EXCLUSIVE
Bizarre footage shows Nationals frontbencher Barnaby Joyce lying on a footpath in Canberra late at night, muttering ‘dead f***ing c**t’ into his phone.
Daily Mail Australia has exclusively obtained video of the former deputy prime minister lying in Londsale Street, in the suburb of Braddon, at 11.36pm on Wednesday.
Sources say he had been sitting on a large potted plant while having an animated conversation, when he fell off, ‘rolled around’ and continued his call.
In the video, Joyce was seen lying on the bitumen with his legs up and his jacket wide open.
He wore the same blue and white tie he wore earlier that day during Question Time at Parliament House.
Barnaby Joyce was seen on the sidewalk talking on the phone (pictured)
He could be heard saying ‘dead f***ing c**t’ into the phone on Wednesday night (pictured)
Much of the conversation was hushed, but the swear words were clear.
Sources close to Joyce explained that the call was likely to his new wife, Vikki Campion.
Joyce described the scene as “very embarrassing” in a statement to Daily Mail Australia on Friday.
“I was walking back to my accommodation when Parliament got up at 10pm,” he said.
‘While I was on the phone I sat on the edge of a planter, fell over, kept talking on the phone and very animatedly referred to myself as having fallen.
“I got up and walked home.”
The couple married in November in a bush bash-style wedding at his family’s estate in Woolbrook, in the NSW Northern Tablelands.
Joyce did not ask any questions in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
On Thursday he spoke to conservative commentator Andrew Bolt about how he thinks the Australian Defense Force should purchase more drones.
Earlier this week he addressed an anti-renewable energy rally outside Parliament House.
Barnaby Joyce is seen at Parliament House on Wednesday wearing the same blue and white tie