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The political heavyweight realised a 25 year dream when Brexit was secured but admits victory came at a price. Mr Farage divorced, remarried, beat cancer and survived a near-fatal plane crash before campaigning for the UK to sever all ties with the EU. Tonight during an explosive episode of Piers Morgan’s Life Stories he admits for the first time that the personal toll was worth it because of last year's referendum result.

GETTY • ITV In a tell-all with Piers Morgan tonight, Nigel Farage admits Brexit had a personal 'price'

Asked why he says: “Well, somebody had to do it. I believed this was the most important political question we would ever face in our lifetime.

Yes, we have won, but the price is I have no life and never will. Nigel Farage

"I didn’t see anyone else out there that had the guts to do it, so I did, and yes there was a price to pay.” Mr Farage, 52, has two sons, Thomas and Samuel, by his first wife, whom he divorced in 1997, and daughters, Victoria and Isabelle, with his second wife, German Kirsten Mehr. Since the show was recorded Mrs Farage, who was in the audience, admitted publicly she and her husband had been living "separate lives” for some time, adding that it was a situation that “suits everyone”.

GETTY Mr Farage and his wife revealed earlier this year that they had been living 'separate lives'

Her shock revelation came after it emerged 37-year-old French politician and former waitress Laure Ferrari had been sharing the weekday home of Mr Farage in Chelsea, west London, while his wife and daughters remained at the marital home in rural Kent. On tonight’s show Mr Farage admits to being an absent father but said his two young daughters were used to him not being around. Asked whether he thought he was a good dad, he said: “I don’t know. I like to think I am. I do care about it, a lot, I can’t think of anything more important, despite the fact I am on the road a lot. "My children had to be kept out of this just because of some of the sheer unpleasantness and, frankly, even security threats.

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“I think it’s outrageous because when you look at some of the things I have actually said and campaigned for they are now absolutely mainstream political opinions in this country and yet there are still numbers of people out there who attempt to demonize. “Yes, we have won, but the price is I have no life and never will. That’s completely unfair and outrageous. “Overall I don’t regret anything we [Ukip] did. You could argue Ukip has been the most successful political party in history. “It had to be done. Ultimately, it was worth it, but it has come at a price, of course it has. I accept much of the price but I don’t accept the unfairness of some of it.”

PA Mr Farage tells of the family struggles through Brexit and strained relations with his children

Mr Farage has received death threats and even one suspected attempt on his life when the wheel nuts on his car were loosened causing it to crash on a motorway. On one occasion he and his family were chased out of a pub while they were having Sunday lunch and their vehicle was attacked by masked protesters. He describes the verbal and physical attacks "gross and unfair” saying he lives "frankly being frightened of walking out into to the street”. Yet he remains unrepentant about Ukip and what it stands for, adding: “I do not change the message, change what I say, change how I dress, I don’t try and pander to audiences like all our cosmetic politicians. "I say it as I see it, I behave as I do and if people like it that’s terrific and if they don’t...they can take a running jump.”

GETTY After winning the referendum, Mr Farage says he has been threatened and abused in the street