Danny Miller breaks down in tears as he explains shock decision to QUIT Emmerdale for I’m A Celeb
DANNY Miller broke down in tears as he explained his surprise decision to quit Emmerdale to take part in I'm A Celebrity.
Last week The Sun revealed how the 30-year-old, had walked away from playing Aaron Dingle on the ITV soap after 13 years and he's now revealed how the birth of his first child changed his perspective on everything - including his job.
Speaking about his exit for the first time, ahead of appearing in the castle, a very emotional Danny shared: “I have left Emmerdale, unfortunately. I have decided to start a new path in life.
“I have got my baby and I am getting married next year and it felt like the right time to start a new chapter in my life.
“I can feel my nerves saying it because I’ve not really told anybody. I am very emotional about it. It’s been a massive part of my life.”
Danny and his fiancée Steph became parents for the first time last month when they welcomed a little boy called Albert.
His birth triggered something in the actor, who decided it would be a good time to move on after 13 years - and I’m A Celeb gave him the financial security to do that.
He explained: “I wanted to spread my wings for a while and a show like this gives me the opportunity to see what else happens after it. Start a new life with my family, see what happens.
“Obviously the show is fantastic money, I am not going to lie and it gives me the opportunity to at least be off for a year next year, so if nothing happens I will be comfortable with my family.
“I am hoping stuff does happen and new jobs come up.”
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Danny went on to explain how gruelling the work schedule can be on the soap – making it hard for him to spend time with his son.
“Our lives are run by two week block schedules and life goes really quickly when you are in a soap. I have been there 13 years,” he said.
“13 years ago I started with Aaron and I have grown up with him. I feel protective of him and I think it’s time for him to start a new life if you like. “We work Monday to Friday, 7-7 so having a new baby, as a lot of people know, it’s very difficult to spend much time with them, you don’t get a lot of time off. You want to busy earning money for your family.
“For me it was a decision about being able to be in the opportunity of picking and choosing times we want to work, obviously a fantastic show like Emmerdale you are at the hands of the story liners and the writers and that is something that I wanted to free them off and free myself of because I wanted to make sure I could pick and choose and be there for the baby if I needed to.
“In Emmerdale you are in all the time and when this opportunity came up again this year I decided I was going to grab it with both hands.”
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