Australian actor Holly Valance attended the Unite the Kingdom march in London on the weekend, and gave The Daily Telegraph‘s Sophie Elsworth an exclusive interview about her presence and beliefs.
Known largely for her role in Neighbours, Valance declared she is “absolutely right-wing” as she joined the thousands-strong crowd.
In the interview, she encouraged Australians to be “patriotic”.
“Don’t be embarrassed and don’t be too scared to stand up for your country, a place that you love… that’s given you the great life that you have.
“Don’t be embarrassed to fly the flag. Don’t let anyone tell you you’re a racist for doing so.”
After claiming her political status as “right-wing”, the 43-year-old said she could also be referred to as “far-right.”
Valance explained to Elsworth, “There’s obviously an issue with illegal immigration”, adding the same applies to “legal immigration to an extent.”
She encouraged any immigrant to “jog on” if they don’t like the culture and laws of wherever they’ve relocated to.
Elsworth recorded the exclusive interview, which you can see below and read about here.
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Holly Valance supports Pauline Hanson
Valance also spoke about her support of Pauline Hanson, saying she was raised to think the politician was “crazy” but that “she’s not so crazy now.”
Valance has been a long-time supporter of Hanson. In February, Mediaweek reported that Apple Music briefly banned her song Kiss Kiss (XX) My A**e, which was a soundtrack to Hanson‘s film, A Super Progressive Movie.
It was released on Australia Day and reached No. 1 on the Apple Music iTunes best-selling songs chart, but was removed from the platform after it briefly overtook Olivia Dean’s Triple J Hottest 100-winning song, Man I Need. It was then reinstated on the Friday following backlash.
During an interview with GB News, Valance, who now lives in the UK, spoke about the ban.
“If it was like a Trump-bashing right left-wing, Farage-bashing, song that someone on the left side of politics made, then it would have been fine. It would have been no issues because the right don’t tend to have toddler tantrums.
“We never received any email officially from iTunes or Apple or anybody. So I was like, ‘what’s going on?’”
The song is a tweaked version of Valance’s 2002 tune “Kiss Kiss,” now with lyrics that take aim at progressive politics, including references to trans people, snowflakes, and cancel culture.
When the song was released, Hanson said, “Wouldn’t the ABC have a heart attack knowing they had to play this track?”
More controversially, speaking in the same GBNews interview, Valance said: “During Covid, it was the big tester. It was the r****d meter. And Australia was quite high on that.”
The host of the program apologised to the audience for Valance’s slur and told her, “I think some people might be offended.”
The singer was unapologetic: “Hey, are we not Free Speech Nation over here?”
The host replied: “We are free speech, except for that word.”
Top image: Holly Valance speaks to The Daily Telegraph at the Unite the Kingdom march.