I am going to assume we have all heard about the President Obama birth certificate issue, if you haven’t hear of it then you won’t be reading this post as you haven’t emerged from the rock you have been living under.
Now I am not here to rehash anything that Donald Trump and
his epic hair already covered. To be
honest I could care less where Obama was born, this isn’t a political blog.
The core issue I want to cover is based on perception. People’s perception about where the
celebrities they worship are from.
Australian’s are a proud people and are always looking to make it known
when one of their own makes it big in music, movies, or TV in the United States. Actors such as Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman,
Russell Crowe, and Hugh Jackman all come to mind when thinking of Aussie’s who
have made it big on the silver screen.
Musicians such as Keith Urban and groups such as Men at Work, The Bee
Gees, and AC/DC are ‘Aussie As’ right???
Let’s have a look.
Mel Gibson
Nicole Kidman
Despite her ridiculous marriage to the shortest Scientology
guru in Hollywood is without question an Aussie. Hell she is married Aussie Keith Urban and
even stared in the 2008 hit Australia. I
hate to break the news but Nicole Kidman is as American as Barack Hussein Obama
– literally… They were both born in
Honolulu, Hawaii only 6 years apart!
Nicole’s three children are also US Citizens as well.
Keith Urban
Let’s stay
on track and talk about Keith Urban who is a country music legend. I have to say I don’t even follow country
music but I know exactly who Urban is and to be honest when his music comes on
I really enjoy it! I guess I am a closet
country music lover… If you Wikipedia
Keith Urban, you will learn he is a country music singer, songwriter and
guitarist whose success has mainly been in the United States, Canada, and
Australia. A little more reading will
reveal that Keith Lionel Urban was born on October 26th 1967 in Whangarei, New Zealand. Yes New Zealand, not only a
backdrop for Lord of the Rings movies, it’s actually a real country, a
sovereign nation. Bottom line, Keith
Urban is a Kiwi not an Aussie.
Russell Crowe
Action films are always a hit and Russell
Crowe has made a great living for himself after staring in Gladiator in
2000. Hell if he isn’t Australian I am
really going to have to look into the genealogy of kangaroos and the history of
the boomerang! The Aussie’s tried to
pull another fast one on the world by claiming him as their own. Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand on
April 7th 1964 and his grandmother traces her lineage back to the
Maori’s (New Zealand Natives) and His grandfather is from Wales. Neither of which are Australian in any way
shape or form.
Men At Work
Is there a song more Australian then “Land Down Under”? We all know the song and it is almost
impossible not to sing along when for some strange reason it hits your radio
while you are driving. Collin Hay is a
front man and lead singer for Men at Work who released Land Down Under in
1982. Collin was born in 1953 in Kilwinning, Scotland which is about a 24 hour flight from Sydney,
Australia.
AC/DC
Malcolm and Angus Young were born in Glasgow, Scotland
The Bee Gees
The Bee Gees started their career in Australia but the Gibb
brothers were born in England…
Julia Gillard –
Current Australian Prime Minister
Remember when I brought up the birth certificate issues that
have plagued the sitting President of the United States of America? It’s a sealed deal, he was born in Hawaii but
imagine letting someone run your country that wasn’t born there? Australia’s current Prime Minister is Julia
Gillard, she was admittedly born in Barry, Wales, United Kingdom in September
of 1961. She doesn’t even try to hide
the fact that she isn’t Aussie born and everyone seems cool with it…
Hugh Jackman
Aussie born (Sydney - October 12th 1968). He was born to English immigrant parents and
three of his four siblings were born in the UK.
But fair is fair, he was born in Australia so they can rightfully claim
him.
Heath Ledger
I will definitely not overlook the actor that played the
best Batman villain of all time, Heath Ledger was an amazing actor who was born
in Perth (western Australia) in 1979 and unfortunately met his demise in 2008
after his massage therapist found him lifeless in bed and immediately rang
Mary-Kate Olsen for help! Medical
emergency, call Mary-Kate Olsen? Quick
thinking and maybe giving 911 a ring might have saved this Aussie born actors
life…
My next task is to debunk the genealogy of the Kangaroo and
the Koala Bear which is not really even a bear, there is no end to Aussie
misconceptions!
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