Top director Dustin Lance Black brings Tinseltown to glitter strip in support of husband Tom Daley
THERE’S a bit of Hollywood on the Gold Coast, with a top American movie director touching down to support his athlete husband.
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THERE’S a bit of Hollywood on the Gold Coast, with a top American movie director touching down to support his athlete husband.
Dustin Lance Black was spotted with his famous partner, British diver Tom Daley, at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday.
The pair were seen cuddling koalas as they enjoyed some down time between Daley’s training and competition schedule on the glitter strip for the Games.
The happy couple, who were married in May last year, are expecting their first child together after announcing the news on Valentine’s Day this year.
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Daley, 23, revealed his relationship with Black, who is best known for winning an Oscar for best original screenplay for the 2008 film Milk, in a YouTube video blog in 2013.
It was also the first time he came out as a gay man.
“Come spring this year, my life changed massively when I met someone and it made me feel so happy, so safe and everything just feels great,” he said in the video. “And that someone is a guy.”
Daley, one of the most famous athletes on the Coast for the Games with two million Instagram followers, was thrown into the spotlight aged just 14, when he competed at the Beijing Olympics, becoming the youngest competitor from any country to reach a final.
He has since one a string of Olympic gold medals.,