Think you know Declan Donnelly? You don't know nothing!
Here are ten little known facts about the lovable Geordie...
1. Dec is not actually small at all - he's a towering seven foot two. But he's so conscious about his height that he chooses to carefully stoop when on screen. Dec is so talented at this secretive stooping that people actually refer to him as small.
2. Dec rarely actually meets Ant - the two were merely put together by a clever TV producer, who realised the two boys looked good together on screen. However, a row about football early in their career left the pair bitter enemies, vowing to never be in the same room again. So they now stick to an elaborate schedule that allows one to leave the room before the other arrives, even when the pair are engaging in on-screen banter.
3. Dec is an exceptionally talented archer and once represented Newcastle at the Stuttgart youth games, but was disqualified for wearing the wrong footwear.
4. Dec isn't sure if God exists, but reckons he might.
5. His favourite film is mid-90s Sandra Bullock weepy While You Were Sleeping. "Something about that movie just gets to me, man", he told me.
6. Dec is a massive star in Sierra Leone, where he has become something of an underground folk hero. "I'm kind of half man, half myth over there, man" he said.
7. Dec liked his Madam Tussauds waxwork so much, he bought it! Then, he destroyed it.
8. Despite first being seen in Byker Grove, Dec is a notoriously poor cyclist! "Aye but come on, I'm canny at football and archery", he defended.
9. Ant & Dead! Dec sadly died in an accident in 2006, but then discovered that his ITV contract wouldn't allow it, so had to come back to life.
10. Dec is in favour of the London congestion charge. "It makes good sense, man" he said.
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