Abbie Chatfield has apologized in a lengthy Instagram video after her boyfriend, Australian musician Keli Holiday, was denied re-entry into the United States during his North American tour. Holiday, whose real name is Adam Hyde, said he spent an entire day detained at the Canadian border despite having the visa papers he described. Chatfield suggested a controversial video he posted last year may have played a role in the decision.
Abbie Chatfield apologizes after Keli Holiday’s US entry issue
News.com.au reports that Hyde shared the border issue on social media, writing: “He spent the entire day detained at the Canadian border and denied entry to the US despite having the proper visa documentation. I’m still trying to figure out the situation myself.”Hyde gave no reason for denying entry. The case is that Australians have seen stricter US entry controls under the president Donald Trumpincluding plans to provide travelers with 5 years of social media history to border officials.Chatfield addressed the issue a day later in a 10-minute statement on Instagram. He said: “A video I posted a year ago is back, basically.”The 30-year-old said: “Since I posted that video a year ago, I’ve grown a lot.”“I’ve worked so hard to really understand the impact of my words and understand that I need to think before I speak.”
Keli Holiday was denied entry to the US amid border scrutiny
The video at the center of the backlash was posted last July. In it, Chatfield referenced violence in the US while making a gun gesture with his fingers.– Americans, when will you do it? he said“Why isn’t it already done? Every day, there’s another one [gun symbol] happening, right? Awesome for your country, right? Awesome, right? Why don’t we redirect that energy to something else, you know?Social media users criticized the clip and accused it of suggesting harm towards Trump. Chatfield denied this.“People have said that I called for the assassination of Trump. I don’t want that to happen. I want to be clear. I do NOT believe that political assassinations are positive for anyone. In fact, when Charlie Kirk was murdered, that’s what I said.’He said the post was a joke about “incels” and the public backlash toward accused murderer Luigi Mangione.“I never asked to die [Trump]. This was a strange reaction from incels and… Luigi Mangione.Chatfield said he now wants to use his national language to carefully discuss difficult issues and avoid language that could cause harm.
