Australian Prime Minister criticized for chatting with female celebrity, saying it was a mistake

[Sydney Current Affairs] Australian Prime Minister Albany Gee said on the ABC program aired on the 20th that his playful chat with a female celebrity was ``clearly a mistake.'' During the talk, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that he had brought her two melons while waving her hands in front of her chest, leading to criticism that this amounted to ``a sexual insult.''

Chest-touching gesture is a ``misunderstanding''; explanation continues on ``melon issue'' - Australian Prime Minister

Albanese also told the ABC, ``If I could go back in time, I wouldn't have appeared [on the show].'' Regarding this, Gorman, the prime minister's assistant, told reporters on the 21st, ``When a leader does something wrong, he admits he made a mistake. The prime minister did that.'' ``With this, the matter is settled,'' he said in an attempt to bring the matter to a close.

The chat that was released in July was held while drinking with comedian Nikki Osbourne. There was almost no talk about policy, and in addition to Mellon's comments, there was a series of vulgar topics such as the sex life of the prime minister and his wife and ``which actress he would like to sleep with.''