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I'm A Celeb's Ant and Dec share unexpected reason they cover their watches on the show

Viewers have long questioned why the hosts are wearing totally unreadable watches...

Ant and Dec's watches are always covered up when they're on air (Image: James Gourley/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)That means when they get a visit in camp at the end of each night's episode, even thought it's gone 10pm in Britain, they've just woken up. One I'm A Celeb viewer tweeted the show asking why it was that we couldn't see the time and Ant replied on the joint account he shared with Dec, saying: "Who’s gonna explain?????" On another ITV show, Love Island, producers also hide the time from contestants, supposedly so they lose track during the unusual filming schedules.

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