Going against THE GRAIN
Plug her name into YouTube, and there’s footage of her hosting Breakfast, presenting on The Crowd Goes Wild, twirling around the stage on Dancing With the Stars, running as a candidate for the Green Party, skydiving, snowboarding, throwing punches in the boxing ring, interviewing Jacinda Ardern and Hugh Jackman (respectively, but what a duo that would be), and opening up about her experiences with alcoholism and mental health. Seriously, is there anything this woman can’t do?
It has been over a year since Hayley Holt switched from debating politics as a Green Party candidate to talking news, sport and entertainment on Breakfast each morning, but her passion for the planet certainly hasn’t been left behind. Getting made up for the camera, she gives a big nod of approval to our makeup artist, who washes all her cloths in preference to disposable wipes.
‘I don’t feel drawn into buying too many unnecessary things’
“People should care!” she exclaims, when we get talking about the dire state of the environment. “We are kind of dooming the future generations and it will be us when we’re old, and it’ll be our kids and
