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‘Is this a late-night show now?’ Home and Away fans are left outraged by a sexually charged storyline ‘giving Summer Bay a bad name’
- This article contains spoilers for British viewers
Home and Away viewers are up in arms over a raunchy storyline.
In episodes currently airing in Australia, up-and-coming male model Nikau Parata (Kawakawa Fox-Reo) cheats on his girlfriend Bella Nixon (Courtney Miller) with his scheming agent Sienna Blake (Rose Riley).
But the storyline, featuring raunchy set pieces involving Nikau cosying up to scantily clad models, hasn’t been without controversy.
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‘Is this a late-night show now?’ Home and Away fans have been left outraged by a sexually charged storyline ‘giving Summer Bay a bad name’. Pictured: actress Laura McDonald
The official Home and Away Instagram account uploaded behind-the-scenes footage from a photo-shoot scene on Thursday.
The video, captured by the show’s lead makeup artist Laura Vazquez, showed the character Allegra Freeman (Laura McDonald) posing in a black bodice, skimpy denim shorts, shiny PVC boots and stockings wrapped with bondage tape.
The model completed her look with various chains and opted for heavy makeup while posing seductively for the camera on a heavily vandalised set.
Sultry: The official Home and Away Instagram account uploaded behind-the-scenes footage from a photo-shoot scene on Thursday
Too hot for TV? The video, captured by the show’s lead makeup artist Laura Vazquez, showed the character Allegra Freeman (Laura McDonald) posing in a black bodice, skimpy denim shorts, shiny PVC boots and stockings wrapped with bondage tape
Divisive: The edgy scene drew a mixed response from fans of the long-running Seven soap
The edgy scene drew a mixed response from fans of the long-running Seven soap.
‘Not a fan of the modelling storyline at all,’ one viewer commented below the clip.
‘Is this rubbish ever going to be over?’ another wrote, while a third added: ‘Do not like the models.’
Unhappy: ‘Not a fan of the modelling storyline at all,’ one viewer commented below the clip
Negative feedback: ‘Is this rubbish ever going to be over?’ another wrote, while a third added: ‘Do not like the models’
‘Not going back!’ An outraged British viewer said they’d been to the Sydney set of Home and Away twice while visiting family in Australia, but vowed to never return
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Home and Away Up Late? ‘Starting to look like a late-night show, [rather] than a lunchtime one,’ one fan wrote on Instagram
The backlash continues: A similar comment read, ‘This is giving Summer Bay a bad name. Very low class photo shoot’
Drama: In episodes currently airing in Australia, up-and-coming male model Nikau Parata (Kawakawa Fox-Reo) cheats on his girlfriend Bella Nixon (Courtney Miller) with his scheming agent Sienna Blake (Rose Riley). Pictured: Nikau and Bella
An outraged British viewer said they’d been to the Sydney set of Home and Away twice while visiting family in Australia, but vowed to never return.
‘I thought it’s a family soap. I have visited the site two times [because my] son lives in Australia but not going back! This is twisted and a bad example,’ they fumed.
A similar comment read: ‘This is giving Summer Bay a bad name. Very low class photo shoot.’
Another wrote: ‘Starting to look like a late-night show, [rather] than a lunchtime one.’
Going too far? The storyline, featuring raunchy set pieces involving Nikau cosying up to scantily clad models, hasn’t been without controversy. Pictured: Nikau
Big mistake: Nikau betrayed Bella by sleeping with his modelling agent Sienna
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