Hallie Clarke speaks with GAY TIMES about her “crazy” Big Brother experience, making the trans community proud and why a Bushtucker Trial isn’t in her future.
WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN “Mum said I had so much self-control. Usually, I’d be off the fucking rails,” Hallie Clarke says of her rule-breaking diva antics in the Big Brother house.
From her two-hour stint in jail to her innovative display of fashion with her sandwich board, as well as her various diary room rants, the 18-year-old is responsible for some of the revival’s most memorable moments.
After opening up about her identity as a trans woman, Hallie also used her time in the house to have insightful conversations with her housemates while dispelling harmful stereotypes about her community – such as Farida questioning whether men who are attracted to trans women are “gay”. “Instead of firing back at her, I took it as a chance to educate her and she completely understood.