Who is Tom Daley's husband Dustin Lance Black?

The Irish Sun

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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
career and his battle with an eating disorder.
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Dustin Lance Black and Tom Daley share two children
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Tom has launched a brand new documentary about his life
A star director
Dustin was born on June 10, 1974, in California and grew up in a
When his mother remarried, the family moved to Texas.
At the age of seven,
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."
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Eventually, he came out during his senior year at the UCLA School of Theatre.
He is now an
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.
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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
in May 2017 with Tom singing 'Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art though, Romeo?' to Dustin, before the ceremony took place.
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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
.
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.
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Named Robert Ray, after
, their baby was born in June 2018.
Five years later, the couple
named Phoenix Rose.
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Tom revealed that he had battled with his body image throughout his career
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Tom and Dustin tied the knot in 2017
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Tom's groundbreaking documentary
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.
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'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
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1.6 Seconds will be available to stream on Discovery + on June 1.