Holly Valance has demanded Australians stop being ’embarrassed’ about being patriotic, as she marched alongside far-right figure Tommy Robinson in London on Saturday.

The Neighbours star was stopped for an interview at the Unite the Kingdom rally Robinson organised at the same time as a rival pro-Palestinian demonstration.

Valance, 43, who holds dual citizenship for Australia and the UK, gave a passionate plea to her fellow Aussies, asking them to ‘stand up for your country’, according to Adelaide Now.

‘Don’t be embarrassed and don’t be too scared to stand up for your country that’s given you everything, that’s given you freedom, that’s given you the great life that you have,’ she told the publication.

‘Respect it, respect the culture, respect the flag, don’t be embarrassed to fly the flag, be patriotic, stand in that and don’t let anybody tell you you’re a racist for doing so. That’s disgusting and treacherous and treasonous that they would.’

Valance went on to admit she is ‘absolutely right-wing’ and had no qualms about being called ‘far right’.

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Holly Valance, 43, has demanded Australians stop being ’embarrassed’ to be patriotic, as she marched with far-right figure Tommy Robinson in London on Saturday

She also doubled down on her support for One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, saying she was an ‘amazing, loving Australian’ and said she was glad to see her popularity rising in Australia.

‘The support behind people like Pauline Hanson is growing day by day and people are talking to me online, saying, “Yes, we love her,”‘ she said.

Valance went on to say things would be ‘different’ if people had ‘listened’ to Hanson, 71, in the late ’90s.

‘Hindsight is an amazing thing and she was on to something then and we all laughed at her, me included. I remember being a child and watching her and being told she’s the crazy lady. Not so crazy now.’

Valance attended the Unite the Kingdom rally with her new partner, former soldier Grant Gale, who acted as her family’s bodyguard before she split from British property tycoon Nick Candy.

The former Neighbours star 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, splitting from Candy, 53, 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.’

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Valance, who holds dual citizenship for Australia and the UK, gave a passionate plea to her fellow Aussies, asking them to ‘stand up for your country’, according to Adelaide Now

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She also doubled down on her support for One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, 71, saying she was an ‘amazing, loving Australian’ and said she was glad to see her popularity rising in Australia

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 change for the former 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-property tycoon billionaire 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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The former pop star has since entered a new chapter of her life following her divorce from her billionaire husband, splitting from Nick Candy, 53, in June last year after 13 years of marriage

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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, Grant Gale

Her recent tune ‘Kiss Kiss (XX) My A**e’ was briefly banned by Apple after it reached No.1 on the best-selling songs chart following its release on Australia Day.

The song was reinstated after the ban sparked a fierce backlash, but Holly said the controversy only helped to promote the song.

‘There’s not enough brain cells between them. But it’s helping me enormously so thank you very much,’ Valance told The Kyle & Jackie O Show earlier this year.

At the time, the song was number 8 in Australia’s iTunes top songs chart.

The song – which is the soundtrack to Hanson’s new film, A Super Progressive Movie – is a reworked version of Valance’s 2002 hit ‘Kiss Kiss’ and features lyrics taking aim at trans issues, ‘snowflakes’ and ‘cancel culture’.