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Danny Dyer says his accent is 'dying out' and his kids speak more posh than him

Cockney hardman and EastEnders star Danny Dyer has claimed his accent is dying out.

The telly presenter and actor – who starred as Albert Square’s Mick Carter until last year – also moaned that his own kids are speaking posher than him.

Danny, 45, groaned: “I broke the mould [with them], we sent them to private school. They’re middle-class, they don’t speak like me.

“I think my Cockney accent might be a dying breed you know, which is a shame.

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“I might well be the last generation that speaks like I do.”

Danny says the Cockney accent is dying out
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Danny, host of new Channel 4 reality show Scared Of The Dark, claimed he has overcome bias against his Cockney twang to make it in showbiz.

He said: “We all face an ‘ism’ – whatever background you come from. Women come across a lot of ageism, there’s still a lot of racism about – mine is classism.

“I’m not going to complain too much. I’m very proud of where I come from. But we need more working-class people in politics, people who know what it’s like to live a life.

Danny said his kids [such as Dani, right] speak posher than him
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“Some of the best actors ever are working-class. They’ve had to really fight to get a place in our industry.”

Scared Of The Dark starts tomorrow (Sunday) and sees celebs like former boxing champ Chris Eubank, ex-England footballer Paul Gascoigne and Gogglebox favourite Scarlett Moffatt holed up in a bunker for eight days in total darkness.

The soap star is presenting Channel 4’s Scared of the Dark
(Image: Jonathan Ford / Channel 4)

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He added: “They asked if I’d like to host a new show where we lock eight celebrities in the pitch black and I was like ‘F***ing sign me up – sounds amazing.’

“It depended on the celebrities for me, too – I wanted it to be interesting people, and they are.

“One of my all-time heroes is Paul Gascoigne. Paul thought I was going in with them – when he found out I wasn’t, he was gutted!”

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