Holly Valance has flaunted her friendship with Pauline Hanson after publicly endorsing the One Nation leader.
The right-wing former Neighbours star, born Holly Vukadinovic, took to X on Wednesday with a photo of the pair enjoying a beer at Jeremy Clarkson’s pub The Farmer’s Dog in the Cotswolds, England.
‘Nothing like a beer with your mate at the pub on a hot day,’ Valance, 43, wrote next to the image along with an Australian flag emoji.
Both women beamed as they clinked glasses over the table, with Valance looking chic in a denim dress while Hanson sported a black-and-white striped blouse.
Hanson also took to X with several photos of the women posing together out and about in the English countryside on the same day.
‘While here in England, I took some time out to catch up with Holly Valance who has been a staunch backer of true conservatives both here in the UK and myself in Australia,’ she wrote.
Holly Valance took to X on Wednesday with a photo of herself having a drink with Pauline Hanson at Jeremy Clarkson’s pub in England
Hanson also took to X with several photos of the women posing together out and about in the English countryside on the same day
‘We visited Blenheim Palace for a wonderful private tour of this enormously historic beauty in Woodstock before stopping off at the Farmers Dog for lunch and a few of Jeremy’s beers. What a wonderful day!’ she continued.
The politician added that she had some ‘big meetings’ in store this week, and would be providing more details soon.
It comes after Valance, who has lived in the UK for years, publicly threw her support behind Hanson during an interview with Karl Stefanovic’s podcast.
‘I’m really behind her. I think she’s amazing,’ Valance said when asked about their relationship.
Valance said that a focus on diversity has been detrimental to the UK, and predicts similar issues in Australia unless Hanson’s messaging is taken seriously.
‘You can see the signs now, so you’ve got people like Pauline who are desperately trying to put on the brakes and change things. I’m really behind her. I think she’s amazing,’ Valance said.
The former pop star also discussed the controversial song she penned to promote Hanson’s film, A Super Progressive Movie.
The track, titled Kiss Kiss (XX) My Arse, was released on Australia Day and has reached No. 1 on the Apple Music iTunes bestselling songs chart – soaring ahead of tracks by Keli Holiday and Harry Styles.
‘While here in England, I took some time out to catch up with Holly Valance who has been a staunch backer of true conservatives both here in the UK and myself in Australia,’ she wrote
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It features lyrics that mock contemporary progressive politics, including references to trans people, ‘snowflakes’ and woke culture and is a parody version of Valance’s hit single Kiss Kiss, originally released in 2002.
Lyrics of the song include: ‘MWAH You will respect my pronouns / Not all ladies have ovaries, some have a penis / They say that I’m a he but I’m a she / ‘Cause I gotta V and not a D.
‘And I don’t care what people say / I’ll never be a him, a them or they / ‘Cause I’m a real biological woman / A real biological woman.’
‘It was a bit of fun, and I think sometimes when you can laugh at these things, then you really know it’s all over, when everyone becomes the butt of the joke,’ she said.
Valance was cagey when asked if she had been working with Hanson or One Nation in any other capacity.
‘We’ve been talking for a little while about other things,’ she hinted.
Valance explained that she did not have to face the backlash from the release of the parody song as the UK-based star no longer lives in Australia.
‘I just dropped the grenade and bounced. I didn’t have to deal with it and walk down Chapel Street in Melbourne. The blue hairs will want to get me,’ she joked.
It comes after Valance, who has lived in the UK for years, publicly threw her support behind Hanson during an interview with Karl Stefanovic’s podcast
Valance first shot to fame in the late ’90s when she played Flick Scully on the soap series, before going on to land various TV roles and release her own music.
However, the former pop star has since entered a new chapter of her life following her divorce from her billionaire husband Nick Candy, 53, splitting from him in June last year after 13 years of marriage.
A source told Daily Mail at the time: ‘They have been living separate lives for a long time, he’s travelling a lot. Nick has businesses in Dubai and London, The Reform Party.’
Since their split, Valance has gone on to rebrand herself as a right-wing political activist, who is ‘growing close’ to anti-Islamist Robinson and has started a romance with her former bodyguard.
Valance has been throwing her support behind Reform UK and the far-right after leaving her native Australia because it ‘went big on woke stuff’.
Such is her influence that there have been calls for her to stand as an MP in the UK, while over in America, she has enjoyed meetings with Donald Trump, who she described as ‘fabulous’.
It’s quite the transformation for the performer, who by her own admission was once a proud liberal.
That was until she said she ‘woke up’ to all of the ‘c**p ideas’ of the ‘lefties’ and reinvented herself as a conservative firebrand.
Valance’s rapid rise to become a poster girl for the right and an anti-woke crusader dates back to 2022, when Nigel Farage posted a picture on social media of her meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Indeed, it was through Farage that she met Trump when he invited her and her then-husband Candy to Palm Beach, Florida.
The dinner meet-up sparked an angry backlash from her fans, who threatened to boycott her music.
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