PM Anthony Albanese Apologises Over Crude Kylie Minogue Remark

Australian Prime Minister ?Anthony Albanese apologised on Monday after making ?a crude remark about singer Kylie Minogue in a comedy podcast interview, prompting outrage from women's rights ?groups and opposition lawmakers.

Albanese was asked by ?host Nikki Osborne which of three Australian ?female celebrities he would marry, date or "shag" - ?a vulgar term in Australia referring to sex. 

Albanese ?initially declined to respond, saying he was recently married, but Osborne pressed,



asking who he would choose if his ?marriage broke down, and Albanese replied, "Kylie, clearly."

"You'd ?marry Kylie, and shag her, and date her?" Osborne ?said. "All ?of the above," Albanese replied. Albanese was criticised by several opposition lawmakers, with senator Sarah Henderson saying the comments were "disrespectful to women, embarrassing to Australians ?and demean ?the office ?of Prime Minister."

"I apologise unequivocally for the comments," Albanese said in ?a statement on Monday.