Overview
- McPartlin disclosed on Wednesday on the Hanging Out With Ant And Dec podcast that he once kicked over a row of Lime e‑bikes that were left just outside his Wimbledon gates.
- He laughed that the repeated parking partly prompted his move to a £10 million gated home in Cobham in February and has denied that a separate neighbour dispute over proposed tree work was the only reason for leaving.
- On the podcast he quoted his step‑daughters saying he had 'anger issues' after the incident, a detail outlets used alongside coverage of his past addiction and recovery to frame the story.
- Reporting notes that dockless e‑bike schemes in London have long drawn complaints about clutter and improper parking, which places his anecdote in a wider urban nuisance debate.
- The podcast clip has been widely shared by national media and could sharpen public attention on e‑bike parking and on local planning frictions in leafy London neighbourhoods.