chat.

  • On Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, Declan Donnelly opened up about a silent mental health battle, saying he suffers low-level, constant anxiety and can 'never sit down.'
  • He said he had therapy about five or six years ago, and after a break, his former therapist said they could not see him; he added, `He did recommend somebody else and I've still got those details, I just haven't managed to make an appointment yet.`
  • They are launching a new podcast later this week, Hanging Out With Ant & Dec, and apologised last week after a promo video was criticised for its imagery.
  • Regarding his children, Donnelly said Isla, seven, asks to watch I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! but he hesitates as it airs after the watershed, and he's unsure about Jack, three.
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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, January 19, 2026.
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