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TV presenter Barry Du Bois sweetly stepped out with his daughter Arabella on Tuesday after detailing his heartbreak over her school bullying nightmare.
The Living Room star, 64, recently shared a gut-wrenching post to Instagram detailing how Arabella, 12, is being bullied at school.
Barry - who shares Arabella and her twin brother Bennet with his wife Leonie Carol Tobler - asked others for help on how to alleviate his daughter's struggles.
And this week, he was seen rallying around Arabella as they both stepped out at the swimwear brand Hunting Hue's Icebergs launch in Bondi, Sydney.
Barry - who is living with rare blood cancer myeloma - looked every inch the doting father as he sweetly wrapped his arm around Arabella while smiling for the camera.
Arabella beamed from ear-to-ear as she appeared thrilled to be spending the quality time with her father at the glitzy event, attended by a string of Aussie names.
For the day out, Barry cut a dapper figure in a white T-shirt and black trousers, which he styled with a smart blazer and grey trainers.
He framed his face with his signature round glasses and flashed a huge smile as he enjoyed some father-daughter bonding time.
TV presenter Barry Du Bois sweetly stepped out with his daughter Arabella on Tuesday at the Hunting Hue launch after detailing his heartbreak over her school bullying nightmare
Arabella wore a brown dress, a fluffy hoodie and sandals and carried a designer Louis Vuitton purse.
In August, Barry shared his heartbreak after going public about Arabella's school bullying heartbreak.
He shared a gut-wrenching post to Instagram, where he described how Arabella was being picked on at school and detailed the helplessness he felt as a parent.
'I just watched my little girl walk out the gate of our home, a place where I know she is safe and feels a sense of security and belonging,' Barry began.
'She is heading to a place that doesn't offer that same security, her school. As a parent, I'm supposed to protect and guide her through difficult times, but this morning, I am lost.
'Yesterday, Arabella came home from school claiming she was sick. This isn't the first time it has happened. She wasn't actually sick but is instead being bullied again.'
Barry then made the painful admission he didn't know how to help her and asked his followers for some advice.
TV presenter Barry Du Bois has revealed his proud hopes for his 12-year-old daughter Arabella's future, weeks after going public about her bullying agony. Both pictured
'What do you say to a child when you've already said, "Don't let them upset you. Just keep being kind. You are not the horrible things they say".'
'She said, "I don't want to be special; I just want to be liked",' Barry added, admitting he felt 'weak, angry, confused and a little fearful'.
Just days later, Barry revealed some sage parenting advice once imparted upon him, alongside a photo of himself relaxing on the sand at Bondi Beach.
'My beautiful mum used to say, "leave your worries in your pockets and I will get them out in the wash",' he captioned the post.
'That was always followed with a warm hug. I will try a wash and rinse in the salty water of Bondi.'
In recent weeks, Barry also opened up about his devastating blood cancer diagnosis and heartbreakingly told how he hopes to live long enough to see Arabella get married.
'I see myself walking my daughter down the aisle. I'm hell-bent on banking as many memories as we can before I go,' Barry told New Idea Magazine.
Barry recently treated his wife Leonie and their twins, Arabella and Bennet, to a luxury voyage across the Mediterranean Sea to make some amazing memories.
The veteran presenter star shares his twins Bennett and Arabella with wife Leonie, who he married in 1999. All pictured
'You live a fuller life if you treat it as if you don't have very long. I don't take any of it for granted,' he added.
Barry was first diagnosed with solitary plasmacytoma myeloma in 2010, which later developed into myeloma - a type of cancer that begins to form in bone marrow.
Barry recently told how the birth of his beloved twins changed his life following his devastating diagnosis.
'The most important thing that has happened to me is the birth of my twins, Bennett and Arabella,' he told Cancer Council.
'I feel that life has started again since their birth. Staying positive and spending time watching them grow is a priority for me now. It's a beautiful time for me.'
The veteran presenter shares his twins Bennett and Arabella with his wife Leonie, who he married in 1999.
What is multiple myeloma?
Multiple myeloma is a cancer that begins to form in bone marrow.
While plasma cells ordinary help the body fight infection, in people with multiple myeloma the cells that live inside soft marrow rapidly develop to cause tumors in hard marrow.
As it causes the tough bone to weaken it makes it difficult to develop good blood cells and platelets.
There is no cure for the rare form of blood cancer.
As the second most common cancer in the United States, approximately 30,000 African Americans are diagnosed with multiple myeloma each year. Unexplainably, black people are twice more likely to develop the disease than white people.
Some medical experts believe that occupational exposure can play a part in developing the disease. Sufferers with jobs that expose people to petroleum, herbicides, heavy metals and an extensive list of other things have a higher likelihood or developing the blood cancer.
Most people who suffer from the disease are over 45 years old (96 percent). Over 65s are 63 percent of the group.
Men are more likely to have multiple myeloma.
Those with a family history of it are four times more at risk. People considered obese are also at higher risk.
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) has also been linked.
While MGUS – the development of abnormal monoclonal protein produced by white blood cells - can be considered unproblematic, some have linked it to multiple myeloma.
Strong cancer treatments such as surgery, radiation therapy, stem cell transplants and various drugs can help those living with multiple myeloma live a longer life.
Complications can include anemia, kidney failure, dangerously high levels of calcium in the blood, organ infection and fractures or a loss of movement.
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