1 hour ago Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologised "unequivocally" for comments helium made astir popstar Kylie Minogue successful a podcast interrogation past week.
The person had made an quality connected the Bush Deep podcast with comedian Nikki Osborne, who asked him to spot celebrities Kylie Minogue, Nicole Kidman and Rhonda Burchmore successful a "shag, wed oregon date" arsenic portion of the 20-minute interview.
After initially trying to debar the question, Albanese said "Oh, Kylie, clearly".
He was rapidly met by a question of backlash, with immoderate MPs calling his remarks "entirely inappropriate", and an different adding that they were "disrepectful to women... and demean the bureau of Prime Minister.
Osborne, who is champion known for posting crude drama sketches connected YouTube, had launched her podcast bid earlier this year. Her podcast tract describes her arsenic a "wildly inapproriate journalist" who asks "questions nary 1 other would dare".
In a one-line connection issued aboriginal connected Monday, the premier curate said: "I apologise unequivocally for the comments".
Albanese had made the comments implicit the play during an interrogation that took spot successful the premier minister's authoritative residence successful Canberra.
After Osborne archetypal posed the question, Albanese, who married his partner Jodie Haydon successful November, had initially responded: "I've conscionable got married, I'm lone six months in."
But aft being pushed by Osborne, helium added: "Oh, Kylie, clearly."
"You'd wed Kylie, and shag her, and day her?" Osborne said.
"All of the above," Albanese said. "She's terrific."
Community Strong MP Zali Steggall said the remarks were "entirely inappropriate", adding that helium "needs to larn to propulsion back, pb by illustration and telephone it retired arsenic sexist".
Shadow Communications Minister Sarah Henderson said successful a station connected X the comments were "disrespectful to women, embarrassing to Australians and demean the bureau of Prime Minister."
Richard Marles, who is acting premier curate portion Albanese is connected a sojourn to the Pacific, told quality outlet ABC that the authorities was utterly committed" to the elevation of women successful society.
"From clip to time, we evidently bash antithetic interviews to the 1 we are doing now, but I deliberation the different constituent to marque present is that the authorities that the PM leads is the archetypal successful past that has had equality successful presumption of the fig of men and women successful cabinet," Marles said connected the broadcaster's Radio National Breakfast programme.
Albanese was besides asked astir the worst acquisition helium had received connected an overseas jaunt. He said a "strange" but yet "quite good" acquisition had travel from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi who brought 2 melons, to which Osborne responded that she had "came successful looking similar Pamela Anderson".
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