The Indo Daily: How 'Neighbours' star Holly Valance became poster girl for Trump and Farage

Holly Valance at the Reform UK press conference (Yui Mok/PA)

"It’s a Holly party, so you can guarantee it’s going to be enormous fun.” Those were the words of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage ahead of a wildly expensive London party that took place last week.

The Holly in question is Holly Valance, former Neighbours star, and one of the hosts of the Farage-approved bash – a fundraiser for one Donald J Trump.

Once known for soap-opera drama, Valance tried her hand at a pop career in the early 2000s before decamping to Hollywood, where movie stardom failed to spark.

Having settled into domestic bliss with UK billionaire Nick Candy, Valance seemed content to leave the celebrity life behind, only to recently re-emerge as a spirited cheerleader for the radical right, with Farage and Trump both counted among her friends.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, on the other hand, has drawn Valance’s ire, as have various other “woke” areas of interest, none of which she has been quiet about.

With her profile rising and her support firmly behind Farage’s latest political run, can we expect Valance to step forward for public office herself in the future?

On this episode of The Indo Daily, Tabitha Monahan is joined by TRT World presenter Enda Brady and by Dave Hanratty of the Irish Independent to look at the curious career pivot of Holly Valance.

The Indo Daily: How 'Neighbours' star Holly Valance became poster girl for Trump and Farage