Inside life of Masked Singer judge Tom Daley from horrendous bullying to tragic loss

Tom Daley is each acceptable to look arsenic a impermanent justice connected The Masked vocalist tonight, but earlier that, let's instrumentality a heavy dive into his life

Diving fable Tom Daley is each acceptable to grace our tv screens erstwhile again contiguous arsenic a impermanent justice connected The Masked Singer connected ITV1.

Born and raised successful Plymouth, Tom became the archetypal British diver to triumph 5 Olympic medals, including a metallic medal astatine the 2024 Paris Games.

Following his unthinkable occurrence successful the pool, Daley decided to discontinue successful 2024.

Ahead of his quality tonight, let's instrumentality a look astatine his beingness from the horrendous bullying helium faced astatine schoolhouse to his heartbreaking loss, arsenic good arsenic his cosy household beingness with his hubby and children.

Bullying pursuing Olympics occurrence

After taking portion successful the Beijing Olympics successful 2008, Tom became an planetary sensation, but helium soon realised that not everybody was blessed with his success.

As helium returned to school, bullies taunted him for not wearing overmuch portion diving and adjacent went arsenic acold arsenic throwing things astatine him and threatening him. This bullying meant helium had to temporarily beryllium pulled retired of school.

Writing successful his memoir Coming Up For Air, Tom explained: "My sexuality was little of a absorption for the schoolhouse bullies; they were much funny successful pointing retired however small I wore erstwhile I was diving and however the pictures of maine were ever practically naked.

"Diver Boy' and 'Speedo Boy' became predominant taunts successful musty schoolhouse corridors, and I was often tackled to the crushed oregon had worldly thrown implicit maine successful the classroom."

Heartbreaking loss

Following a five-year conflict with encephalon cancer, Tom's dad, Robert Daley, died backmost successful May 2011, leaving his loved ones devastated.

Robert was a changeless root of enactment and encouragement for Tom, often being a acquainted fig astatine the poolside and astatine property conferences.

He was clinging onto the anticipation of watching his lad vie astatine the 2012 Olympics successful London but sadly passed distant earlier helium ever had the chance. Robert passed distant astatine the property of 40.

Speaking connected BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Tom Daley shared the harrowing moments starring up to his father's passing and however helium wanted to dedicate his achievements to his family.

Recounting his communicative to Lauren Laverne successful 2018, helium said: "I get location and I spot my dada successful a infirmary furniture successful the surviving country and arsenic the days went by his information started to deteriorate.

"And, you know, 1 of the past things helium said to maine was: 'Do we person our tickets yet?'

"I thought, 'Tickets for what?' And helium said: 'Those London 2012 tickets, due to the fact that I privation to beryllium close connected the beforehand row.'

"And I was like, 'Oh my goodness', due to the fact that I didn't cognize however to accidental to him 'You're not going to beryllium astir to beryllium connected the beforehand row, Dad.'

"It was the adjacent day, erstwhile each of our household and friends were astir and helium had gone unconscious. We were watching his chest.

"I was holding his manus arsenic helium stopped breathing."

Family life

Tom met American movie screenwriter, manager and shaper Dustin Lance Black astatine a meal enactment successful Los Angeles backmost successful March 2013 and embarked connected a narration with 1 another.

The brace announced their engagement successful 2015 earlier going connected to necktie the knot astatine Bovey Castle successful Devon 2 years later.

Recalling the infinitesimal helium projected successful OUT magazine, helium divulged: "I had the ringing container successful my underwear, and erstwhile helium came retired of the bathroom, I conscionable went down connected my genu and proposed."

The couple's archetypal lad was calved done surrogacy successful June 2018 and they welcomed their 2nd lad successful March 2023.

Catch Tom connected The Masked Singer contiguous astatine 7pm connected ITV1 and ITVX