Jamie Durie reveals details of difficult past, TV return
He's the former Manpower hunk, who shot to fame on Backyard Blitz in the early 2000s.
Now, horticulturalist Jamie Durie, 47, is set to return to Australian television screens with a guest role on Channel Ten's The Living Room next week.
This will be the the silver Logie Award winner's first venture back on the TV, after the muscular hunk left Australia in 2008 for a string of TV shows in Hollywood.
'I had a pretty disjointed childhood': Hunky horticulturist Jamie Durie has revealed details of his difficult childhood ahead of his return to TV on Channel Ten's The Living Room next week
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph on Saturday, the hunky gardener revealed the pain of a difficult childhood, which saw his parents separate when he was eight years old.
'I had a pretty disjointed childhood; my parents separated when I was young and I left home at 14 and moved in with my gymnastics coach,' he told the publication.
'By the age of 16 I was in Manpower and travelling the world. During this time I became really interested in gardens and architecture.'
'I left home at 14': Celebrity gardener Jamie Durie has revealed details of his 'partially painful past' ahead of the muscled gardener's return to TV next week
In 2000 Backyard Blitz provided a vehicle for the hunky gardener to become a household name.
After appearing on a string of renovation shows, Jamie finished his run on Australian TV with The Outdoor Room in 2007.
In November of that year, Jamie was noticed by the producers of The Oprah Winfrey Show, appearing on the iconic program.
Back to his roots! The muscular gardener made his name of the renovation show Backyard Blitz, before striking it big in the US after appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show in November 2007
Taking the US by storm, this subsequently led to 18 different shows for Jamie in the US.
Back to his personal life, however, it appears muscular hunk has gone through a process of reinvention of late, coming to terms with his 'partially painful past.'
Taking to Instagram while on holidays in Bali in June last year, he opened-up about coming to terms with past decisions.
'We forget how to live a life of fulfilment': Last year in Bali, the hunky gardener opened up about coming to terms with his 'partially painful past', adding he himself was 'sorry for any pain I've caused'
'We all get so caught up in work and our busy lives that we forget how to live a life of fulfilment,' he wrote in the post.
Then adding: 'I have been right in this space, allowing ego, ambition, thoughtlessness to make decisions that can sometimes hurt the ones you love.'
The hunky TV personality finished the post with an apology: 'I'm sorry for any pain I've caused.'
Award winner: The TV personality even won a Silver Logie as part of the Backyard Blitz team. Here he is pictured with (from left) Nigel Ruck, Scotty Cam, and Jody Rigby
Despite growing up in Australia, the hunky gardener now splits his time between his home on Sydney's northern beaches, the US and Milan.
However, he's happy that his new gig will bring him back down under.
'At this moment I only spend about 50 per cent of my time in Australia and this year I want to make it like 70 per cent,' he told The Daily Telegraph.