Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have opened up about the pressure that work has put on their friendship over the years - and how their close relationship has helped them "look out for each other" in tough times.
The duo are set to host their first new gameshow in more than a decade, which will potentially make history giving away the biggest cash prize ever seen on British TV if someone wins over £1 million.
Appearing on ITV's Lorraine, they were asked about their close friendship had aided them at work.
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Host Lorraine Kelly probed: "The great thing about you two is that you're friends, first and foremost you're pals. And then you built a relationship on top of that. But it's different with you guys..."
"It is different," Ant agreed. "I think that helps will our decision making and looking out for each other's personal happiness more. We know each other inside out and if it doesn't make the other one happy then we won't do it.
"We both have to say yes to something for us to do it."
Dec added: "And that's changed as well, our relationship's changed because going back 10, 15 years we were so much about work - 'We want to do this, we want to do that' and every opportunity that came along we were so tempted by.
"But now, we're a bit older, so we have to kind of..."
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"And we've both got families," Ant added. "You've got to take that into consideration."
The pair also spoke about their new gameshow, with Ant saying: "It's great, the world's first limitless jackpot!"
Dec continued: "Some very clever people came to us and said, 'What if you could just keep going and there's not jackpot?'"
He revealed that not having Britain's Got Talent last year gave them a bit of time to consider and play the game to see what it was like.
"We got up to £1.2million on the ladder and then we had a rush of blood to the head," Ant revealed. "We lost it all!"
How does Ant and Dec's Limitless Win work?
Ant and Dec’s first game show in more than a decade will take some getting used to - so ahead of it starting on Saturday night here are the basics on how it works.
A pair of contestants first answer questions in sixty seconds to win ‘lives’ with five lives for each correct answer. And then the main game with the limitless money ladder begins.
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Ant explains: “The answer to every question is a number. But only exact answers bank you cash.
“You can go under the exact answer and you lose lives. But go over the exact answer, even by one and it is game over.”
Questions include ‘How many slices are there in a large Domino's pizza? And ‘How tall is an Oscar statue in cms?’.
Every question is an opportunity to climb the endless money ladder and reach big money, but only a correct answer allows you to bank the cash and then hit a gold buzzer to walk away with the money.
Many contestants will choose to play it safe and remain in the game until they know that they have an exact answer to a question.
The show will potentially make history giving away the biggest cash prize ever seen on British TV if someone wins over £1 million - as long as someone can climb the ladder high enough, get a correct answer and then cash out.
Dec said: “It is filled with jeopardy and every journey is different. It is hard to bank the money because you need exact answers, so you need to stay in the game.”
*Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV
