Holly Valance Declares Support For Reform UK In GB News Interview

Valance expressed her admiration for Reform UK MP Lee Anderson and the party’s honourary president Nigel Farage. (Screengrab via GB News/X)

Australian actress and singer Holly Valance endorsed Reform UK and her support for MP Lee Anderson, the former Conservative deputy chair who joined the party Monday.

In an interview with GB News editor Christopher Hope on Chopper’s Political Podcast, the star said: “Last time I voted Conservatives, next time I’ll be voting Reform.”

Valance, who is married to property billionaire Nick Candy, a well known Tory donor, attended the launch of former Prime Minister Liz Truss’ Popular Conservatives faction last month. Her appearance and criticism of the left excited the right-wing press who hailed her as a potential “secret weapon for the Tories” in the upcoming election. Valance’s switch in support to Reform UK, however, dashes that and comes just days after Anderson joined.

Anderson lost the Tory whip in February for comments made on GB News, in which he suggested that Islamists were in control of London mayor Sadiq Khan and the city itself. Despite pressure from colleagues to apologise, Anderson remained steady in his refusal to do so. He went on to blast Conservatives for not showing him a “bit more backing.”

Speaking about the incident, Valance said: “I support anybody that sticks to what they believe in and isn’t a turncoat, and doesn’t do a million flip-flops and U-turns.”

She added: “I have respect for that, even for nutters on the other side, if you stick to what you believe and you keep reiterating that over years and years, I can always respect that. I might not agree with you, but I get that more than the changing of the minds and the flipping around and never having any conviction. I think people are sick of that.”

On the topic of Reform UK, the singer discussed her admiration of Reform UK’s honourary president Nigel Farage and how she would like him to become party leader, over current leader Richard Tice.

Still, Valance’s expectations for Reform UK in the upcoming election are measured: “It’s not that I think that we’re necessarily going to have a Reform government but that it’s a means to the next chapter.”