Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, aka Ant and DecDespite presenting reality tv shows themselves, Ant and Dec are not fans of the instant celebrities they produce.

Speaking to Arena magazine, Declan Donnelly particularly slammed Celebrity Big Brother star, Chantelle Houghton.

“Chantelle is like a trick played on celebrities that has got out of hand.”

“I’m not sure that would happen in any other country.”

“Celebrity used to be a by product of your day job, but now it’s just a day job to be a celebrity. That never used to exist before.”

“I wonder how many kids now do want to be firemen and policemen and nurses and stuff, and how many kids just want to be famous.”

“It’s a sad kind of reflection.”

His presenting partner Ant McPartlin doesn’t feel threatened by the new cohort of stars though.

“It’s no challenge to what I do.”

“If they’re in the paper more than me, then that’s good. It’s very curious though, it’ll be interesting to see what happens.”