Rita Ora’s arrival in Australia has been greeted with a fierce backlash amid claims she was given special treatment to allow her into the country.
Ora arrived at a Sydney hotel for two weeks of forced quarantine on Monday ahead of filming for her role as a coach on The Voice.
Australia’s shadow home affairs spokeswoman, Kristina Keneally, said Ora’s hotel spot meant her quarantine was at the expense of Australians desperately seeking to return home – while there was a backlash on Twitter.
Rita Ora has faced a fierce backlash over her trip to Australia to judge The Voice Down Under. Seen touching down in Sydney on Monday, she will now have to quarantine for 14 days
Australia’s shadow home affairs spokeswoman hit out at celebrities like Ora (pictured arriving) who are allowed to come into the country ahead of some 40,000 nationals who are shut out
The singer was given an armed escort to a hotel to begin a two-week quarantine in Sydney when she landed on Monday before she is able to begin work as a coach on Australia’s TV version of The Voice.
Australia’s strict Covid laws only allows 4,250 international arrivals a week, which has meant around 37,000 Australian nationals are ‘stranded’ abroad unable to see their families.
The singer, who held a Covid-flouting birthday party at a Notting Hill restaurant in November, faced anger on Twitter over her trip down under.
Ora’s trip to Australia comes after she flouted UK Covid rules to hold a birthday bash
VeeDoubleYou slammed the singer, tweeting: ‘Can anyone tell me why the f*** people like Rita Ora are allowed to go to Australia and do whatever they want, when the rest of us can’t? #COVIDIOTS #CoronaVirusUpdates #COVID19.’
Paul Keogh wrote: ‘Rita Ora should be booted out of Australia asap and barred for life. She is a disgrace. One rule for us, no rules for her. . .’
Olive Lee stormed: ‘She doesn’t give a sh*t about getting herself and her team into quarantine in Australia. Normal people couldn’t…
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