Katie Hopkins to Be Deported from Australia ‘Imminently’ after Visa Cancelled

Katie Hopkins will be deported and her Australian visa has been cancelled after she boasted about breaching hotel quarantine conditions. She travelled to Sydney to appear in Big Brother VIP. Photograph: Neil Mockford/Alex Huckle/GC Images
THE GUARDIAN: Minister Karen Andrews says British far-right commentator entered country with support of NSW government to appear on Seven Network’s Big Brother VIP

The Australian government has cancelled Katie Hopkins’ visa after the far-right commentator boasted about breaching hotel quarantine conditions.

The cancellation was announced by the home affairs minister, Karen Andrews, on Monday – and follows a decision by Endemol Shine Australia to cancel her contract to appear on Seven Network’s Big Brother VIP. Hopkins will now be required to leave the country.

Hopkins, 46, broadcast a live video from what she claimed was a Sydney hotel room on Saturday morning, describing Covid-19 lockdowns as “the greatest hoax in human history” while joking about elaborate plans to breach quarantine rules. In the Instagram video, which is no longer available to view, she said she was trying to “frighten” security guards by answering her hotel door naked and maskless.

Guardian Australia understands Hopkins is likely to leave the country on a flight departing Sydney mid-afternoon on Monday. » | Paul Karp | Monday, July 19, 2021