Share When I saw the painting, the guy was like, This will win me the Archibald. I knew immediately, No it won t.
Rachel agreed Kyle s portrait was never a contender , adding: I ve seen the painting of you. It s pretty unspeakably bad.
Poor effort: It s hideous. They painted me like a king from the olden days, Kyle said, noting how he resembled Henry VIII in the portrait
The artwork, which depicts Kyle as Henry VIII, was created by Arith Mohamad and was entered in the 2008 Archibald Prize.
However, artist Del Kathryn Barton won the $50,000 prize that year for her self portrait with her children Kell and Arella.