Darren Palmer looked every inch the doting father on Thursday evening as he walked the red carpet with his ‘secret’ son Hugo in Sydney.
The Block judge, 47, and his 16-year-old son, who he shares with husband Olivier Duvillard, were a matching duo at the Crocodile Dundee: Encore Cut.
Garbed in a black button-down shirt, the interior designer left the collar agape to reveal a hint of chest hair as he tucked it into a pair of black slacks.
He accessorised the classic monochrome look with a pair of shiny dress shoes and black frames.
Meanwhile, Hugo slipped on a patterned shirt from The Iconic which retails for almost $200 online.
He paired the look with a set of drawstring slacks and comfortable sneakers as he hugged his dad close for some photos.
Darren Palmer, 47, (right) looked every inch the doting father on Thursday evening as he walked the red carpet with his ‘secret’ son Hugo, 16, (left) in Sydney
The Block judge and his son, who he shares with husband Olivier Duvillard, were a matching duo at the Crocodile Dundee: Encore Cut
Darren, who married Olivier, 52, in South Africa in 2011 and then again in Australia in 2017, has been in Hugo’s life since he was a one year old.
He told Woman’s Day in September that having a family had always been high on his list of priorities.
‘Nothing is more important than my family,’ he said, adding of Hugo: ‘He’s a fine young man.’
Olivier welcomed Hugo to the world with a female couple in 2009.
Darren added that while he and Olivier share custody of Hugo with the women, the teenager was very much an integral part of the family unit.
‘We have our son with us just less than half the time,’ Darren explained.
‘We use our time with him to do fun, family stuff that builds good memories and we use our time without him to achieve our goals in work and life.’
While he said the pair had struck a good parenting ‘balance’ they would happily take on Hugo full time.
Garbed in a black button-down shirt, the interior designer left the collar agape to reveal a hint of chest hair as he tucked it into a pair of black slacks
Darren, who married Olivier, 52, (right) in South Africa in 2011 and then again in Australia in 2017, has been in Hugo’s life since he was a one year old
‘It’s a good balance, but we would happily spend all of our time together as a family, too,’ he explained.
While Darren and Olivier have kept Hugo away from the spotlight in the past, they have recently been sharing more about their home life on social media.
Olivier took to Instagram on Father’s Day last year to share some snaps of a celebratory outing he went on with Darren and Hugo.
They looked to be having a ball when they attended the History of House Show featuring Groove Terminator and The Soweto Gospel Choir in Sydney.
‘Next level Father’s Day having a blast with our #1 son and my other #1,’ Olivier captioned the sweet post.