Joy Villa
Joy Angela Villa (; born April 25, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and YouTuber. She is known for her outspoken support of former United States President Donald Trump, and various conservative and right-wing political and social causes. Early life. Villa was born in Orange, California. Her father Rev. Joseph Villa was an Italian-Argentine, while her mother Mildred Angela Pierce Villa was African American and had some Choctaw Native American ancestry. Her maternal great-uncle was jazz vocalist Kenny Hagood. She attended high school at Lompoc High School, and graduated in 2004. Entertainment career. Villa has  worked as an actress and producer. From age 14 to 16, she was with Youth Network TV on Comcast Television. These roles include starring as a lovestruck young woman in romantic comedy "The Contrast", Kushite Princess Amesemian in "Brigantia", an umbrella-wielding carny in the "Heroes" Season 4 episode "Orientation", and other appearances on "", "The Valley Girls" and MTV "Next". Grammy Award outfits. Villa is known for her flamboyant outfits which she has worn to the Grammy Awards. These include: Political views and career. Villa is a supporter of Donald Trump, having joined Donald Trump's Campaign Advisory Board. Villa  had stated that she supported Senator Bernie Sanders early in the 2016 United States presidential election but soon switched to supporting Trump in the general election. On May 5, 2018, Villa joined the UK March for Life in London. She led the march from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square. In 2019, during a debate against a Black Lives Matter activist, Joy Villa referred to Black Lives Matter as a "terrorist organization". She also said that the movement does not address Black-on-Black crime and that most people who have been killed by the police are criminals. Villa earlier supported  BLM and was using a #blm hashtag the day after the 2016 election. Later she was saying she supported Black Lives Matter “until they started killing Cops.” Villa has supported the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, and has on a number of occasions worn QAnon-themed clothing accessories. In September 2019, Villa was scheduled to speak at the QAnon-themed "Digital Soldiers Conference", which was later cancelled. In 2020 Joy Villa Productions received $12,000 from ViralPAC for marketing. On November 9, 2020, Villa appeared at a Trump Rally in Mount Juliet TN. Villa said: “Because come Inauguration Day we  will see the truth. That President Trump will again be their president.” Villa also said that “God is on our side” and advised the crowd to trust in God. “We know he [Trump] was chosen for a time such as this. This could have been the main reason that he’s in office.”. Villa also said she can't understand how gender neutral people can be confused about their gender identity. On November 10, 2020, Villa appeared on RT America, which is a part of the Russia Today network, a global multilingual television news network based in Moscow, Russia. Villa  commented on the 2020 US president election, and said "There is too much voter fraud allegations coming about, we see dead voters who have come up from the grave and miraculously voted for Joe Biden." Personal life. Villa grew up in New York City and Santa Barbara, CA and has toured Scientology Churches in over 25 countries including Denmark, South Africa, France, Italy, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Mexico. She has lived in Los Angeles, Seattle, Santa Barbara, Aarhus, Denmark and currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Joy Villa is a Scientologist and credits her study of Scientology for improving  her life and career. In December 2016 she married Danish writer and photographer Thorsten Overgaard after 4 years together. On September 25, 2019, she announced via social media she had amicably filed for divorce. On November 28, 2017, Villa filed a police complaint against Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski for allegedly slapping her buttocks at a holiday party at the Trump International Hotel Washington D.C.. Villa admitted she waited a month before talking to police. Villa alleged that after she told him that she could report him for sexual harassment, Lewandowski said, "I work in the private sector  and slapped her again. Lewandowski did not deny these allegations but responded by saying that There is a due process and there is a process which they will go through to determine a person’s innocence." On November 15, 2020, at a Nashville-based “Stop the Steal” rally, Joy Villa testified that God had told her to move from California to Nashville, Tennessee.