For any couple who’ve been lucky enough to enjoy a decades-long union, one thing they’d almost always agree on is that marriage is hard work.
And one of the most enduring couples in showbiz, Cameron Daddo and Alison Brahe, can attest to that, after announcing that after more than 30 years together, they’ve made a major decision.
The Separate Bathrooms hosts are committed to making it work.
(Image: Getty)“We’ve recently gone back into some couple’s therapy,” Cameron, 58, announced on their hit podcast Separate Bathrooms, adding that while their relationship “is at an 11” they chose to “jump back into a little maintenance”.
“Sometimes we can get lost in the minutiae of little things feeling like they are huge things,” Alison, 53, clarifies.
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“And that’s why I was saying to you the other day, I said, ‘We actually have a really good relationship. Let’s not toss everything out, the baby with the bathwater,’ and just go, ‘This part needs attention for sure’.”
“We just need to work on reconnecting, little things,” she adds, with Cameron confirming they needed some “tweaks”. “But I’m really happy with where we’re at right now.”
“We actually have a really good relationship. Let’s not toss everything out.”
(Image: Getty)AIRING IT OUT
Cameron and Alison have never shied away from airing their private battles with their fans, with the pair admitting they hope that by doing so through their podcast, it will help other people through relationship problems.
“It’s warts and all,” laughs Cameron. “It’s not a photoshopped Insta-version of our lives… it’s reflections on how we’ve made it this far.”
GOLDEN COUPLE
Thirty-five years ago, boy-next-door Cameron quit as host of Perfect Match Australia and went on to find his ideal woman in top model Alison.
Their romance made for fairytale headlines. He was the country’s most eligible bachelor, while her sunny beach beauty featured on scores of magazine covers.
Of course, they would live happily ever after, just like the bridegroom’s mother and father, whose December wedding anniversary they share. Except it didn’t quite work out like that!
Chasing Cameron’s acting dream to Hollywood in 1992, stardom proved elusive, despite roles in blockbuster series The Mentalist, CSI and Nikita.
Alison was shattered when, in 1994, Cameron confessed to cheating on her.
“Infidelity shaped our marriage like nothing else,” she says today.
“I was deeply insecure. I felt so much lesser than Cam, the Perfect Match prince. I had really lost myself.”
Cam and Ali at the 1994 Emmy Awards.
(Image: Getty)They separated briefly, then decided their “undeniable, unconditional love” made it worth fighting to save the relationship.
“Therapy – back then a very LA solution – proved to be the answer. I’d say that’s where our marriage evolved the most,” smiles Alison.
“We had to understand why we were so attracted to each other, what our downfalls were, and ways we could work to stay together.”
The couple’s troubles were far from over, however. They rescued their marriage but financial ruin came knocking. With three children, Lotus, 27, River, 23, and Bodhi, 17, only $100 in the bank and on the verge of homelessness and bankruptcy, Cameron and Alison have remained strong and thanks to their candour, are enjoying a career resurgence with podcast Separate Bathrooms.
Cameron and Alison with their two eldest children, River and Lotus.
(Image: Getty)UNEXPECTED SUCCESS
Originally a 10-part series, Separate Bathrooms has been running since 2019 and the insanely popular podcast shows no sign of flagging.
“When we posted photos together, people would always say things like, ‘It looks so easy for you.’ But it wasn’t as if we’d been touched by a magic wand that gave us a brilliant relationship that doesn’t have the trials and tribulations everybody else’s does.”
“And that’s why we started the podcast, to say you’re not alone and it does work, but you’ve got to put in the work.”
The Daddos – and their enduring marriage – are the living, breathing proof of that.
