Holly Valance has been photographed relaxing in a train carriage with Tommy Robinson, sparking concern among friends that she has “gone down a political rabbit hole”.
The former singer and the far-right activist were pictured lying on separate sofas inside a large luxury railcar, with sweeping countryside views behind them. The image was shared by former actor turned activist Laurence Fox, now leader of the Reclaim Party, who was travelling with his wife Elizabeth.
In the photo, Robinson appears to be smiling as he holds a bottled drink, while Holly is curled up nearby alongside Elizabeth. The pair have been seen together before and, according to the Daily Mail, friends of the ex-Neighbours star are growing increasingly worried.
One concern reportedly centres on Holly’s two daughters, aged 12 and 8, and the prospect of them spending time with Robinson, 42, who co-founded the English Defence League (EDL) in 2009.
A friend told the Mail: “There is concern about Holly and her two girls. Plenty of her friends are worried. The question is whether they (Ms Valance and Robinson) are romantically involved. Even if they are not having a romantic relationship, there is the fact that he has all of these convictions against him.”
Holly was first spotted alongside Robinson at his “Unite the Kingdom” rally in London in September, wearing a “MEGA” (Make England Great Again) cap. She openly praised the event, telling reporters: “I'm very proud and pleased for Tommy – this is his redemption. Finally. How the man screaming from the rooftops about the rape of white British girls was framed as ‘the bad guy’ is going to be a case study.
“How weak and immoral we have become. Our silence is immoral. [At the march] the lions came out.”
She recently split from billionaire property tycoon Nick Candy after 13 years of marriage. Candy, once a major Conservative donor, became Reform UK’s treasurer in December last year.
But friends fear Holly has “gone down a political rabbit hole”, the Mail reports. Another friend was quoted as saying: “She has gone too far down it. It was the Covid stuff and the Republican stuff in America – the Maga movement. It was a range of stuff. She is quite conspiracy theory-led.”
