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Camera IconJulia Morris and Robert Irwin. Credit: Supplied\/TheWest<\/p>\nAussie comic Julia Morris has shed light on the downfall of her 16-year marriage to comedian Dan Thomas, outlining some of the issues the pair faced before calling time on their relationship in mid-2022.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the Life Uncut podcast with Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne, Morris admitted she should have noticed the red flags sooner.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy our nature we were raised to be people-pleasers,\u201d the TV personality said.<\/p>\n
Morris, 58, joked she would heap praise on herself when affirmations were not forthcoming from Thomas.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if somebody is behaving . . . it starts out as a bit weird, like I remember my ex used to say he didn\u2019t believe in compliments,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d come downstairs once I was ready and stand in front of the mirror and go, \u2018God, you look amazing\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
The former pair married in 2005 and had been together for 20 years before announcing their separation.<\/p>\n
They share daughters Ruby and Sophie, both of whom are rarely sighted publicly on her social media.<\/p>\n
The long-standing I\u2019m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! host said some of the behaviours she exhibited during her marriage were born out of an intent to set a good example for their children.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew there was some ways I didn\u2019t like being spoken to, but I also gave it back,\u201d Morris continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it just became your normal,\u201d Hockley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just, in showing the girls, I think I was more motivated by that. Like I\u2019m not showing these women that this (his behaviour) is okay,\u201d Morris added.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot only was I allowing my own self-confidence to be worn away, but the fighting\u2019s boring. And also I never seemed to win, or I was always in trouble, or then I\u2019d be sent out to work again. It\u2019s exhausting.<\/p>\n
Camera IconJulia Morris and Robert Irwin. Credit: Supplied\/TheWest<\/p>\n
The five-time Gold Logie nominee said she would often bring her stresses home from work, forcing her kids to tip-toe around her.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen when I\u2019d get home, (it would) sort of be like, stay away from Mum because she\u2019s tired and angry. I\u2019m like, \u2018Too f…… right. I am,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n
Morris\u2019 comments were shared as a teaser clip to an extended episode release set to drop on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The mother and TV veteran had previously suggested the demise of her marriage spelled the end of her sex life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019ve shut up shop, I think I\u2019m done with roots,\u201d she told former radio duo Kylie and Jackie O months into her separation.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore I got married, I had a go, don\u2019t worry. It\u2019s not like I\u2019m missing out now that I\u2019m back out there. I\u2019m not back out there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aussie comic Julia Morris has shed light on the downfall of her 16-year marriage to comedian Dan Thomas,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,995],"class_list":["post-847064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-influencers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}