Ant Middleton worries he's 'failed as a father' after prioritising the military over his kids

16 October 2019, 10:48

The SAS: Who Dares Wins star has spoken out about his parenting fears

Ant Middleton has spoken out about his worries he failed as a parent when he prioritised the military over his kids.

The 38-year-old SAS: Who Dares Wins star is married to Emilie Middleton, and the couple share five children together: Oakley, 17, Shyla, 11, Gabriel, 10, Priseïs, three, and Bligh, two.

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But the former soldier has spoken out about his fears that he let his kids down when he put his regiment first.

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Chatting to Rachel Botsman on her podcast Trust Issues, he said: "My fears are sort of failing as a father, or of you know, failing as a husband.

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"Don’t get me wrong, you know we all make mistakes along the way and whether that’s as a husband or as a father.

"But you know ultimately, my children turning to me and saying…you’re not my dad or you know something like that, that’s really what scares me.

"And I only say that really because I have failed as a father and I have failed as a husband when I was in the military.

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"Because, especially in the special forces, I prioritised the military, everything was military, military, military.

"As soon as a call came up…'Yep I’m going on that' and almost you think you’ll prioritise your wife and children but you don’t."

He added: "It’s not until I left that I got my priorities straight and you know when things started to happen around me and I looked around me and my wife and children were there every single time.

"I realised, 'Wow how wrong did I get it?'"

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