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Although he claims his visa was valid, officials reportedly took issue with him engaging in work during his stay, and he is expected to be deported back to London.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A spokesperson for the Australian Border Force declined to comment on individual cases, citing privacy concerns.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Posting online, Fisher expressed disappointment about spending his 52nd birthday in a detention hotel. \u201cI\u2019m still smiling and I still love Australia,\u201d he wrote, ending with his signature exclamation, \u201cbosh.\u201d He also noted that while fans offered to deliver food, authorities did not allow him to receive it, suggesting donations to local food banks instead.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Fisher\u2019s son, British heavyweight boxer Johnny Fisher, confirmed on Instagram that his father would be flown home, joking about fears over his \u201cexpress pace bowling ahead of the Ashes.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The star had planned to appear at four events during his visit, including hosting a \u201cBucking Bull\u201d challenge at a greyhound racing event in Sydney and performing a DJ set at a horse racing meet in Perth.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney (Australia), October 15, 2025: British social media personality \u201cBig John\u201d Fisher, famed for his viral fast-food reviews and catchphrase<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal-300x225.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal.jpg","large":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal-392x272.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal-390x205.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal-130x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal-150x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18e12f979c7dbcc2096868fc531de295a11443c392b4bb6e60ce343131707eaa?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Sydney (Australia), October 15, 2025: British social media personality \u201cBig John\u201d Fisher, famed for his viral fast-food reviews and catchphrase","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["World News"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":1,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal.jpg",546,410,false],"medium":["https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arvind-k-kejriwal-150x150.jpg",150,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?author=3"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18e12f979c7dbcc2096868fc531de295a11443c392b4bb6e60ce343131707eaa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?cat=229\">World News<\/a>","videoUrl":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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