Home and Away star Mali Hudson made history after being cast on the Australian soap.
Kyle made his debut as surfer Mali Hudson in January and became the first indigenous actor cast in the soap’s 35-year history.
In an exclusive chat with Daily Star, Kyle opened up about being given the “amazing” opportunity to represent his community on screen.
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He said: “It’s amazing. I’m showing the younger generation that it is possible because I grew up in a time where we weren’t represented on TV and if we were, it was for things like quit smoking ads and alcohol abuse ads.”
Kyle explained it was “defeating” to see, which is why he felt so grateful when Home and Away came knocking.
The actor continued: “When I had the opportunity to be this person on such a big TV series, I couldn’t believe it because I now know that I’m a voice for the younger generation but also the older models as well because they’ve been pushing for years to have things like this on mainstream TV.
“So to have that opportunity to do my family and my community proud has been amazing.”
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“And to be honest, I don’t think anybody could’ve done it as well as me,” he laughed. “I’m happy with where I am and what I’m doing. It’s been an amazing opportunity.”
This week on Home and Away, Mali stunned girlfriend Rose (Kirsty Marillier) when he said “I love you” for the first time.
But the Summer Bay cop wasn’t best pleased with his less-than-romantic declaration, fuming to brother Xander (Luke Van Os): “He’s said I love you to a chicken burger with more passion.”
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Later, Mali insisted Rose forget he said anything, leading her to confide in Mackenzie (Emily Weir) that if he’d said it under different circumstances, she would have said it back.
With some encouragement from Mack during Friday’s episode (September 1), Rose was ready to say the big words and planned a candlelit dinner for Mali at the farmhouse.
But when the couple arrived, they set eyes on the trashed kitchen with a threatening message left on the table that said: “Stay away from my wife”.
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