Video shows Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn dancing with Sir Richard Branson in bizarre collaboration on Virgin ship

Elisia Seeber
The Nightly
Rachael “Raygun” Gunn has been caught on camera living her best life with billionaire Sir Richard Branson. 
Rachael “Raygun” Gunn has been caught on camera living her best life with billionaire Sir Richard Branson.  Credit: Supplied

Controversial Aussie breakdancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn has busted out her B-girl moves again, but this time she had some newfound friends by her side.

The 37-year-old has been caught on camera living her best life with billionaire Sir Richard Branson.

The video shows Raygun teaching the Virgin Group founder some new moves in a bizarre dance collaboration while they sailed on a Virgin Voyages Celebration Voyage in the Mediterranean.

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Raygun went viral for all the wrong reasons after her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics where she scored zero points after her “artistic style” breakdancing moves, including a backward roll, kangaroo hop and writhing like a snake.

But the fallout hasn’t stopped her from making new friends, with photos also emerging of her hanging out with pop star Boy George on cruises and at lavish dinners.

The video, which surfaced Saturday morning, shows Raygun welcomed onto a stage to a big applause from the crowd before she begins chatting about what she loves most about breakdancing.

“It’s all about relaxing, it’s about having fun and it’s about being yourself, and I just totally love that,” Raygun says.

Raygun then hits the dance floor before Branson steps up to join her, pulling out the infamous kangaroo hop move.

“Oh Richard, that was so three weeks ago, come on,” Raygun jokes.

Everyone partying on the boat then joins her for a group dance, with Raygun encouraging them: “That’s it, get it out — get some attitude!”

Branson then takes Raygun’s hand and pulls her into the pool with him.

The footage came to light following a tell-all interview with The Project, where she revealed Branson had reached out to her after the Olympics fallout.

Throughout the interview, she continued to defend her right to represent Australia at the Olympics, despite many believing her performance made a mockery of the prestigious Games.

In the interview, she also revealed she had sought mental health support and banned herself from social media in the weeks following.

Gunn danced with Sir Richard Branson.
Gunn danced with Sir Richard Branson. Credit: Handout

Raygun said the upside was hearing from random people that she never thought she would hear from, such as billionaire Richard Branson, who told her he would love to have her on one of his cruises — and kept his promise.

“It’s not just breakers that you have respected for a decade,” she said.

“It’s someone like Sir Richard Branson calling you to say that he enjoyed your performance and he thought that it was plucky, and courageous and fun.

“And you know he would love to … have me on some cruises with Boy George.

“Like what is life? I don’t know.”

The video, which surfaced Saturday morning, shows Raygun welcomed onto a stage to a big applause from the crowd before she begins chatting about what she loves most about breakdancing.
The video, which surfaced Saturday morning, shows Raygun welcomed onto a stage to a big applause from the crowd before she begins chatting about what she loves most about breakdancing. Credit: NewsWire

Still recovering from the impact of the fallout, Raygun added she was planning on taking a break from competing for a while and would focus on the positives.

“I’ll survive. I’m alright,” Raygunn said.

“The positives are just amazing. I would much rather focus on the positives out of this and the positive responses and the joy that I’ve brought people.

“It’s going out there and just having fun and going as hard as you can in the face of losing!”

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