TROUBLED former West Coast Eagles star Daniel Kerr, who spent four nights in prison last week, has revealed that he has hit rock bottom.

The 31-year-old, who is soon to face court on two charges of endangering life, health or safety of a person, says his life “can’t get much lower, I don’t think’’.

After Kerr revealed it was his mother Roxanne’s decision not to bail him out of jail immediately, Mrs Kerr told Nine News it was a tough love move which had worked.

And in a bizarre twist, it has emerged that the former footballer’s father was the victim of a violent attack on the weekend, stabbed in the chest during an altercation with a group of men (see report below). Mr Kerr senior is now home from hospital.

Speaking for the first time since his release from Hakea Prison last Sunday, Kerr told Seven News on Sunday that five days in jail was “the kick in the butt I needed’’.

“I’m going OK. There will be a pending court case which I can’t talk about, but I can’t really change what happens there, I can only change my actions going forward,’’ the former Eagles star midfielder told Seven News.

“As much as maybe there will be some pretty heavy consequences, I think it was the kick in the butt that I needed.’’

Kerr described how he was held in the crisis care unit at Hakea Prison, an area separate from other prisoners.

“There were some pretty hard times. I couldn’t get to sleep in there. It gave me a lot of time to think. It was what I needed,’’ he said.

Kerr said it was his mother’s decision not to bail him out of jail immediately after his arrest — and that high-profile teammates said they could not meet the $5000 surety.

“I made bail, so I think it was my mum’s decision to keep me in there for four or five days which at the time I wasn’t too impressed with,’’ he said.

“I think it was a $5000 surety I was looking for, and Embers and Coxy (former teammates Andrew Embley and Dean Cox) couldn’t put it together themselves so I had to wait for Mum for five days, but it was the kick in the butt I needed.

“I mean, it really has made me realise the important things in life.’’

Appearing relaxed and clean-cut, Kerr told Seven he was trying to regain his family’s trust. He planned to focus on a promise of home renovations before his return to court on November 26.

“First of all I’ve got a house that I need to finish that I have been promising (wife) Natasha that I would finish renovating for a while, then the court case will come along and I will see if I have to spend some time in jail to reflect on things or whether I can go out into the real world and get a job,’’ he said.

He accepts that football fans have a lower opinion of him since he was charged.

“The majority of them (fans) dislike me, which is fair enough, I mean, I don’t like what’s happened, my family doesn’t like what’s happened, but everyone’s been pretty good and hopefully we can move forward,’’ he said.

Roxanne Kerr told Nine News on Monday that she made the decision not to bail her son out for several days out of tough love and to force him to think about his future.

“We’ve just got to get through the next couple of months,” she said. “Sometimes you’ve just got to do that (tough love) ... you’ve got to do those things sometimes for your kids and they’re always your kids.

“I just made that decision and it worked out well.”

Kerr’s father stabbed

Daniel Kerr’s father Roger was stabbed on Saturday night during an altercation with a group of men, Seven News reported.

Roger Kerr, a former WAFL player, was reportedly in a taxi on his way home to Kardinya from Crown Casino after midnight when there was an altercation with a car load of men on Leach Highway.

Kerr senior was allegedly stabbed. He made it home where police and an ambulance were called and he was taken to Royal Perth Hospital around 2am and left soon after.

It is believed that he did not know the men involved and reportedly suffered a 2cm stab wound to his lower left chest.

Daniel Kerr visited him at home today.

It was made clear that Kerr, whose bail conditions require him to adhere to a night curfew, was in no way involved in the stabbing incident, which police are investigating.