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Sometimes, when you\u2019re the prime minister of a country, you need to keep the padam padam of your heart to yourself. Australian PM Anthony Albanese apologized today for inappropriately joking about national treasure Kylie Minogue<\/a>. \u201cI apologise unequivocally for the comments,\u201d he said in a statement to CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n Albanese made the joke on Nikki Osborne\u2019s podcast Bush Deep in an episode that came out Thursday. During Osborne\u2019s rapid-fire question segment, she asked him, \u201cShag, marry, date: Kylie Minogue, Nicole Kidman, or Rhonda Burchmore?\u201d \u201cI just got married \u2014 I\u2019m only six months in,\u201d Albanese protested. But Osbourne responded, \u201cBut if it goes tits up, let\u2019s just pretend.\u201d And Albanese immediately relented. \u201cOh, Kylie, clearly,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019d marry Kylie and shag her and date her?\u201d Osborne clarified. \u201cAll of the above,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s terrific.\u201d<\/p>\n Following the podcast, some Australians were offended. Senator Sarah Henderson, of the opposition Liberal Party, posted on X about him. \u201cAnthony Albanese\u2019s whisky-fuelled comments on the \u2018Deep Bush\u2019 podcast are disrespectful to women, embarrassing to Australians and demean the office of Prime Minister,\u201d she wrote<\/a>. \u201cComedian Nikki Osborne is very good at her craft and cleverly skewered the Prime Minister throughout her interview. Rather than politely decline to engage, Mr Albanese got into the gutter with his grubby remarks which show extremely poor judgement at a time when trust in Labor is collapsing.\u201d<\/p>\n