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Kale Roberts returned to the Love Island Australia 2023 villa during the November 23 ep of the series, winning the heart of Tyra Johannes and that of Australia in one fell swoop.

In what felt like the beginning of a love story, Kale surprised the stunning Islander during a date, under the pretence he was a brand-new Bomb.

“In my exit interview, they asked what my biggest regret was and I said not pursuing things with Tyra from the beginning,” the 25-year-old told Chattr after his first elimination.

“It was wild at first because once I left the villa, Aidan [Knox] was probably one of my best friends in there at the time and he was happily coupled up with her as far as I knew.”

After being dumped from the Island, Kale had zero contact with the outside world, thinking about what could have been — before coming face-to-face with his ultimate crush.

“I had remembered our first date so, so vividly of how it was when we were together,” he said, adding that he had “anticipated” how the next one could go as well.

“Hearing that she was in a friendship couple sort of gave me a bit of a green light to start going in a bit.”

And go in he did, delivering possibly the most romantic moment of the season, telling Tyra he should have kissed her a long time ago.

SEE ALSO: Interview: Oop, there it is! Love Island’s Kale reveals he absolutely did not want to talk to Nakia

What happened when Kale returned to the Love Island Villa?

Upon walking back into the villa hand-in-hand with Tyra, Kale revealed to us what he saw.

“I think there were probably maybe 12 people sitting around the fire pit when I walked back through. 11 were ecstatic and one person was not too happy at my arrival.

“Even Andy [Cosgrove], Nakia’s partner was smiling and he was the first person to shake my hand and say welcome back. So that was really cool. All of the boys sort of lit up and it was awesome walking back and seeing everyone because I didn’t just lose out on a girl at the time or the experience, I got to leave the house with a bunch of people who became my best friends, so going back and seeing all of them was unreal.”

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Kale reveals why he cut his hair

Possibly more shocking than his return to the series was Kale’s sexy AF new haircut. While we’re tempted to call it a “crisis haircut” (IYKYK), there’s actually another reason he shaved his locks.

According to the reality star, after his casting, Channel Nine had seen photos of his hair when it was longer.

“They wanted me to grow my hair,” he revealed. “So I grew my hair.”

He continued: “I hated it longer and I remember the night I was leaving, I think I was still mic’d up at the time and I was a bit sour. I just remember sort of speaking to anyone who could listen to me, and I was just saying, ‘Can I shave my fu–ing head? Can I shave this bucket hair off?’

“I just wanted to get rid of it. I was salty. I didn’t want the hair. I wanted to be gone. But when I was coming back, they said ‘We’re gonna let you shave your hair’.”

When asked if he felt like he’d removed some negative energy from his life, Kale said: “I definitely felt that. That’s sort of how I have my hair and how I look, in real life on the outside. I definitely felt like I was sort of walking back in 100% as myself, so that was pretty cool, too.”

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Kale Roberts was dumped from the Love Island Australia 2023 villa on Monday, November 21 in a brutal Recoupling and now he’s revealed that there was a little bit more to his exit than what we saw. Que horror!

Speaking to Chattr post-elimination, Kale admitted there was more to *that* awkies bedroom chat with former bae, Nakia.

“Nakia definitely did me dirty. I don’t think there are any two ways around that,” he said. “So when she first came to see me in the room, and I was with the boys and I said, ‘I don’t want to talk to you right now’. And I did not want to talk to her. I was planning on walking out of there and never saying a word to her.”

He continued: “You didn’t quite see it in the show, but the housemates and all the girls sort of came into the room and were pestering me to hear her out, or at least give her the benefit of the doubt. And 2% of me was like, ‘Oh, maybe there’s more to this than I think or maybe she didn’t actually say something too bad to this guy. But then as soon as she sat down in front of me, she was just cold.”

Given that they have no idea what will be aired, Kale said that he was watching the show back but that it was a “tough watch” considering he saw “the conversation with [Bomb] Andy on the boat”.

“And then her coming into the bedroom and saying what she said and then seeing her reaction after, it was tough.”

Love Island’s Kale on Nakia’s brutal response to his exit

In addition to this, Kale revealed that he was perplexed by the fact that she didn’t acknowledge their time together.

“It was just baffling to me to not even be like ‘Oh, it was so nice meeting you’ or ‘Spending the last week or two with you’ or ‘I wish you the best on the outside’. There was just absolutely none of that.”

Now looking at the situation with hindsight, the 25-year-old admitted that there were moments he didn’t initially see that made him realise that maybe she wasn’t the right gal for him.

“Looking back at moments with her, whenever she’d sort of speak about how she felt, she’d never really look me in the eye, so the more I look back, the more I start connecting the dots.”

Kale on his Tyra admission and whether Nakia kept him around to stay in the villa

After he was dumped from the show, Kale told the cameras that he’d wished he hadn’t “put all his eggs in one basket” and had pursued things with Tyra.

“In my exit interview, they asked me what my biggest regret was and I said “not pursuing things with Tyra from the beginning”.

When asked if he thought maybe Nakia had kept him around for purposes other than to form a love connection, he admitted that her being in the “Waiting Room” (God, that feels like a lifetime ago!) may have had something to do with it.

“When she got out of there, a new Bomb came in, which was me. And her being a single girl at the time, I think no matter who walked through, she was gonna go guns blazing forward. I think I was a bit of a sucker for that but it was very hard to see at the time.

“Looking back I feel like that’s definitely how it went.”

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