Danny Dyer says his 'very privileged kids' freaked out when he showed them where he grew up.
The former soap star, 45, finds some of his offspring's middle class mannerisms 'disconcerting', as he muses how their lavish upbringing differs from his own working class start in the world.
Speaking in a new interview, the Football Factory star recalls his father leaving the family home when the actor was just a young child, and ponders if the abandonment contributes to some of his struggles as an adult.
The former EastEnders actor - who opens up about a stay in a physiatric unit in the interview - admits his childhood experience prompted him to make sure he showers his children and grandkids with affection.
Dad-of-three Danny grew up on a council estate in Custom House, one of the most deprived areas of east London, and went on to star in Oscar-winning short Wasp, work with Harold Pinter and become one of the nation's favourite soap stars.
But despite being an accomplished actor and now leading a privileged life, Danny is still subjected to classim - particularly surrounding the names he picked out for the three children he shares with childhood sweetheart Joanne Mas.
Looking back on his childhood, Danny has only happy memories of his upbringing and fondly recalls having a lot of love in his life as he enjoyed caravan holidays with the "strong women" who raised him.
Writing in his 2016 autobiography, Straight Up, Danny looks back on the moment his changed at the age of nine-years-old, when his father father, Tony, a painter and decorator, left their home for another family who live close by.
Remembering his mum, Christine, taking a call regarding the traumatic news, Danny wrote: "I stopped what I was doing and looked at my mum. She was literally going white. And then she said, ‘Oh, no,’ and dropped to her knees, still holding my baby sister. That image sticks in my head. Her there, helpless, shaking."
Speaking in his latest interview, Danny muses how his father's decision to abandoned him - in addition to his grandfather's death a few years later - may have impacted his mental health over the years.
"I had a ‘f*** it’ button and I would destroy relationships before I could be left," Danny admits to The Times.
These days Danny has a relationship with his father and the pair often have "some very deep conversations".
"I love my dad very much and understand he was s*** at doing the dad and family thing," the star explains.
"I think he knows that now, and he’s trying his utmost best to be a grandad to my kids and a great-grandfather to my grandson. He missed out on a lot of years, because it didn’t come naturally to him."
Danny continues to share how his own experiences in childhood have influenced how he raises his children - sweetly explaining how he is "constantly kissing and cuddling my kids. I love it. I need it."
Danny and wife share three children together; Love Island star Dani, Sunnie and Arty.
"I’ve got very privileged kids now. They have no concept," the grandad-of-one muses.
"I took them round my old stomping ground recently and my son [Arty, 9] freaked out at where I used to live. They were petrified."
He adds how his daughter Sunnie, 15, pronounces the 't' in 'water', which he finds disconcerting and admits he doesn't know where he stands class-wise, due to things like wife Jo buying scented toilet paper.
Elsewhere in the candid interview, Danny shares how he checked into psychiatric unit six years ago, after making 'serious errors' in life, and reveals how his wife Joanne reacted to his past cheating scandals.
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