Holly Valance blasts Apple Music for removing her song supporting Pauline Hanson: 'Free speech'

Aussie-born singer and actress Holly Valance has blasted Apple Music for briefly removing a song she made in support of Australian Senator Pauline Hanson's new film.Valance, who has spouted increasingly right-wing views in recent years, recorded an updated version of her 2002 hit Kiss Kiss, which she called Kiss Kiss (XX) My Arse.It was released on Australia Day and reached No. 1 on the Apple Music iTunes best-selling songs chart before it was removed from the platform. It was reinstated today following a backlash.London-based Valance, 42, recorded the song to promote Hanson's film A Super Progressive Movie.It is described as a satirical film that dives into Australia's political and cultural scenes and pokes fun at our so-called "cancel culture".The 90-minute animated film was set to premiere last night at a sold-out one-night only screening in, which was cancelled.It is available to stream from today via its website.READ MORE: How Jules Neale is overcoming 'betrayal'READ MORE: Dame Judi Dench's heart-breaking health admissionREAD MORE: Rebecca Loos unleashes on Victoria BeckhamValance appeared on the Kyle & Jackie O this morning to discuss the controversy.She took aim at those behind the song's removal, but said the ensuing controversy had helped promote the song."There's not enough brain cells between them. But it's helping me enormously, so thank you very much," she said.Host Kyle Sandilands also weighed in, describing the song's removal as an example of the "woke world".Valance said while the removal of the song might seem minor, it pointed to a bigger problem surrounding free speech."You've got to see the bigger picture," she said."Just because this week might not be something you like the sound of, you want it cancelled, but wait til it does affect something that you really believe in and it's taken away from you."I think if you're a real libertarian, free speech should be at the top of your priorities, even if it's with something you don't like."However, the lyrics are bound to offend some, especially in the LGBTQ+ community, with trans people among those targeted."You will respect my pronouns; Not all ladies have ovaries, some have a penis; They say that I'm a he but I'm a she; 'Cause I gotta V and not a D," are among the lyrics.Valance rose to fame in the late 1990s thanks to her role as Felicity 'Flick' Scully on Neighbours.After a four-year run on the show, she moved to the US, where she found work as an actress.She also enjoyed success as a recording artist.She met billionaire property developer Nick Candy at a party in LA in 2010 and the two married in 2012 in a lavish $6 million ceremony in Beverly Hills.They welcomed two daughters, Luka, and Nova.Alongside her husband, she became a vocal supporter of Nigel Farage's Reform UK party. He has been the party's treasurer since 2024.In 2022, Valance raised eyebrows by accompanying Candy to Donald Trump's home Mar-a-Lago.Then in 2024, she came under fire for saying Australia had become too 'woke' and referred to climate activist Greta Thunberg as a 'demonic little gremlin'.The couple split in June last year, with a spokesperson confirming the news.Earlier this week, Hanson's One Nation Party came under fire from Aussie band Hoodoo Gurus for using their hit song What's My Scene? to walk out during an anti-immigration rally in Brisbane on Australia Day.The band – fronted by Dave Faulkner – took to Facebook to issue a stinging rebuke, labelling Hanson and her supporters as "wannabe fascists" and urging them not to play or even listen to their music.FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.