Muslim activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied has appeared on Channel 10’s The Project, and compared her relationship with Australia to ‘dating an abusive guy’.
The former ABC host’s appearance comes soon after her controversial Twitter post on Remembrance Day earlier in November.
The 26-year-old tweeted ‘#LestWeForget’, but wrote in brackets ‘(Manus)’, referring to the asylum seekers on Manus Island.
In April, she was slammed after a similar tweet on Anzac Day which read ‘Lest we forget (Manus, Nauru, Syria, Palestine)’.
After returning to Australia from her new base in London, Ms Abdel-Magied said her relationship with the country was ‘like dating an abusive guy, you love a lot of thins about them but they hurt you deep’.
Muslim activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied has appeared on Channel 10’s The Project, and compared her relationship with Australia to ‘dating an abusive guy’.
The former ABC host’s appearance comes soon after her controversial Twitter post on Remembrance Day earlier in November
She said it was ‘surreal’ to look back on the criticism she received as a result of the social media posts and her appearances on television.
‘I’m in a place now where they took everything away from me and I’m now someone with nothing left to lose.
‘That was really bad but at the same time you don’t know how strong you are until you go through something really tough.
‘I went from being this young Queenslander of the year… I was the good Muslim girl… then everything exploded.’
She said she struggles to explain to people overseas what forced her to leave Australia.
‘I live in London now and I try to explain to people what happened and they can’t understand how it became the phenomena it became.’
The Project posted a photo of Ms Abdel-Magied on Instagram announcing her appearance, and it was met with both positive and negative reactions
She said she misses the ‘weather in Australia’.
The Project posted a photo of Ms Abdel-Magied on Instagram announcing her appearance, and it was met with both positive and negative reactions.
‘Just another reason not to watch tonight,’ one commenter posted.
‘Why would you give this individual air time.’
Other negative comments read ‘no thanks’ and ‘yawn’, while one former Project viewer said ‘hence why I don’t watch this stupid show anymore’
Other negative comments read ‘no thanks’ and ‘yawn’, while one former Project viewer said ‘hence why I don’t watch this stupid show anymore’.
There were some positive reactions to Ms Abdel-Magied’s scheduled appearance.
‘Looking forward to it’, one person commented while others said ‘awesome’ and ‘love her’