Ant Middleton once stole money from his daughter's piggy bank to pay for a pint of milk.
Ant Middleton
The 'SAS: Who Dares Wins' star has opened up about his personal struggles after coming out of prison in 2013, and he had to turn his life around after stealing his girl's pocket money.
Appearing on Eddie Hearne's 'No Passion, No Point' podcast, he said: "I remember when I got out of prison, I remember opening the fridge and literally having no milk for the kids and I had to get my daughter's penny jar and smash it open and get all the 20 pences and all the 50 pences.
"I had to literally accumulate all those to get two pints of milk until I waited for my next pay cheque and I remember thinking 'We can't live like this, I've got so much to give.'
"I was a special forces operator, I know I've got a resilient and robust mindset and unique way of thinking so this can never happen again."
The former military man revealed he was inspired to change direction, and he chased other projects to dig himself out of the hole.
He added: "I went from that to writing my first book, more TV shows, more books, doing UK tours...
"I've had no money and now I have money and I know which side I'd rather be."
Ant served four months in prison for assaulting two police officers outside a nightclub seven years ago, and he can still recall the moment his sentence was passed.
He said: "I can just remember as soon as that hammer went down.
"I remember this weight being lifted off my shoulders because I knew what I needed to do - I've got to do 14 months.
"The worst moment is not being able to own a situation, I didn't know if I was going to get one year, two years, five years. When you are in control you can take ownership."