Jack Fincham dated the Marching Powder actor’s daughter Dani after they met on Love Island in 2018

Jack Fincham has hit back at his ex’s dad Danny Dyer after the actor said Jack was

It comes six years after Jack’s split from his daughter Dani after they met on Love Island.

Speaking on a podcast, Danny said Jack wasn’t who he was on TV.

Now, Jack has hit back at the Marching Powder actor, and told The Sun: “I am just trying to move on with my life, I’m not sure why Danny a few times now has gave me a backhanded dig or insult, especially as I looked up to him and he has had he’s own struggles a lot worse than mine.”

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Jack continued: “I would also add he is right I was different on telly as that was the real me, no drugs , no distractions just me living life, I let drugs and distractions and bad decisions change me back to who I didn’t want to be.

“But thank god I’m no longer the bad version of myself.”

A friend of Jack’s added: “After Jack bravely opened up last month about his addiction and mental health issues it’s disappointing to hear Danny Dyer speaking about Jack, while promoting his film Marching Powder – in which he plays an addict called Jack who is facing time in jail.

“It’s all very close to home … Danny does a lot for men’s mental health charities so it seems like a low blow to hit Jack while he’s down.

“Danny has not been whiter than white in his past so why he feels he can be so judgmental is wild.”

Jack recently admitted drugs had caused the end of his relationship to Dani.

He told The Sun: “I have blown more than a million pounds thanks to drugs, booze and gambling.

“Drugs helped my relationship with Dani fail.

“I was absent, my priorities were wrong, I wasn’t a great boyfriend.”