People are all saying the same thing about Anthony Albanese following Australian Prime Minister’s bizarre call to Olympic Games heroes in Paris

Anthony Albanese received public criticism after sharing a video call he had with the Australian Olympic team.

Albanese posted the two-minute clip to his X account on Tuesday, in which he congratulated Kyle Chalmers, Shayna Jack and Caitlin Parker on their amazing performances in Paris.

“Hello everybody! Greetings from Australia,” he said.

“You have given the whole country so much joy, excitement and pride. Well done everyone.”

He also said that he gets up early with his dog Toto to watch all the action in France.

But Australians are unimpressed by the ‘publicity stunt’ and describe the interaction as ‘painful’.

“Not as embarrassing as watching you dance at a Taylor Swift concert, but close,” someone said on X.

“He always makes it about himself,” said a second X user.

Anthony Albanese faces criticism over video call with Australian Olympic stars

A third person posted: ‘Proud of them but we don’t care about you, the country is going down. Focus on fixing it instead of all these publicity stunts.’

‘The worst prime minister ever,’ claimed a fourth person. ‘Stop shaming the nation.’

A fifth social media user said: “I just threw up in my mouth.”

Albanese’s message came after he raised Australia’s terror threat level from possible to probable due to the increased risk of politically motivated violence.

While not specifically brought forward for any one incident, eight incidents in Australia have reportedly been investigated by security officials for suspected terrorism or possible terrorist links.

The Middle East conflict is also said to have increased security services’ concerns about politically motivated violence in Australia. However, it is not the direct cause of the rising threat level.

It is the first time since 2014 that the threat level has been raised, while the threat from the terrorist group Islamic State was at its peak.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the national security committee met Monday morning to discuss the change.

“Probable does not mean inevitable and it does not mean there is intelligence of imminent danger,” Albanese told reporters in Canberra.

“But the advice we’ve been getting is that more and more Australians are embracing a wider range of extreme ideologies.”