SAS Australia EXCLUSIVE: ‘I missed him saying Dada’: Eden Dally reveals he was ‘hurting inside’ while filming series as he sacrificed his son Boston’s ‘firsts’ to film military-style show
Love Island star Eden Dally has appeared strong-willed, collected and determined on the intense military-style show, SAS Australia.
However, the reality TV hunk says despite his tough exterior on the series, he was ‘really hurting inside’.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday, the 28-year-old said being away from his family was the biggest challenge to overcome.
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SAS Australia EXCLUSIVE: ‘I missed him saying “Dada”‘: Eden Dally reveals he was ‘hurting inside’ while filming series as he sacrificed firsts with son Boston to film military-style show
Eden shares a child – eight-month-old son Boston- with his Married At First Sight star partner, Cyrell Paule.
‘I didn’t have any breakdowns, but I was really hurting inside and was definitely missing Cyrell and Boston,’ Eden said.
‘I’m a first-time father and I haven’t been away from Boston without FaceTiming or speaking to him. That was my biggest challenge: missing my family.’
‘That was my biggest challenge: missing my family’: Eden said as a first-time father it was hard being away from son Boston and MAFS star partner Cyrell Paule
‘I missed him crawling and clapping’: Boston was just six-months-old when Eden began filming in August, and the star said he sacrificed a few firsts by being away from the tot
Boston was just six-months-old when Eden began filming in August, and the star said he sacrificed a few firsts by being away from the tot.
‘I missed him saying “dada”, missed him crawling, missed him clapping and I missed him saying “go away”. He always says “go away” now,’ Eden explained.
‘Not be able to see Boston and these things that he was doing, that was the really challenging part for me that was getting to me the most.’
No more children: Eden claimed he and Cyrell are happy with Boston being their one-and-only ‘golden child’
Eden and Cyrell began dating in March 2019 and the couple welcomed Boston on February 9, 2020.
When asked about what the couples’ future looks like, Eden didn’t rule out marriage.
‘You can never rule out an engagement thing, but that would be further down in the future, but with children, one is enough for now. Boston is a little handful,’ he said.
‘I’m happy to have the one and only child, the golden boy Boston, and Cyrell is happy too,’ Eden said.
Rise to fame: Eden first appeared on dating series Love Island Australia in 2018. Pictured with ex-girlfriend Erin Barnett
Cast: A total of 17 famous faces signed up for the intense SAS selection course, run by an elite team of ex-special forces soldiers known as the Directing Staff
A total of 17 celebrities signed up for the intense SAS selection course run by an elite team of British ex-Special Forces soldiers.
Eden is one of 13 recruits remaining on the program.
SAS Australia continues on Monday from 7:30pm on Channel Seven
Tune in: SAS Australia continues on Monday from 7:30pm on Channel Seven