Emmerdale star Danny Miller candidly reveals “guilt” amid new role away from the soap

Emmerdale star Danny Miller has opened up about the “guilt” he feels, after recently joining the line-up of The Celebrity Apprentice. The upcoming series will see 12 famous faces completing various business tasks set by Lord Sugar, in order to win money for their chosen charity.

While there have been one-off celebrity specials of The Apprentice in the past, this year marks the first ever full-length series. The six-part event will be filmed across three weeks, during which time, the contestants will be unable to contact their loved ones.

On his podcast You Don’t Know You’re Born, Miller (who plays Emmerdale‘s Aaron Dingle), addressed the news, and explained his apprehensions about the notoriously grueling process.

“I am now happy to share a little bit of news with you… I’ve signed up to do a show, a reality show. I’m going to be doing the first ever full series of [The Celebrity Apprentice],” he told co-hosts Brooke Vincent and Nigel ‘Wingman’ Clucas.

“It ties in with the fact that it’s gonna be three weeks filming, if you make it all the way. It’s an immersive experience, so phones are going.”

“It’s a bit like the jungle, without the critters,” Vincent said, referencing Miller’s time on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, which he won back in 2021.

While the finalists will, of course, take part in all three weeks of the series, Miller explained that even the eliminated contestants will be filming for “a week at least”, and will have no contact with their loved ones “other than the producers saying, ‘they’re okay, it’s fine. It’s all good.'”

“It genuinely is really quite painful,” he said about not seeing his family during that time.

The star was comforted by Vincent who assured him that he was taking part in the show “because it’s work”.

She continued: “I feel like sometimes within all our industries that fact that we somehow, somewhat have a choice of what we pick up and what we don’t, you feel that guilt more.

“Because ultimately you’re thinking ‘well this is something that I would really, really love to do for myself, it’s something that amazing for the career, it gives me money which will then enable us to do more as a family, but bam!'”

Speaking about his “dad guilt”, Miller added: “There was a day, last week when I went, ‘I think I’ve made the wrong decision’, because it was when we found out it was gonna be immersive. It’s just not having contact with them, that’s what I’m gonna struggle with.”

EMMERDALE star Danny Miller has issued a heartbreaking update on his father’s dementia battle.

The actor caused confusion amongst his fans when he discussed his life away from the Dales during an appearance on Loose Women.

Danny, 40, took to his Instagram story to release a statement where he clarified that his father has not died.

The I’m A Celeb winner admitted that whilst his parent is still very much alive, he’s just ‘lost’ the person he used to be due to the memory loss condition.

The soap star wrote: “Hey Guys! Just feel the need to say my Dad is very much still with us.

“I’ve lost my dad” [was] in context meaning that I have lost the person he WAS to Dementia.”

The Emmerdale actor added: “Sorry for anyone’s confusion and/or upset if it has been taken wrong.

“But Big Vince lives on, just through a horrible illness. Lots of love x.”

The actor caused confusion when he chatted to fan favourite ITV pannellist Denise Welch, 67.

The former Waterloo Road actress mentioned his 90-year-old father whom she was been good friends with for a number of years.

“I really miss picking up the phone to him, it’s just not possible anymore.”

“Sometimes when we visit the care home we get the opportunity to have a good visit, and there are bad visits as well.”

Danny has played Aaron Dingle on the soap since 2008 and he was invited onto the ITV daytime panel to speak about his dramatic wedding storyline.

The star has also been open up about the behind-the-scenes medical family matter to his followers on social media.

On the show he admitted: “I wanted to log that and put that in almost an Instagram journal because I know there are lots of people, and people that I’ve touched, made relationships in America, that have got the same thing and are looking after their dad.

“I always want to make sure that people out there suffering with dementia first hand, or second hand, you’re not alone.

“It’s a horrible, horrible, terminal illness and it’s long goodbye.”

He added: “There’s a great short film on that and it’s hard to watch but I love my dad so much and he’s the reason that I am sat here talking to you today.

“I love you dad. Keep smiling.”