Anthony Albanese Cheap Seats: TV presenter Melanie Bracewell drops the F-bomb in front of Anthony Albanese, leaving the Prime Minister stunned
Anthony Albanese Cheap Seats: TV presenter Melanie Bracewell drops the F-bomb in front of Anthony Albanese, leaving the Prime Minister stunned
Anthony Albanese was left stunned after a TV presenter dropped the F-bomb on him during an interview.
The Prime Minister appeared on Network 10’s current affairs show, The Cheap Seats, on Tuesday evening.
He spoke about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, the G20 Summit in India and his relationship with world leaders with the programme’s presenters, Tim McDonald and Melanie Bracewell.
Because Bracewell is a Kiwi, the hosts jokingly handed the Prime Minister her “citizenship papers” in a folder for him to approve.
As the interview was about to conclude, Bracewell accidentally dropped her microphone and swore.
‘Sorry my Apologies. F***!’ she said.
TV presenter and comedian Melanie Bracewell (left) dropped an F-bomb in front of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) during an appearance on The Cheap Seats
The show’s audience, as well as Mr Albanese, burst into laughter in response to the blunder.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” Bracewell continued.
I didn’t mean to swear in front of you, it’s embarrassing.’
McDonald handed Bracewell’s ‘citizenship papers’ back to the Prime Minister.
“Feel free to write ‘Denied’ on that now,” he joked.
As Mr Albanese went through the papers and handed them back, McDonald told him he was ‘doing well’.
The Prime Minister then followed with a humorous joke.
“If we denied Australian citizenship (to those) who said that word, we would really struggle. We would really have a skills crisis,” he said.
Mr Albanese joked that the country would ‘struggle’ if citizenship were denied to those who said the F-word
It comes as Mr Albanese hit back at Voice to Parliament critics who say the proposal lacks detail.
The Prime Minister told voters there was “nothing to fear” about the upcoming referendum, saying it is “just about recognition, and then an advisory body.”
“The details are there and of course Parliament will determine the composition and procedures of the Vote,” he said in the programme.
He went on to say that those who wonder why the referendum has to take place before the format of The Voice has been worked out are not asking a ‘real question’.
“The Constitution sets out the principles and the beauty of this proposal is that it does not undermine the primacy of Parliament, but strengthens it – that is the whole point,” he said.
Mr Albanese told voters there was ‘nothing to fear’ about the Voice referendum, saying it is ‘just about recognition, and then an advisory body’
“It will be up to Parliament to determine the functions and procedures and the composition of the Vote, and that is the way our Constitution is written.
“It says we will have a defense force, it doesn’t say how many tanks we will have, it doesn’t say where the bases will be, it doesn’t say how big our army should be.”
Mr Albanese disagreed that there was an ugly element to the Voice campaign.
“I think some of the tone of the debate has been very unfortunate, and whether it’s the participants or some of the tone set by some elements of the media, it’s unfortunate.”
The Voice to Parliament referendum will take place on October 14.