By Nick Hadley For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 01:56 BST, 23 April 2019 | Updated: 01:56 BST, 23 April 2019
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The Living Room star Barry Du Bois has certainly been in the wars.
And as if his long-running battle with cancer wasn't enough, the TV host has revealed he has also struggled with depression.
Speaking to New Idea on Tuesday, Barry, 58, said his downward spiral started after he lost his mother to breast and bowel cancer in 2004.
'I refused to talk about it': The Living Room's Barry Du Bois (pictured), 58, revealed his secret battle with depression during a candid interview on Tuesday
'I was depressed, I refused to talk about it and I just thought it was everyone else trying to annoy me,' he said.
'I lost my mum, my wife [Leonie Tobler] got cancer and everything started to unwind. I didn't want to talk, I closed down,' he added.
Leonie, with whom Barry shares six-year-old twins Arabella and Bennett, had been diagnosed with cervical cancer.
Dark days: Speaking to New Idea on Tuesday, Barry said his downward spiral started after
