PAULINE Hanson admits her burqa stunt in Federal parliament yesterday has “cost me a lot of friends.”

The One Nation leader was condemned for walking into the Senate chamber yesterday afternoon wearing the full Islamic dress as part of her bid to have the burqa banned in Australia. She was quickly slapped down by fellow senators, including Attorney-General George Brandis, who called her theatrics offensive.

But an unrepentant Hanson told a Sydney radio station this morning she had proved her point that burqas were a security threat to the country.

“At no stage did anyone check my security,” she told KIIS FM’s Kyle and Jackie O.

“When I walked into the chamber, this attendant, he’s not a security guard ... well he stood up and he just gasped.

“He didn’t ask to see me, I just walked past him and went to my seat.

“I think its totally wrong.”

“They’re spending $16m to put in more security because they’re worried about terrorism.”

Ms Hanson, who cited a terror attack in Iran where two men dressed in burqas walked into parliament using the disguise, said she was standing up for women who were being forced to wear the burqa against their will.

“In other countries (Muslim women) are ripping it off saying ‘Thank Christ,” prompting host Kyle Sandilands to quickly correct her: “Well, I don’t think they’d be thanking Christ...”

Ms Hanson then likened herself to Sandilands “sitting at a coffee table by myself with no friends left”.

“I think I’ve lost a lot of friends,” she laughed.

She later told Karl Stefanovic on the Today show the experienece of wearing the burqa was “horrible”.

The exchange follows another bizarre defence of the stunt by Hanson’s One Nation colleague Senator Malcolm Roberts, who last night claimed the religious garment was an “affront to homosexuals.”

In an interview on ABC TV’s Lateline, Senator Roberts said he was “proud” of the decision by his One Nation leader to wear the burqa during Question Time.

In a series of terse exchanges with Lateline host Emma Alberici, Senator Roberts launched a passionate, but confusing defence of Senator Hanson.

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“I’m very, very proud of her courage and strength and commitment to this country,” he told the program.

“It’s amazing, we have people who say it’s offensive for her to wear a burqa and yet they don’t say it’s offensive for women to be forced to wear the burqa.”

Ms Alberici then asked Senator Robert how many people he knew who had been forced to wear the burqa.

“We’ve read about it,” Mr Roberts replied.

“And we’ve seen pictures of female captives from ISIS, who were released and burnt their burqas.”

“In Australia?,” Ms Alberici asked.

“No. Overseas.”

Senator Roberts was then queried how many terrorist attacks in Australia or elsewhere have been the result of people wearing burqas.

“It’s the Islamic ideology that’s the problem and what the burqa does to women. We have a woman with courage standing up for women,” he said.

Ms Alberici then put it to Mr Roberts that Senator’s Hanson’s actions were mocking and ridiculing Australia’s Muslim community.

The Senator then produced a rather confusing argument.

“I think it’s offensive to put women down,” he said.

“And in Australia with our set of values people are seeing this (the burqa) as an affront to women, homosexuals, an affront to Australian values.”

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Mr Roberts was then asked how the burqa was an affront to homosexuals.

“The Islamic people throw homosexuals off the roofs of buildings,” he said.

“It has come to be a deeply concerning symbol of Islam and its terrorist extremes.

“And let me point out, there was quite a feeling of concern and Cory Bernardi actually admitted he was startled when he could see this black robe right next to him (in Parliament).

“He was very startled and he’s a big strong man.

“That garb has come to be quite threatening to Australians. There are five Islamic countries that Pauline mentioned in her speech that have banned the burqa and six countries she mentioned including some of the biggest in the world.

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched an extraordinarily blunt Twitter attack on Ms Hanson’s burqa stunt, saying it was “stupid self-indulgent s**t”.

“How to create a race problem in Oz which prides itself on racial harmony? You do stupid self-indulgent s**t like this,” he tweeted.