Cameron Daddo has revealed that he didn’t start an acting career until his 20s because he struggled with anxiety.
The 59-year-old Australian actor has since gone on to have an illustrious portfolio, but as a teenager, he was afflicted with a stutter that made performance hard.
‘If people weren’t ready for me to talk, that’s when I would do it,’ he told Today Extra this week.
‘If I was asked to talk and speak up, then that’s when I was worried about what I was saying.
‘I would get caught up and anxious and my mind would race a lot faster than my mouth would work. So hence the stutter would come.’
Cameron signed to to his first big television gig at age 21 when he joined game show Perfect Match.
‘So as far as acting or anything like that, I didn’t aspire to do any of that until I was in my 20s’ he said.
It comes after Cameron and Alison Brahe, 54, have admitted last year that they were back in therapy to do some much needed maintenance on their relationship.
Cameron Daddo has revealed that he didn’t start an acting career until his 20s because he struggled with anxiety. Pictured on Today Extra
The couple discussed the status of their marriage on their podcast Separate Bathrooms.
‘We have recently gone back into some couples therapy,’ the actor confessed.
Addressing wife Alison, he continued: ‘For me it’s like you said, our relationship is at 11. I am really happy with where we are at right now.
‘But I also think that’s because we chose to jump back into just a little maintenance. Having that support felt good.’
The model agreed: ‘We have done so much therapy as well, sometimes we can get lost in the minutiae of little things feeling like they are huge things.
‘I would get caught up and anxious and my mind would race a lot faster than my mouth would work. So hence the stutter would come’ he said
Cameron signed to to his first big television gig at age 21. ‘So as far as acting or anything like that, I didn’t aspire to do any of that until I was in my 20s’ he said. Pictured in 1994
‘And that’s why I was saying to you the other day, I said, ‘We actually have a really good relationship. Let’s not toss everything out, the baby with the bathwater.’,’ she continued.
‘And just go, ‘This part of it needs attention for sure.’
Alison went on: ‘Having the therapist there going, ‘You guys are actually great. The way you talk to each other and how you listen.’ And hearing that again was like, ‘Yeah, we’re alright.’
‘We are doing really well, we just need to work on reconnecting, little things.’
Cameron chimed, backing up the sentiment, saying the pair just needed some ‘tweaks’.
The power couple have been open about their marital strife in the past, and discussed how they rebuilt their marriage after Cameron cheated in 1994.
It comes after Cameron and Alison Brahe, 54, have admitted last year that they were back in therapy to do some much needed maintenance on their relationship. Pictured together
Brahe told the Sydney Morning Herald that her relationship to Daddo ‘evolved the most’ during marriage counselling in the wake of his infidelity.
However it wasn’t all smooth sailing, with the mother-of-three admitting they had ‘a terrible experience’ with their first therapist.
‘It is so important to find the right therapist for you. The one we found was our second choice, as the first one was a terrible experience,’ said Alison.
However once they found a decent counsellor, the long-term couple ‘both wanted the relationship to work, so that was a good starting point’.
Daddo recently spoke about hurting his wife by cheating on her three years after tying the knot in 1991.
The Australian actor discussed his marriage on their Separate Bathrooms podcast and admitted it’s important to ‘learn how to apologise’.
‘We were told by Reverend Brian that married us. He said you’re going to hurt your partner the most of anyone in your life.’
‘In my case, it’s probably true,’ an emotional Cameron said.
The power couple have been open about their marital strife in the past, and discussed how they rebuilt their marriage after Cameron cheated in 1994. Pictured in 1994
‘So it’s a good idea to learn how to apologise, mean it and then make the necessary actions, so you don’t repeat it. That’s a good lesson,’ he added.
Alison said that the couple had to go through a ‘hell of a lot of work’ before they could finally reach a happy place.
‘I was the one who left the marriage,’ Cameron told Woman’s Day, clarifying that he had been unfaithful, not Alison.
His infidelity took place in America, after he had relocated there for his acting career.
Alison admitted that their marriage was hardly ‘couple goals’, but they worked on it and are better off today.
‘You don’t get to 28 years of marriage without a hell of a lot of work and struggles – and a fair chunk of pain and tears,’ she said.
‘We are doing really well, we just need to work on reconnecting, little things’ Alison said
In a blog post for daddy website The Father Hood, Daddo blamed alcohol for his infidelity.
‘When I acted out in that way, I didn’t really want to be there,’ he said.
‘There were reasons how I got into that place. And a lot of it was alcohol and being alone, feeling really lonely and being literally oceans away from my partner.’
The star said that he and Alison both received counselling to repair their marriage, and that the experience ultimately became something that they could grow from.
The couple wed in 1991 and have three children together, daughters Lotus and Bodhi and a son, River.
