Gael Cameron’s powerful message about surviving domestic violence after ex Nathan Gallagher’s arrest

Aussie reality star Gael Cameron has posted a moving message as a domestic violence survivor, almost one year on from her ex Nathan Gallagher’s arrest.

Cameron, 30, who rose to fame on reality television series Below Deck Mediterranean, shared a post from her visit to the powerful Sweethearts art installation in Sydney.

“56 hearts. One for each woman who life ended at the hands of someone they once chose to trust this year alone in Australia,” Cameron wrote.

The reality star said her “heart broke into a million pieces” seeing the art installation, which honoured domestic violence victims.

“I cried for the families, and for those who lost their lives at the hands of another. But also for the women still there. Still stuck. Whose fate still feels out of their own hands,” she said.

“Those who understand, understand. And those who can’t relate I hope you find it in your heart to try to understand.”

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Cameron called for change and said that she will no longer let her fear hold her back, instead it’s now a greater fear that the nation’s domestic violence crisis will continue.

“To all the women and men who have messaged me with similar stories: I hear you, I see you. There are women who can’t share this. Can’t like it, can’t save it, can’t have it sitting in their phone. I know you’re there,” Cameron continued.

“I have hope that someday you get to say to yourself the same thing I say to myself everyday day that keeps me going and is the reason you see me on here grateful for everyday I get to be here.”

She concluded by thanking the artists and including hotlines for domestic abuse victims.

The 56-heart installation was created by artists Omi McCurdie and Pip Lysaght.

Each heart featured a different phrase commonly heard to excuse domestic violence.

They included “boys will be boys”, “she coulda left”, “she winds him up” and “just a one off”.

Cameron’s ex Gallagher was arrested in December 2025 and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intentionally choking a person without consent and common assault.

The news was not made public until August 2026.

Cameron and Gallagher met while working as deckhands on season nine ofBelow Deck Mediterranean in 2024.

Together, they welcomed their son Kayden Cameron Gallagher on June 24, 2025.

Cameron was not named in initial reports, though Gallagher mentioned his ex, with whom he welcomed his child, in his statement to Rolling Stone.

In it, Gallagher said he’d “made mistakes” he’d “take responsibility for.”

“I don’t believe it is fair for one version of events to be presented publicly as though it is the complete story when there is evidence that may materially contradict or provide significant context to that account,” he said at the time .

In September 2026, Cameron shared a statement of her own.

“I have been using the past few months to quietly heal and rebuild for little man and myself,” she wrote on her Instagram Story at the time.

“I’m really working on finding myself again and moving forward.”

Gallagher is reportedly offshore and wanted by Australian authorities.

In September an arrest warrant was issued after he allegedly fled the country while facing domestic violence charges.

NSW Police released his mugshot after the Gallagher failed to attend a court hearing, resulting in his conviction in his absence.

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).