{"id":796224,"date":"2026-10-08T19:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796224\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T19:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:02:13","slug":"home-and-away-star-sarah-roberts-opens-up-over-family-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796224\/","title":{"rendered":"Home and Away star Sarah Roberts opens up over family tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Home and Away<\/a> star Sarah Roberts<\/a> has opened up about the tragic loss of her brother<\/a> a few years ago, sharing a poignant tribute. The Willow Harris actor’s sibling Karl sadly passed away in 2019 due to brain cancer.<\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram<\/a> earlier this week, Sarah posted a moving video, revealing it would’ve been Karl’s 52nd birthday this month.<\/p>\n

“52 years ago, my mum was 19\u2026 only 19\u2026 and she gave birth to my brother,” she told her followers. “I know in a way this isn’t the true definition of a soulmate, but I feel like my brother was my soulmate\u2026 he\u2019s gone now, he passed away seven years ago.”<\/p>\n

Sarah said it was “a lot for our family to go through this month” with “lots of emotions”, before reflecting on the nature of grief.<\/p>\n

“When you lose someone, you strap yourself in on the rollercoaster to feel all the emotions, but what I\u2019ve noticed upon seven years of reflecting is that I just feel an immense amount of gratitude today,” she continued.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m just so grateful that my mum gave birth to my brother and raised such a good man. I can’t describe him in words. Words don’t do him justice. He was fiercely intelligent, super protective, really funny in a quirky way, like a dad joke kind of way, which I\u2019ve also kind of inherited.”<\/p>\n

The star concluded by sharing that she was “so grateful” to have known her brother, and would choose to go through what happened again just to know him.<\/p>\n

“I would choose that 100 billion trillion times to just have a brother like Karl,” she said. “So I want to celebrate him today. Man, the world is not as bright without you around, but I can still feel you here on another frequency. Happy birthday.”<\/p>\n

\"sarah<\/p>\n

Channel 5<\/p>\n

Sarah has since received a number of supportive comments, with fellow Home and Away star Debra Lawrance writing: “Much love dear one.”<\/p>\n

“Love to you dear Sarah and fam,” added Xena: Warrior Princess’s Danielle Cormack, while Dannii Minogue shared a series of heart and raised hands emojis.<\/p>\n

Home and Away drops new episodes on weekdays at 6am on 5\u2019s streaming service with a 6.30pm screening on 5STAR. Selected classic episodes are available via Prime Video<\/a> in the UK.<\/p>\n

In Australia, the show airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 and streams on 7Plus.<\/p>\n

Read more Home and Away spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n