Who is Tom Daley's husband Dustin Lance Black?
DUSTIN Lance Black is an American director and the husband of Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley.
Tom is the focus of a new documentary landing on Discovery+, which will explore the diver's career and his battle with an eating disorder.
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A star director
Dustin was born on June 10, 1974, in California and grew up in a Mormon household.
When his mother remarried, the family moved to Texas.
At the age of seven, Dustin realised that he was gay but worried about whether this would be accepted by his religious family.
According to Dustin, he thought: "I'm going to hell. And if I ever admit it, I'll be hurt, and I'll be brought down."
Eventually, he came out during his senior year at the UCLA School of Theatre.
He is now an LGBT activist and a member of the American Foundation for Equal Rights.
The star has worked on award-winning films and TV shows including the HBO classic Big Love and the hit movie Milk.
Meeting his husband
Tom and Dustin first met at a dinner party in 2013, with Tom only coming out as gay at the end of the year.
The diver opened up about his sexuality in a YouTube video, but didn't say Dustin's name.
The pair first appeared publicly in May 2014, with Tom revealing that he was 'overwhelmed' by how he felt about Dustin.
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He said: "I'd never felt the feeling of love, it happened so quickly, I was completely overwhelmed by it to the point I can't get him out of my head all the time."
The pair married in May 2017 with Tom singing 'Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art though, Romeo?' to Dustin, before the ceremony took place.
Tom and Dustin decided to keep the ceremony small, inviting only 50 guests to the wedding which was held just 30 miles from Tom's hometown of Plymouth.
Becoming a dad
On Valentine's Day 2018, the couple announced on Instagram that they were expecting their first child.
They were pictured holding the baby scan out to the camera as they hugged each other.
A month later, Tom confirmed that they were expecting a baby boy via surrogacy.
Named Robert Ray, after Tom's late father, their baby was born in June 2018.
Five years later, the couple welcomed a second child named Phoenix Rose.
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Tom's groundbreaking documentary
Tom has opened up about his battle with an eating disorder in an upcoming documentary.
The show is entitled 1.6 Seconds, which is the amount of time that a diver is airborne when competing.
Ahead of the show, Tom told The Times: 'I had moments of real struggle.
'In 2011, my performance director told me that I was overweight and that I needed to look like I did when I was 14 - I was nearly 18 at the time.
'That was the first time I felt like somebody was looking at my body - not from a performance point of view but by what it looked like.'
'I struggled with all kinds of different issues around body dysmorphia and bulimia.''
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