Gently, and with infinite patience, James Stewart brushes his little girl’s hair as she laughs up at him.
‘Yes, I can plait,’ grins the Home And Away newcomer, who happily co-parents cute Scout with his ex-fiancee Jessica Marais.
If I ever write a book, it’s going to be about the art of plaiting, from a male perspective!’
There’s no doubt fatherhood has changed James in ways more fundamental than his skill at hairstyles, or the fairy dust from a princess crown in his hair.
‘I saw a quote: “The moment a child is born, a father is born” and that’s exactly what happened,’ says James, 40, who met his former partner when they co-starred on Packed To The Rafters.
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