{"id":715634,"date":"2026-06-04T22:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715634\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T22:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:42:17","slug":"lisa-jane-spencer-comedian-doubles-down-after-being-reported-over-racist-skit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715634\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Jane Spencer: Comedian doubles down after being reported over \u2018racist\u2019 skit"},"content":{"rendered":"

An online content creator has been fired after a sketch video in which she portrayed a white woman claiming to \u201cidentify\u201d as an Indigenous Australian attracted widespread backlash.<\/p>\n

Lisa Jane Spencer posted the video, in which she appears to portray a white woman choosing to \u201cidentify\u201d as an Indigenous Australian, to Instagram earlier this week.<\/p>\n

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Online “comedian” Lisa Jane Spencer posted a video in which she appeared to portray a white woman who “identifies” as in Indigenous Australian.\u00a0Lisa Jane Spencer<\/p>\n

In the video, Spencer appears to mock both Indigenous Australians and those who identify as Aboriginal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m Aunty Lisa. I started identifying as a blackfella a few months ago,\u201d she says in the short clip.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I finally feel at peace with who I am. One of the mob.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video shows Spencer wearing face paint, dancing, performing a mock smoking ceremony, and sniffing a jerry-can.<\/p>\n

\u201cAboriginal identity transcends skin colour. I am Aboriginal. End of story,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Backlash to the video online was swift and furious, with negative comments piling up on the video, and Indigenous leaders also speaking out.<\/p>\n

Now, Spencer\u2019s workplace, Peninsula Hot Springs, appears to have cut ties with the self-declared comedian and satirist.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeninsula Hot Springs is aware of concerns that have been raised regarding social media content circulating online from a former employee,\u201d the Mornington Peninsula day spa said in an online post.<\/p>\n

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Day spa Peninsula Hot Springs responds to a video posted online by “former employee” Lisa Jane Spencer.\u00a0Facebook\/Peninsula Hot Springs<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to acknowledge and sincerely recognise the concern and disappointment that has been expressed, particularly by members of First Nations communities, community partners, and those who have reached out to us directly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The business said it did not support or endorse Spencer\u2019s content.<\/p>\n

Spencer posted on Instagram that she had been \u201cfired on the spot\u201d and that she was \u201cdeeply disappointed\u201d.<\/p>\n

She claimed to have been \u201cillegally doxxed\u201d and that she would seek legal advice.<\/p>\n

The video remains published online.<\/p>\n

SBS reported video<\/p>\n

The video displays the logo of SBS programme \u201cInsight\u201d, despite not being associated with the show or the network.<\/p>\n

In a statement, SBS told nine.com.au it had reported the video.<\/p>\n

\u201cSBS is aware of these posts and the unauthorised use of SBS logos. The posts and individual are in no way associated with our content and have been reported,\u201d a spokesperson for the broadcaster said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSBS unequivocally condemns all forms of racism and recognises the damaging impact it has on individuals, communities and social cohesion. Such views have no place in Australian society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Backlash to the video online was swift and furious, with negative comments piling up on the video.<\/p>\n

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Spencer has defended the video.\u00a0Lisa Jane Spencer<\/p>\n

Indigenous leaders have also addressed it, including Walk For Truth<\/a> activist and Kerrupmara\/Gunditjmara man Travis Lovett.<\/p>\n

Lovett, who is also executive director of the University of Melbourne\u2019s Centre for Truth Telling and Dialogue, shared a statement on Instagram, while refusing to name the video.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this does not show why truth telling is needed in this country, I don\u2019t know what does,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe racism, the dehumanising language, and the willingness to target communities do not appear out of nowhere. They are born from histories left untold, truths avoided, and systems that have never fully reckoned with the harm they have caused.\u201d<\/p>\n

He urged people to \u201cchange the algorithm\u201d and deny such viral videos \u201coxygen\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cShare truth. Share Blak joy. Share Blak love. Share culture, community, and people walking together side by side,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Indigenous activist and leader Travis Lovett presents Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with a letter urging the creation of a truth-telling process for national healing after completing the Walk For Truth.\u00a0Alex Ellinghausen<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause while hate may be loud, it is not stronger than truth. Love, truth, and solidarity will always drown out hate. This is why we continue to walk for truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Entrepreneur and 2018 ACT Australian of the Year Dion Devow, who is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man, also slammed the video in a post on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis morning, a woman named Lisa Jane jumped on TikTok pretending to be Aboriginal, mocking our people, our culture, our accents and even ending the skit sniffing a petrol can. That is not humour. It\u2019s ignorant, racist and deeply disrespectful,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cAboriginal people are not a costume, a joke or content for clout. Mocking our identity and reinforcing harmful stereotypes has real impacts on our communities and our young people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spencer herself posted a lengthy statement on Instagram after the backlash, claiming the video was a work of comedy and refusing to apologise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love Aboriginal people. And I think they\u2019re smart enough to know when they\u2019re being used,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

She claimed \u201cAI will tell you\u201d that petrol-sniffing was \u201ca very real thing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Spencer also said she was allowed to \u201csatirise white people claiming Aboriginal heritage benefits\u201d – an allegation she did not substantiate. Many Indigenous Australians have lighter skin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI apologise to absolutely nobody,\u201d Spencer said.<\/p>\n

Despite the video\u2019s indulgence in a number of long-standing negative stereotypes surrounding Indigenous Australians, Spencer nonetheless claimed she \u201c(pushed) the boundaries\u201d.<\/p>\n

Spencer has also posted videos mocking Indian people, which she referenced in her statement.<\/p>\n

In a May 2026 interview she has linked out to, Spencer appeared to suggest women were biologically unsuited to nine-to-five jobs, and that aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic were a \u201cscam\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An online content creator has been fired after a sketch video in which she portrayed a white woman…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-715634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}