Danny Dyer’s wedding left him in debt after wife Joanne Mas blew £125,000 magazine deal fee
DANNY Dyer has said that his wedding to Joanne Mas left him in debt after she blew their £125,000 magazine deal fee.
Danny and Jo have been together for 30 years but only tied the knot in 2016, pocketing the hefty sum for sharing exclusive photos with Hello! magazine.
But the EastEnders actor barely saw that fortune, with 41-year-old Danny revealing on The Jonathan Ross show that it wasn't around for long.
Speaking about his big day, the Cockney star said: "[We’ve been together] 30 years. I appreciate it now, I get it.
";I don’t know what took me so long [to get married], really, it’s crazy. She is incredible my wife.
"I was 13 when I met her. We grew up together, we had kids young. We did a magazine thing and got about £125,000 for it, she spunked the lot!";
He cheekily added: "I think I was in debt at the end of it."
Danny and Jo have three children together, five-year-old Arty, 11-year-old Sunnie, and 22-year-old Dani - who shot to fame after appearing on Love Island this summer.
Speaking to Jonathan, Danny also confessed that he "sobbed every night" when watching his oldest child on the ITV2 dating show.
The star explained: "I said goodbye to her, they took her blower off her and I’m watching her on the telly like everyone else.
"It is hard work, mate. I was sobbing my heart out every night, I’m a sensitive soul."
Praising the way that Dani portrayed herself in the reality show, Danny continued: "She is a beautiful little soul. I did tell her not to do [Love Island]... but I got it wrong.
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"She did it with grace and dignity. She did find a geezer, but she didn’t do none of that [sex on the show].
"I said to her: 'If you’re going to do it, win it.'
"She is quite a vulnerable little thing and I think she showed that vulnerability, she is a normal kid.
"I think people because of me had a perception of her, but she is anything but that."
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