Courtney Act kicks off Halloween dressed as AFL star Bailey Smith
A beloved Aussie has kicked off Halloween by dressing up as popular AFL star Bailey Smith.
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Courtney Act has well and truly kicked off Halloween week.
The beloved Aussie drag queen ditched the feathers for the football to transform into AFL star Bailey Smith – and the resemblance is uncanny.
“Can’t kick a goal, but I can serve a look,” Act captioned a series of photos on Instagram. “Career pivot alert! No, not to AFL—I’m a drag king now and I’m bringing Bailey Smith realness!”
In the photos, the 42-year-old dresses up as Geelong’s newest recruit in his former Western Bulldogs gear. Act even has the popular midfielder’s pose down pat with her arms folded across her chest as she pouts into the distance.
“If you’re not familiar with @bazlenka - you’re welcome. He’s every gay man’s favourite AFL player (he’s also the only AFL player gay men know),” Act added in her caption while also ticking Smith’s “Iconique Mullet. Moustache. Bulldogs kit” off her list.
Smith was traded to the Geelong Cats last month.
Meanwhile, Act’s choice of Halloween costume is rather conservative given that just days ago she stripped naked at one of her hometown’s most iconic sightseeing spots.
Climbing the top of Brisbane’s Story Bridge, she stripped down to her birthday suit while in full drag make-up, but it was all for a good reason: to mark the opening weekend of Brisbane’s Melt Festival.
The queer art festival is a major celebration for the LGBTQIA+ arts and allies, which takes over Brisbane from October 23 to 10 November 10.
Among one of the attractions during the festival took place this weekend when thousands of naked men and women stripped off on the bridge for photographer Spencer Tunick to take part in a dramatic art shoot.
The New York artist orchestrated the event, with thousands of men and women strolling barefoot through Brisbane before posing on the bridge for the monumental installation.
Photos from Sunday show the bridge packed to the brim with naked bodies. In one shot, everyone crouches over on all fours, their heads turned into their chests.
Speaking to news.com.au ahead of his latest trip down under, Tunick said he’d noticed Australia kept drawing him back of late.
“I think it’s the people: Australians enjoy the variations in weather, the challenge of getting up early in the morning and getting through a brisk sunrise. I think Australia is up for a little bit more of an adventure than other countries.”
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