Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologized after naming singer Kylie Minogue in response to a query about who he would, theoretically, “shag, marry, date.”
Albanese appeared on the “Bush Deep” podcast on Saturday, hosted by comic Nikki Osborne, who requested him whom he would select out of Minogue, actress Nicole Kidman or performer Rhonda Burchmore.
“I’ve just got married, I’m only six months in,” stated Albanese, however Osborne insisted he select.
“Oh, Kylie, clearly,” he stated.
“You’d marry Kylie and shag her and date her?” Osborne stated.
“All of the above. She’s terrific,” he stated.
Osborne additionally requested Albanese if the prime minister and his spouse, Jodie Haydon, have been nonetheless “bonking like rabbits.”
“Well, you know, when we have time,” he stated. “After the footy. After the footy. It’s always a good aphrodisiac, a Souths win,” Albanese added, referring to Australian guidelines soccer crew South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Albanese’s comments drew criticism, together with from Senator Sarah Henderson, shadow minister for communications and digital security within the opposition Liberal celebration.
“Anthony Albanese’s whisky-fuelled comments on the ‘Deep Bush’ (sic) podcast are disrespectful to women, embarrassing to Australians and demean the office of Prime Minister,” she wrote in a post on X.
On Monday, Albanese issued an apology by way of his workplace.
“I apologise unequivocally for the comments,” he stated in a press release to NCS on Monday.
NCS has contacted Minogue’s representatives for remark.