It is an emotional role and one the star says has changed the way people look at him.
"When I started appearing on screens a few months ago, I noticed that people started to look at me funny. In the past they would rush to ask me for photos, now they also back away from me and stare at me with a look of disgust," he told TshisaLIVE.
Robert's nonsense has even got his family members all riled up.
"My sister called me the other day and told me that my aunt and my dad were watching one of the episodes and my character must have done something really bad because my aunt was furious! My dad is a little more understanding, because he has seen me in a lot of shows before, but my aunt asked my sister, 'why would your brother do this? What kind of human being does something like this?' Tell him I never want to see him and he mustn't come to the house."
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