As well as being part of the judging trio on The Block, Darren Palmer is also a member of another trio off-screen.
The 46-year-old interior designer helps her husband Olivier Duvillard raise their teenage son Hugo, 15.
Talking with Women’s DayDarren said family had always been high on his list of priorities.
“Nothing is more important than my family,” he told the publication.
Darren, who married Olivier 13 years ago, has been a part of Hugo’s life since he was one year old.
“He’s a wonderful young man,” Darren added of Hugo, whom Olivier, 51, welcomed with a female couple in 2009.
Darren added that while he and Olivier share custody of Hugo, the teenager was an integral part of the family unit.
“We have our son with us almost half the time,” Darren explained.
As well as being part of The Block’s formidable judging trio, Darren Palmer is also a member of another off-screen trio.
‘We use our time with him to do fun, family-friendly things that create good memories and we use our time without him to accomplish our goals at work and in life.’
While she said the couple had struck a good “balance” in parenting, they would happily take on Hugo full-time.
“It’s a nice balance, but we’d also love to spend all our time together as a family,” she explained.
While Darren and Olivier have kept Hugo out of the spotlight in the past, they have recently been sharing more about their home life on social media.
The 46-year-old interior designer is also helping her husband Olivier Duvillard raise their teenage son Hugo, 15.
While Darren and Olivier have kept Hugo out of the spotlight in the past, they have recently been sharing more about their home life on social media.
Olivier took to Instagram on Father’s Day to share some snaps from a celebratory outing he took with Darren and Hugo.
They seemed to be having a great time when they attended the History of House Show with Groove Terminator and The Soweto Gospel Choir in Sydney.
“A next-level Father’s Day, having a blast with our number one son and my other number one,” Olivier wrote in the caption of the sweet post.
Darren showed The Block contestants how it’s done last month when he put his renovated Bondi Beach home up for sale for $2.98 million.
The interior designer purchased the luxurious property with Olivier in 2015 and set about renovating it.
Located just 400 metres from Australia’s most famous beach, the four-bedroom, four-bathroom home has undergone many transformations, according to a report by Domain.
The Block star said working on his own home made him feel a lot of empathy for the contestants he judged in the renovation competition.
“It made me feel a lot of compassion and empathy, because I was going through the same thing too. I would travel to Victoria to film and then return to a work site,” she said.
“We use our time with him to do fun, family-friendly things that create good memories, and we use our time without him to achieve our goals at work and in life,” Darren told Woman’s Day.
