Cameron Daddo admits to ‘gaslighting’ wife Alison Brahe – after revealing he cheated

Australian actor Cameron Daddo and wife Alison Brahe have long been open about the highs and lows marriage, after being married for almost 30 years.

And in their latest podcast this week, Cameron, 55, admitted that he has ‘gaslighted’ his wife in the past. 

It comes after Cameron admitted last year that he once cheated on Alison, 50, blaming alcohol for his infidelity. 

On their podcast Separate Bathrooms and Other Handy Marriage Tips, Alison bought up the issue of gaslighting after saying how much a heartfelt apology can help someone.    

‘The flip side of that is gaslighting. Like when I say, ”that really hurt when you did that” and you say, ”I didn’t do that,” Alison said. 

Cameron then admitted that he’s gaslighted her before. 

‘I’ve done that to you. I’ve done that. And you know I’ve done that,’ he said. 

He added: ‘This is where it’s hard. This is why it’s so difficult to look at the way we hurt people. And I’ve done that with you, [told you] ”you’re crazy, you’re nuts.”

‘And I’ll apologise again.’ 

In March last year, Home and Away star Cameron admitted to cheating on Alison in a blog post on The Father Hood website. 

‘I was the one that left the marriage,’ he admitted, citing alcohol and his work schedule as the main reasons behind his infidelity.

‘When I acted out in that way, I didn’t really want to be there,’ he continued.

‘There were reasons how I got into that place. And a lot of it was alcohol and being alone, feeling really lonely and being literally oceans away from my partner.’ 

The star said that he and Alison both received counselling to repair their marriage, and that the experience ultimately became something that they could grow from.

Cameron didn’t specify when the infidelity took place, but it’s implied that it happened years ago and not recently. 

The couple married in 1991 and have three children together.

In 2017, the pair discussed the financial struggles they experienced in the mid-2000s, when Cameron was working on his acting career in Los Angeles.

In an interview with Stellar magazine, Alison revealed that their friends were leaving groceries on his doorstep just so he could feed her and their three children.

‘Cam still deals with feeling, you know, a lot of angst or shame around that,’ she said. 

At one point, Cameron thought he’d made it after he landed a role in David Lynch’s Inland Empire, only to find out that the role paid just $500 in total.

‘It looks great on the résumé,’ he confessed. ‘But that’s the going rate for those low-budget projects. The father part of me just went, “I’ve got to get cash.”

The pair are now based in their native Australia.