Dani Dyer's sweet bond with actor dad as he has touching role at her wedding

Daily Mirror

31-05-2025

Love Island star Dani Dyer and her former EastEnders actor dad Danny Dyer share an incredibly close bond and he has been vocal of his approval of her beau Jarrod Bowen
Blushing bride Dani Dyer is due to walk down the aisle today, with her actor dad Danny Dyer by her side as she takes the next step in her fairytale romance with Jarrod Bowen.
The 28-year-old star's beloved EastEnders actor dad, 47, is set to walk her down the aisle. The Bridgerton-themed nuptials are set to be a family affair as Dani's twin daughters Summer and Star, two, will be flower girls and her son Santiago, four, will act as a page boy alongside Dani's brother Arty.
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Dani and Jarrod's English countryside nuptials will be an intimate affair, as it's understood just 50 guests have been invited to witness the couple exchange vows and say 'I do'.
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READ MORE: Dani Dyer and Jarrod Bowen's fairytale romance – from cheeky chant to blended brood
Meanwhile, it's also been reported that Dani plans to stick to tradition in a number of ways – including staying away from the groom on the eve of the wedding. Dani is understood to have stayed with her dad and mum Jo the night before her big day, showing just how close of a bond she has with her parents.
Here, we take a look at the father and daughter's special bond as the pair make sweet memories on Dani and Jarrod's big day...
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Danny's special role on Dani's wedding day
Danny is set to walk Dani down the aisle during her Bridgerton-themed wedding today. As well as keeping up tradition with Danny's role in the ceremony, Dani has revealed she's kept another tradition – by hiding her wedding dress from her dad before the special day.
Explaining the idea behind it on their joint podcast, Dani revealed: "Have you not seen that first look when the dad sees their daughter in their dress and that? Oh it's lovely!
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"Yeah your dad's not meant to see it [the wedding dress], it's a moment for the dad as well!"
Jarrod asked for Danny's permission
On the father and daughter's joint podcast, Danny revealed Jarrod called him to ask him for permission to propose to Dani before he popped the question. He said: "For him to make the call to me to ask for your hand in marriage is a very old school thing to do."
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The former soap star added: "I was a very emotional man at the time, I was emotional anyway... 'You can have her hand in marriage'," Danny said as he mimicked himself crying. He added: "I said, 'well look, congratulations mate' and he said, 'but what if she says no?'"
"He actually questioned that," Dani giggled, "Never it was beautiful." Danny then added: "And I wanted to go, 'Are you f**king mad?!'"
Joint career ventures and nepo baby claims
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Dani, 28, shot to fame after appearing on the fourth series of Love Island in 2015, and has had a string of high profile romances with Jack Fincham and Sammy Kimmence before finding love with West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen, who she is set to marry today after a year-long engagement.
Dani's dad Danny, 47, has been in the showbiz industry for a fair few years before his daughter – as he's had roles in movies such as The Football Factory and Severance before undertaking the role of Mick Carter on EastEnders from 2013 until 2022.
With the duo being in the same industry, they share an incredibly tight bond – as they also have joint career projects including a stint on Celebrity Gogglebox, their podcast, Live and Let Dyers and the ownership of their caravan park Priory Hill & Nutts Farm, which is being captured for a new Sky TV series called The Dyers' Caravan Park. In recent years, Dani has been hit with claims of being a so-called nepo baby, which the pair have both hit back at.
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Speaking on their podcast, Dani admitted she had recently been hearing the 'really nasty' term being used towards her recently. Danny then joked: "Even though I didn't win Love Island."
He added: "What doors did I open for you really? Maybe they might of put you in Love Island on the back of... just to generate a bit of press because I'm your dad. But that's it, the rest, you was in there f**king eight weeks. I didn't pop in every week and go, 'Everyone vote for Dani' no because you f**king won the f**king country, and arguably, the world fell in love with you just because of your beautiful nature, your vulnerability..."
Dani then added: "I've just had it a few times recently that I'm only famous because of you, it's quite nasty isn't it?"
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"It's just people, isn't it darling," Danny said before turning to face the camera and break the fourth wall, telling viewers: "Message to the people that do want to say that to Dani, f**k of you c***s."
Supportive father daughter bond
Dani has previously opened up on the close bond she shares with both her parents, revealing they live just around the corner incase the busy mum-of-three needs them.
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Dani previously revealed to Closer magazine: "My mum and dad are seven minutes from me.
"I'm really lucky to have them round the corner." She explained that Danny struggles to spend more than a day away from his grandchildren, admitting he's "hands on".
Dani went on to say: "He always wants to see the kids. If he's not seen them for a few days, he'll be ringing me saying, 'Are you in? I want to come over', or he'll pick up Santi from nursery for me or come over and cook me dinner. He's so supportive and so loving, he's such an emotional man and since he's become a grandad, he's even more emotional."
Danny has recently opened up about his wild past, which he admitted affected his children also. Danny is dad to Danny, Sunnie, 18, and Arty, 11. Speaking candidly on ITV's The Assembly, Danny revealed: "I caused quite a lot of pain to my children, the stuff I was getting up to, just being vacant, not engaging, not being available. It's not about money, you can live in a cardboard box. Children need stability and affection and to feel like they're loved. That's it, when you haven't got that, it's a really tough thing." However, he is now a changed man, as his family are more solid than ever.
He added: "Me and Jo are going to be together for ever. Abso-f******-lutely. Completely. We will probably renew our wedding vows. I want to see my Dani tie the knot first, whenever that will be.
"We've gone through a lot me and Jo. I take full responsibility for most of our ups-and-downs. Most of the downs, really. We've been together since we were 14 so we have spent our whole life together. We were parents at 18, we were still babies ourselves but then we were trying to parent from 18 onwards with Dani. So we have gone through a lot together."