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UNCOVERED: Home and Away’s real-life dads!

Nothing melts our hearts more. - by Erin Doyle
  • 02 Dec 2020

With so many difficult events happening in 2020, there's no better time to be grateful for the lighter side of life and to pay tribute to the men who are raising – or have successfully raised – beautiful children.

WATCH: James Stewart says daughter Scout inspired him to get fit

Outside the sandy shores of Summer Bay, many Home and Away stars past and present are wrangling kids of their own – with hopefully less drama than the iconic soap tends to deal with.

From Cameron Daddo’s multi-kid brood to Shane Withington’s grown-up daughter following in his footsteps and Jake Ryan and James Stewart’s youngsters, we take a look at our favourite doting dads in real-life from the world of Home and Away.

James Stewart

James Stewart is a doting dad to eight-year-old Scout.

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JAMES STEWART

Scout is the ridiculously cute eight-year-old daughter of Home and Away’s James Stewart, who plays Justin Morgan, and his ex-fiancee Jessica Marais.

“Being a dad has brought me so much joy," the actor gushed about his daughter to TV WEEK in 2018, adding: “She is my world. She’s the cutest thing I have ever seen.”

Cameron Daddo

Cameron Daddo, wife Alison Brahe and their three kids.

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CAMERON DADDO

With three decades of marriage under his belt with wife Alison Brahe, Cameron Daddo is well-versed in life as a husband and dad to the couple’s three kids: daughters  Lotus, 24 and Bodhi, 14 and son River, 14. “We’re very proud of our kids,” he told Medium in 2018.

Jake Ryan

Jake Ryan welcomed his first child, a son named Wolf last year.

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JAKE RYAN

New dad Jake Ryan (who played Robbo) and girlfriend Alice Quiddington welcomed their first child together in October last year, a son named Wolf William Ryan.

Since the bundle of joy’s arrival, Jake has shared numerous sweet snaps of Wolf on Instagram, melting everyone’s hearts in the process.

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Shane Withington's daughter Maddie (pictured) made her TV debut on Home and Away in 2015.

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SHANE WITHINGTON

The apple doesn’t fall from the tree when it comes to Shane Withington’s adult daughter Maddie, who he shares with his partner (and A Country Practice co-star) Anne Tenney.

In 2015, Maddie made a guest appearance on Home and Away where dad Shane portrays John Palmer. Those acting skills must be in the blood!

Charlie Clausen

"It is amazing what you'll put up with when you look down at that cute little face," Charlie said of his daughter Iona.

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CHARLIE CLAUSEN

To Home and Away fans, Charlie Clausen is best known as one of Leah’s former husbands, Zac MacGuire. These days he’s got his foot firmly in the parenting world.

Not only does he share 11-month-old daughter Iona with wife Gemma, he hosts a parenting podcast called DadPod alongside fellow famous dad, Osher Gunsberg.

Speaking to Now To Love just weeks after his baby’s arrival, Charlie confessed:  “We're definitely in the baby bubble. Like, it is amazing what you'll put up with when you look down at that cute little face. The amount of, like, yelling and crying and pooey nappies and all that kind of stuff. We're totally loved up.”

Todd Lasance

“The capacity for love and what love means is unbelievable," Todd said after welcoming daughter Charlie with wife Jordan.

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TODD LASANCE

Todd, who played Aden Jefferies from 2005 to 2005, admits fatherhood changed him for the better after welcoming daughter Charlie into the world in July 2016 with wife Jordan.

“The capacity for love and what love means is unbelievable. You think you know what love is and then you have a child and then you're like 'Oh my God, this is it.’'' Todd told Daily Mail Australia in 2018.

“The depth of emotion I start to feel as well is incredible. Especially for your work as well - as an actor it's just like the golden ticket because you feel everything so much more intensely. It's been beautiful on all fronts.”

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JACKSON GALLAGHER

The sentiment that fatherhood changes a person for the better is something that Jackson Gallagher (who played Josh Barrett from 2013 to 2016) agrees with.

In a recent interview with TV WEEK, the 30-year-old said welcoming a child changed him "in a great way".

He explained: "It's a part of my life, a really wild and enriching part, that I have a lot of love for."

Tai Hara
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TAI HARA

Jackson's on-screen brother, Tai Hara, who played Andy Barrett is a new dad after wife Fely Irvine gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Chi, in October.

"It's amazing, it's everything and more. It's one of those things that people tell you about but until you actually experience it you don't realise how magical it is," Tai told Now To Love of being a dad. 

"It's been a beautiful journey so far and Fely is just such an incredible mother."

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