Australian PM apologises for 'inappropriate' comments about Kylie Minogue

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologised "unequivocally" for comments he made about popstar Kylie Minogue in a podcast interview last week.The leader had made an appearance on the Bush Deep podcast with comedian Nikki Osborne, who asked him to place celebrities Kylie Minogue, Nicole Kidman and Rhonda Burchmore in a "shag, marry or date" as part of the 20-minute interview. After initially trying to avoid the question, Albanese said "Oh, Kylie, clearly". He was quickly met by a wave of backlash, with some MPs calling his remarks "entirely inappropriate", and an other adding that they were "disrepectful to women... and demean the office of Prime Minister.Osborne, who is best known for posting crude comedy sketches on YouTube, had launched her podcast series earlier this year. Her podcast site describes her as a "wildly inapproriate journalist" who asks "questions no one else would dare". In a one-line statement issued early on Monday, the prime minister said: "I apologise unequivocally for the comments".Albanese had made the comments over the weekend during an interview that took place in the prime minister's official residence in Canberra.After Osborne first posed the question, Albanese, who married his partner Jodie Haydon in November, had initially responded: "I've just got married, I'm only six months in."