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"People Thought We'd Split Up": Megan Gale says her kids struggled during Shaun's Survivor stint

The model was forced to lie to her kids - by Nadia Elshawarby
  • 27 Aug 2019

Megan Gale has opened up about how much of a toll her partner Shaun Hampson’s appearance on Australian Survivor put on their relationship.

Taking to Instagram to answer some fan questions over the weekend, the Australian model revealed being so far away from Shaun whilst he competed in the Ten reality series was extremely hard for her and their children, River, five and Rosie, one.

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"It really was like he vanished off the face of the earth," she explained to her followers.

"He’s not just my man, he’s my best friend and we parent together so beautifully so to not have him around, we really, really noticed his absence.

"That was the worst part about it, I hated it," she said.

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Yep... THIS HAPPENED! Trying to keep this a secret for a good six months has been extremely hard but the jungle cat is out of the bag🐅👜. So incredibly proud of this human for even taking on the @survivorau experience. Rest assured - this one came to PLAY!!! 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼 The new season of Australian Survivor - Champions v Contenders premieres this Wednesday July 24th 7.30pm on Channel 10.

Megan – who recently launched her new business venture, Your Mindful Life – also revealed that she had to bend the truth slightly when explaining Shaun’s absence to their children, for fear of them spilling the beans about the former AFL star’s appearance on the show.

"So Rosie didn’t know, she’s a bit young to wrap her head around it," Megan said.

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One year ago today I spent my day of birth shooting the first campaign for my third baby @yourmindfullife in Daylesford - a place very special to me and my little family. It was a wonderful day spent with my beautiful children, my man, our Mums and a crew of amazingly talented and generous humans. It was cold and raining most of the day but we managed to get the job done! I was never 100% sure I would use the images of my children for Mindful Life. But I ended up loving them so much and the moments that @julieadamsphotographer got on film that day really captured the whole purpose & meaning behind the brand - savouring and being present in those little moments of the day and how special they truly are. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has contributed to supporting me and @yourmindfullife - my family & friends, the people I work with, the people who post about it and share it with the community and especially my @yourmindfullife customers 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

"River didn’t know for a while, we just said that Daddy had to go away and that he was going to an island to help build shelters which technically wasn’t a lie. I think he just assumed it was for a village.

"I had so many of his friends' parents going 'Where’s Shaun? Where’s Shaun, when’s he coming back? What’s he doing?'

"I think people thought we’d split up because I couldn't answer and I couldn’t lie properly -- we had to keep it super, super, secret," she said.
Following his shock eviction on Monday night, Shaun also revealed just how tough it was being apart from his family.

It was a bit of a strange one because I'm thinking to myself, 'Man, if I just went to tribal before I could be home with my family now instead of having to spend two and a half or three weeks in Jury Villa,' he explained to 10 Daily.

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