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Danny Dyer opens up about his 'childhood trauma' and being sent to a psychiatrist as a kid after his dad's secret second family was revealed
The EastEnders star, 47, revealed his father Antony left when he was just nine after having a two-year affair and 'running' a secret second family.
His grandfather was a strong figure in Danny's life, and in an environment where men were cold, tough and unfeeling, he made him feel loved. 'I went to a psychiatrist as a child and I had to sit in a room and play, weirdly, with a doll's house and there would be figures like "This is mummy, this is daddy" and I could never quite understand what therapy was,' he said. One of Danny's closest friends during his difficult teenage years was a stray dog called Sam, who he said helped him through 'a lot of trauma'.
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