Home and Away star announces engagement to his boyfriend: ‘My birthday present this year was a fiancé’
Lukas Radovich portrayed fan-favourite Ryder Jackson on Home and Away
Congratulations are in order for Home and Away star Lukas Radovich, who announced his engagement to boyfriend Liam Forcadilla.
The actor, who played Ryder Jackson in the Aussie soap which airs on Channel 5 in the UK, has been in a relationship with Liam for four years, and the pair announced on Instagram that they have taken the next step in their relationship.
‘The ring may not be a perfect fit, but we are,’ he penned on Instagram as she shared a series of snaps of him, his fiancé and the engagement ring.
He added: ‘My birthday present this year was a Fiancé.’
Lukas Radovich portrayed fan-favourite Ryder Jackson on Home and Away
Lukas’ joyous announcement was met with messages of congratulations from his former co-stars, with actor Jackson Heywood (Brody Morgan) writing: ‘Congratulations you bloody beautiful legends!!! So happy for ya!’
Actress Jasmine Delaney (Sam Frost) also added: ‘This is incredible news, congratulations beautiful humans xxxxx.’
Lukas, 29, came out to his friends and family a number of years ago – before he joined Home and Away – and revealed that he’s in a relationship with professional men’s netballer Liam.
‘I am quite a shy person by nature, quite introverted, so it takes a while for me to warm up to talking about things,’ the soap star told the Daily Telegraph.
‘And then after that it just wasn’t an issue.’
‘[Liam] is actually the first person I introduced [to] my parents; that was my way of telling them.’
Lukas played Ryder on Home and Away between 2017 and 2022.
Ryder, who was firm fan favourite with fans of the show, left Summer Bay after he bagged a job on a cruise ship as a mixologist, in scenes which aired last year.
Ahead of his on-screen exit, Lukas discussed his character’s exit storyline with Metro.co.uk, telling us: ‘Ryder decides that he needs to be the one making the important decisions in his life.’
‘He creates a plan for himself for the future, which enables him to be able to live his best life and explore the world.’
