Dani Dyer has revealed she suffered a devastating miscarriage before falling pregnant with her son Santi.
The Love Island star, 29, who found fame on the show in 2018 alongside then-boyfriend Jack Fincham, opened up about the miscarriage to Jamie Laing on his Great Company podcast.
After winning the ITV show and splitting from Jack, Dani got together with Sammy Kimmence, who she had dated before her TV appearance.
Dani welcomed son Santiago, now four, in January 2021 and split from Sammy in July that year after he was sentenced to three years in jail for a £34,000 scam.
Revealing that she had a miscarriage before having Santi, she shared: ‘Just before Santi, I got pregnant, and then that didn’t work out. Because it didn’t work out, I wanted a baby, so I wasn’t careful.
‘I was like I’m having a baby, and my mum and dad were fuming at the time. So I was nervous to tell my mum, and they were happy with me for the baby, because they knew what I went through.
Dani Dyer has revealed she suffered a devastating miscarriage before falling pregnant with her son Santi
The Love Island star, 29, welcomed son Santiago, now four, in January 2021 with ex Sammy Kimmence
‘So they were happy for me for that, but they knew that relationship was never going to work. I’ve said sorry to them so many times for what I’ve put them through. And I get what they were saying now.
‘Yeah, it was a miscarriage, but it was very early. When I got pregnant again, I had so many scans, I was there all the time.’
Dani has been in a relationship with Jarrod Bowen since 2021, and they have twin daughters Summer and Star together.
She married the West Ham United captain in an outdoor ceremony at the £500-a-night Langley Hotel in Iver, Buckinghamshire, on May 31.
It comes after Dani had to withdraw from the BBC show just two days before the launch having fractured her ankle during training.
She recently gave a heartbreaking insight into the aftermath of her departure from Strictly .
After bosses announced she was being replaced by fellow Love Island alum and West End star Amber Davies , Dani admited she has been ‘mentally tested’.
Dani spoke to her famous father Danny on their Live And Let Dyers podcast and revealed she refused to leave the house as she did not want to break down.
She recalled the exact moment she found out her journey could not go on – after she believed she could carry on: ‘We went and got a second opinion, I went and saw the doctor and I was like “What can we do?”
Revealing that she had a miscarriage before having Santi, she shared: ‘Just before Santi, I got pregnant, and then that didn’t work out. Because it didn’t work out, I wanted a baby, so I wasn’t careful’
Dani opened up about the miscarriage to Jamie Laing on his Great Company podcast
‘I went for the MRI and on the Tuesday I was getting ready to go to training, I was like I’ve got my ice machine, I’m just going to keep icing it, we’ll get through this…
‘And then she rung me in, Leanne, and she was like “Dani, I’m really sorry, you can’t compete you’ve got a fracture” and I was like what?’
Danny then revealed that there was talk of him being her substitute, to which she said: ‘Honestly dad it’s been so heartbreaking, I think I needed to grieve it.
She said: ‘That’s why I couldn’t leave the house because I knew if someone said to me ‘Are you ok Dani?’ I would just cry’.
Dani was paired with Nikita Kuzmin on the show and revealed his heartbreaking response to the news, saying: ‘Nikita didn’t speak for two minutes when she called him to tell him she had been told to drop out. For me mentally it has just been really testing’.
She admitted her heartbreaking fears over why she suffered the accident, revealing she spoke to a therapist because she thought she was a bad person which culminated in her having the accident.
On last weekend’s debut show, she said: ‘It was really hard watching the launch show… It’s been so heartbreaking and I think I needed to grieve it, but like you said I need to get my big girl knickers on’.
The Daily Mail broke the news that Dani of the departure, which she later confirmed in a statement reading: ‘I had a fall on Friday in rehearsals and landed funny.
It comes after Dani had to withdraw from the BBC show just two days before the launch having fractured her ankle during training
‘I thought I had rolled my foot but it swelled up badly over the weekend and after an MRI scan yesterday, it turns out I have fractured my ankle.
‘Apparently doing the quickstep on a fracture is not advisable (!!) and the doctors have said I am not allowed to dance so l’ve had to pull out of the show.
‘To say I’m heartbroken is the biggest understatement. I am so going to miss dancing with Nikita but will of course be watching closely and cheering all the couples on.’
The accident occurred before Dani even got to perform one routine.
Bosses had hoped that Dani would go far in the competition, but it was announced last Tuesday that she could not continue in the competition.
If you have been affected by this story, you can seek advice at www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk or by calling 01924 200 799
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