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Instead, some of their more recent uploads contain words of inspiration.

In January, Dan shared a message to his ‘special friends’, writing: ‘You are so loved, I am so grateful for you!

‘The love and support you’ve given me in 2024 means the world. You’ve changed my life forever. I am sober because of you.’

Dan revealed to his followers earlier this month that he became a ‘depressed alcoholic’ last year and has since given up alcohol.

‘You are perfect in every way even if it takes people close to you way too long to figure out what a gift from heaven you are,’ he continued.

‘I wish you nothing but success at the level you dream of and I know will achieve.’

‘I may not see you all face-to-face but I believe in you more than you believe in yourselves,’ he finished.

Dan overlaid the post with an instrumental song by Parijat called Healing the Heart.

Meanwhile, Katrina appeared to celebrate her 34th birthday in January without Dan this year, and shared her own inspirational post just a few weeks earlier.

She shared a black and white video of herself and daughter Nevaeh playing on a beach during a sunny day.

She wrote: ‘Before Nev was born I had a reading done and the lady said, “I see you on the beach with your daughter. She is your best friend and you’re so happy and content.”

‘She had no idea that I was pregnant at the time or that it was a girl. But her words have played over and over in mind ever since.

‘I had no idea what I would write in the caption as I create this reel only that the moment seemed so precious and my heart so full of gratitude… I see now this moment is exactly that.’

To add to the speculation, Dan has also undergone a dramatic weight loss journey and detailed his battle with alcohol consumption.

Dan stunned fans by sharing a shocking before-and-after post to mark his 40th birthday earlier this month.

He shared two shirtless bathroom selfies to social media to showcase his dramatic transformation over the past year.

None of that would have happened without that hard first decision. That moment I asked for help,’ he wrote.

‘Sobriety didn’t just transform my life. It allowed me to show up fully – for my family, friends and everyone I encounter. To serve in the way I was always meant to.’

Dan, who left Home and Away as a permanent cast member in 2014, has long been open with fans about his past struggles.

In 2021, he revealed he suffered from anxiety and would use alcohol to cope with his newfound fame after joining the popular soap in 2007 as Heath Braxton, a member of the River Boys surfing gang.

In an interview with the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast, the actor admitted he found being thrown into the spotlight challenging.

‘I really struggled. I was just some kid from the Northern Beaches, so then to shoot to fame on the biggest show in Australia in Home and Away… I wasn’t ready,’ he said.

‘My partner at the time [Marni] wasn’t ready, and I didn’t know it at the time, but I was really suffering with anxiety,’ he added.

Dan, who split from Marni at the end of 2015 after three years of marriage, said he turned to alcohol as a coping mechanism for what he was going through.

‘I’d just sort of tip all this grog down my neck and get absolutely written off on the weekend,’ he explained.

‘You disguise it as, “Oh, it’s blowing off steam. We all do it,” and we all have done it.

‘But for me, I just didn’t understand that there was a better way, there was a better process.’

Dan admitted it was ‘not conducive to a great relationship or a great marriage or a great lifestyle’, even though he was still ‘kicking goals work-wise’.

Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Dan and Katrina’s representatives for comment.