“I’m sorry Baby” – Danny Dyer opens up about his Dark Past ‘HURTING’ his Daughter – a story that moves everyone to Tears!

Former EastEnders actor Danny Dyer was brought to tears in what he describes as the “most open and honest” interview of his life, where he disclosed that his wife Jo now manages all their finances due to his past indiscretions involving inf1delity and dr::g-fuelled escapades.

In a no-holds-barred session for ITV’s The Assembly, Dyer also shared how therapy has been pivotal after losing every male role model to abandonment or d3ath, and justified his decision to send his children to private schools.

The probing interview is part of the TV series The Assembly, which debuted with Michael Sheen on BBC1 and is making its return on ITV featuring David Tennant, Jade Thirlwall, and Gary Lineker in upcoming episodes. The unique format involves a panel of autistic, neurodivergent, or learning-disabled interviewers who ensure that guests are candid, with a rule that nothing is off-limits.

During the interview, when panelist Chardonnay questioned whether he and his wife maintained a joint bank account after she drained it and evicted him due to his wild antics back in 2000, Dyer admitted: “She controls everything now.”

He elaborated on the circumstances, confessing: “Yes, she did kick me out because I was a pr***. And she deserved better. Sometimes I would go out and get off my head, take dr::gs, and I wouldn’t come home for three days. I had issues – I never wanted the party to end. She had every right to throw me out.”

Reflecting on whether he has abandoned his working-class roots by choosing private education for his children, actor Danny Dyer candidly discussed the motivation behind his decision. He revealed that moving away from the East End, where he and his wife Jo had their beginnings, was essential due to the constant threat of “violence in the air”, reports the Mirror.

They’ve been together forever, but Danny Dyer and Joanne Mas almost didn’t get married (Image: Getty Images)
Opening up to a group, Danny expressed: “What you want to do is earn some money and then move to a better place, a better area where you can bring your children up. But I put my children in a private school and now they’re not streetwise. I don’t regret it, but there’s a part of me that wishes I could instil a little bit of knowing what it’s like to struggle.”

He further admitted that driving his kids around in a Bentley might have been counterproductive. “I walked everywhere as a kid, or I had to get a bus. I don’t think they’ve ever been on a f***ing bus, my kids.”

Danny also opened up about his experience with therapy over the years. “I needed to learn what was wrong with me because I was acting, I was earning money – I had everything going for me, but I still wasn’t happy. I learned that it was every strong male role model I had either left me or di3d.”

Sharing more about his personal losses, Danny continued, “My dad left when I was nine. Then I got really close to my grandad but he got cancer and di3d within six months. Then I got close to a very famous playwright called Harold Pinter who was somebody who took me under his wing and I loved him very much and then he got cancer, and he di3d.”

Danny opened up about his past struggles, acknowledging the unhelpful coping mechanisms he developed. “Whenever I got close to somebody who I loved and I looked up to I’d press the ‘f*** it’ button before they could di3. I thought ‘I’ll beat you to it’ which is a weird way of thinking. I needed to learn some tools, so [therapy] was good for me.”

In an emotional exchange with group member Essin, who was raised by a single mum as well, Danny expressed deep feelings about absent fathers: “My dad wasn’t a very good dad, he didn’t know how to do it. I don’t understand how men, including your father, put their head on the pillow knowing they have children out there that they don’t want to have a relationship with.”

Danny discussed the conscious effort he has made to be present in his children’s lives: “I caused quite a lot of pain to my children, the stuff I was getting up to, just being vacant, not engaging, not being available. It’s not about money, you can live in a cardboard box. Children need stability and affection and to feel like they’re loved. That’s it. When you haven’t got that, it’s a really tough thing.”

The star opens up about the shocking personal revelation from his youth when he found out that his father had a hidden second family. “My dad was living two lives. I always remember on Christmas Day he’d always disappear for a few hours and what he was doing was going across London to see his other family. He had two daughters. If you think about that – crazy.”

He shares that despite this tumultuous history, he has reconciled with his father Antony, saying, “I’m very close to my dad now actually, because he deserved another shot.”