{"id":985,"date":"2026-07-06T18:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=985"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:38:22","slug":"australias-pm-apologizes-for-inappropriate-comment-about-kylie-minogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=985","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s PM Apologizes for \u2018Inappropriate\u2019 Comment About Kylie Minogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Albanese, who <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/australia-prime-minister-albanese-married-5bf1856c29fe135a2023d1fcd97d0fa4\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">married his partner, Jodie Haydon, in November 2025<\/a> and became the country\u2019s first leader to marry while in office, initially appeared to evade the question, citing his recent wedding. But when pressed further, the Australian leader said, \u201cOh, Kylie, clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">When podcast host Nikki Osborne clarified, \u201cYou\u2019d marry Kylie, shag her, and date her?\u201d Albanese replied, \u201cAll of the above.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Osborne asks her other guests the same question, though the individuals offered as response options typically vary. Albanese\u2019s exchange was met with criticism from Australian parliamentarians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Zali Steggall, a member of the newly-formed Community Strong Australia party, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/nation\/anthony-albaneses-shag-kylie-comment-labelled-beneath-the-office-of-prime-minister\/news-story\/7545f318f9da1a4383351ff5521d802a\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\"><em>The Australian<\/em> newspaper<\/a> that it was \u201centirely inappropriate for the Prime Minister to participate in such a game,\u201d adding that Albanese \u201cneeds to learn to push back, lead by example and call it out as sexist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSHenderson\/status\/2073735744024367588\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">a statement on social media<\/a>, Sarah Henderson, opposition Senator for the state of Victoria, said Albanese\u2019s \u201cwhisky-fueled\u201d comments were \u201cdisrespectful to women, embarrassing to Australians and demean the office of Prime Minister,\u201d adding that the leader \u201cgot into the gutter with his grubby remarks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albanese, who married his partner, Jodie Haydon, in November 2025 and became the country\u2019s first leader to marry while in office, initially appeared to evade the question, citing his recent wedding. But when pressed further, the Australian leader said, \u201cOh, Kylie, clearly.\u201d When podcast host Nikki Osborne clarified, \u201cYou\u2019d marry Kylie, shag her, and date&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.time.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/blt8394fa9d97d72c36\/6a4b8a2c034c70576d8a7a65\/anthony-albanese.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9%2Coffset-x0.00%2Coffset-y0.00","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}