PM 'unequivocally' apologises for 'shag, marry, date' podcast comments

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• Nath@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Albanese initially declined to answer, noting he had recently married.

  So, he’s stuck here - He did not want to engage with the stupid question.

  But when Osborne pressed him on what he would say if his marriage were to end, he replied: “Oh, Kylie, clearly.”

  Further asked to confirm whether he meant he would marry, sleep with or date the singer, Albanese said: “All of the above. She’s terrific.”

  Holy storm in a teacup, batman. This dumb game is played by teenagers everywhere and has been at least throughout my life. When you stop to think about it, it’s demeaning and not a nice game to play. And a far better answer would have been to point that out. But what political staffer preparing the PM for interviews is going to cover that question? He’s stuck in a place of not wanting to be ‘boring’ and engages with the stupid game. And now he needs to apologise for all this?

  Why isn’t Nikki Osborne apologising for reducing three Australian women to simple potential prizes in a hypothetical game? And besides, he’s right: Kylie is terrific. Who can argue with that?

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  • Ilandar@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Seems like as classy an answer as one can give. Let the moral outrage commence!

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean fuck me, his response should have been “The only apology I make is to Ms. Minogue if she was offended by my comments. That was not my intent”

    Also this line is a straight out lie “*name the Australian female celebrity he would choose over his wife” *

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• Tau@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Geez, what a bunch of pearl clutchers.

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• Nath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A day later, this is the main front-page story of The West Australian:

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  On a day where there’s actual real shit going on (Australia/Fiji mutual defence pact and China throwing an ICBM over the ocean as a ‘test’ hours later).

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  • Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They’re a disgraceful waste of time. Makes me so sad when I think about the state of media in WA. Australia as well, but its so terrible in WA.

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• MrFlibble4747@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not Albo’s best moment for sure but FFS!

  The media misreporting has been epic to say the least!

  ABC news screen banner stating Albo actually said “shag” which is complete bollocks, the shame is the MSM in this. Same in The Australian newspaper story!

  Journalism my arse, complete commentator free for all!

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• NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It is funny the things PMs will do to try to appear human though.

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