‘Demonic little gremlin’: Former soapie star Holly Valance’s attack on Greta Thunberg

Holly Valance has given a rare interview in which she aired her thoughts on everything from Greta Thunberg and the royal photogate to Australia and Trump. See the video.

Former Aussie soap and pop star Holly Valance has fired off a scattergun attack on Australia and climate activist Greta Thunberg – before singing the praises of former US president Donald Trump.

Speaking to Chris Hope on the first episode of GB News’s new Chopper’s Political Podcast, Valance described 21-year-old Thunberg as “odd”.

“I don’t understand why you have this, like, demonic little gremlin high priestess of climatism as the goddess in classrooms, Greta (Thunberg),” Valance said.

“And the kids are all coming home with depression and anxiety. Why would you go to your music lesson or bother doing your homework or get out of bed if you think we’re all going to be dead in five years anyway? I mean they told me in class, Greta told me.

“Why would you bother, it doesn’t give anybody hope.”

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (C) is led away by police after being arrested during a sit in outside the Swedish parliament, the Riksdagen, to demonstrate for climate action, on March 12, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden. Picture: Samuel Steen/TT News Agency/AFP/

Holly Valance attends a VIP breakfast celebrating the relaunch of Rebecca Vallance at Harrods on November 14, 2023 in London. Picture: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Rebecca Vallance

Valance, who rose to fame when she joined the cast of Neighbours in 1999 playing Felicity Scully and then launched a pop career, has lived in the UK for more than a decade.

In 2012 the now 39-year-old married British billionaire property developer Nick Candy, with whom she shares two daughters.

Cast members of the TV show Neighbours in a 2001 photograph. Pictured are (back row left to right) Krista Vendy, Holly Valance and Carla Bonner; and (front row left to right) Kate Keltie, Madeleine West, Kym Valentine.

Holly Valance and Nick Candy attends the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2019. Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

The dual national (Australia and the UK) hit out at Australia in the GB News interview, saying the country was plagued with “problems” as a result of the increasing “woke stuff”.

“I’ll get a ticket within the first two hours of arriving, doing something, parking in the wrong place, going one K over the 30 or 25 K speed limit,” she said.

“The Australia I grew up in was unreal. It was so fun and we didn’t seem to have all these problems. The woke stuff’s really gone big in Australia.”

Asked for an example, Valance cited “the stuff they’re teaching in school”.

“I don’t think sexuality and children should be in the same sentence and I don’t think anyone’s sexuality is anyone’s business,” she said.

“You don’t know about mine. I don’t know about yours. Why would we? That stuff really icks (sic) me”

Victoria was branded a “nanny state” where they “fine you for breathing” by Valance, who revealed she was “still getting fines every few months for not voting”, even though she moved away from Australia “very very young” and had never voted in an Australian election.

Hope and Valance also discussed the climate, politics, crime in Los Angeles and the UK, and the upcoming UK election.

Valance appeared as a contestant on the BBC TV program Strictly Come Dancing.

Despite her staunch right-wing political stance, Valance ruled out a return to Los Angeles, where she owns a home, or Australia if Labour were to win the upcoming UK election.

“The plan would be to stay and live where we love, which is here,” she said.

“I’m very patriotic to this place. My mother is from Southampton. My whole family is English.

“I don’t want to go anywhere. And Nick doesn’t want to go anywhere. We prefer to be in our country. I don’t think you should want to drive wealthy people out.”

Elsewhere in the wide-ranging interview, Valance was asked about the time she and her husband met former US President Donald Trump in 2022, describing him as “unreal” and “fabulous”.

“He was incredible, he gave us an hour of his time in the office,” she said.

“I couldn’t believe how much time and interest he gave us … it was not what I was expecting. I thought maybe somebody a bit more brash, a bit more cocky and loud, and he was extremely warm, extremely gentlemanly.”

And when asked whether Australia should ditch the monarchy, she said “no way”.

“It’s part of us, they’re what built us. Absolutely not, I’m all for them,” she said.

She also weighed into the controversy over the altered photograph Princess Catherine released last week to mark Mother’s Day, saying “everybody wants to neaten up their family picture … who cares”.

“I just think it’s funny for media to be finger pointing about inaccuracies because someone’s sleeve was changed. It’s laughable,” she said.