Former Neighbours star Holly Valance has called on Australians to stop being “embarrassed” about patriotism and doubled down on her support for far-right One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, after marching alongside Tommy Robinson at a rally in London on Saturday.
Valance, 43, who holds dual Australian and British citizenship, was interviewed at Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally — which took place at the same time as a rival pro-Palestinian demonstration in the capital. Speaking to Adelaide Now, she delivered a direct message to her fellow Australians: “Don’t be embarrassed and don’t be too scared to stand up for your country that’s given you everything, that’s given you freedom, that’s given you the great life that you have. Respect it, respect the culture, respect the flag, don’t be embarrassed to fly the flag, be patriotic, stand in that and don’t let anybody tell you you’re a racist for doing so. That’s disgusting and treacherous and treasonous that they would.”
She also admitted she was “absolutely right-wing” and said she had no qualms about being labelled far-right. On Hanson, she said the One Nation leader was “an amazing, loving Australian” and suggested history had vindicated her. “Hindsight is an amazing thing and she was on to something then and we all laughed at her, me included. I remember being a child and watching her and being told she’s the crazy lady. Not so crazy now.”
Valance attended the rally with her new partner Grant Gale, a former soldier who previously served as a bodyguard for her family before she split from British property billionaire Nick Candy last year after 13 years of marriage.
The former pop star has undergone a rapid and very public political transformation in recent years. She left Australia, she has said, because it “went big on woke stuff,” and has since reinvented herself as a conservative activist, throwing her weight behind Reform UK and cultivating relationships with figures on the international right. Her journey into those circles began in 2022 when Nigel Farage posted a photograph of her meeting Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago — a dinner he had organised. She has since described Trump as “fabulous.”
Her 2025 single Kiss Kiss (XX) My A**e — a reworked version of her 2002 hit Kiss Kiss and the soundtrack to Hanson’s film A Super Progressive Movie — drew fierce controversy after it was briefly banned by Apple following its debut at number one on the best-selling songs chart on Australia Day. The ban was reversed following a public backlash, with Valance suggesting the controversy had only boosted the song’s profile.
Such has been her rise within right-wing circles that calls have been made for her to stand as an MP in the United Kingdom — a prospect she has not publicly ruled out.
