Fan favourite Dominic Brunt has played vet Paddy Kirk in ITV's Emmerdale since 1997 and has established himself as a class act over the last two decades.
From portraying roles as the father-figure to Chas' son Aaron Livesy, marrying multiple women including Mandy Dingle and Emily Dingle to through heartache with the loss of his baby with his girlfriend Chas.
But not much is known about his life away from the cameras which seem to be a far cry from his fictional character.The actor is happily married to his famous soap star wife, Joanne Mitchell but nothing could have prepared them for their own off-screen drama, which includes the terrifying heart surgery of their eight-month-old son.
The distraught couple had to watch their baby son Danny be sedated and wheeled away to the theatre not knowing if it would be the last time they would see their child alive.They were told there was a chance the tot might not make it through the complex operation after he had been diagnosed with a heart condition and required urgent bypass surgery.
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