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Martha Stewart has finally come clean about her SECRET son, Kieran Baldivis on Home and Away. But is she ready to be reunited with him?
Alf Stewart (played by Ray Meagher) and his daughter, Roo (Georgie Parker) have been left reeling from the revelation that Alf’s wife, Martha (Belinda Giblin) has a secret son, Kieran Baldivis (Rick Donald) on Home and Away (1:15pm/6:00pm on Channel 5, see our TV Guide for full listings)
Martha hasn’t seen Kieran in quite a while, and reveals her son has a few “issues”…
What will Martha Stewart (played by Belinda Giblin) do when she discovers her estranged son, Kieran Baldivis (Rick Donald) has tracked her down to Summer Bay on Home and Away?
Ahead of his character s arrival, Donald said: Kieran is a troubled guy dealing with both addiction problems and mental illness issues. He s a kind person deep down but has lost his way after a troubled childhood.
On how his addiction will impact his relationship with Martha, he said: His drinking pushes everyone away and creates a bigger problem of lying to his mother. It s not going to help patch things up if he s lying from the start. Seven Network It s a tough relationship with a lot of unsaid issues keeping them from the healing they both desperately need, he added.
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Home and Away, in which she played Indi Walker between 2009 and 2013. Channel 5
Her character left the Australian soap after her former partner Romeo Smith (Luke Mitchell) kept his skin cancer diagnosis a secret from her and left to spare her the grief.
After learning that he d lost his battle to the illness, Indi reassessed her life and decided to travel overseas. It was later mentioned that she now lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Home and Away airs weekdays at 1.15pm and 6pm on Channel 5 (UK) and Mondays to Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 (Australia).
Rick Donald says playing
Home And Away’s Kieran, the black sheep stepson of Summer Bay stalwart Alf Stewart, has crossed one thing off his bucket list. “I loved the idea of going up against such an iconic character (Alf), of coming on the show and locking horns with someone so iconic. That really excited me,” he says, of working closely with Ray Meagher who plays the
Home And Away veteran.
Rick Donald as Kieran on Home and Away. “Sometimes you feel you have an actor’s checklist – riding a horse, I did that, crash a car, get shot, die, and one of them for a lot of people is get a serve from Alf and I got quite a few.”