Anthony Albanese pokes fun at a former ministerial colleague and makes a risque Dolly Parton joke on Spicks And Specks, leaving ABC viewers divided [Video]

07:09 EDT 20 Oct 2024, updated 07:12 EDT 20 Oct 2024

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shown off his music chops on ABC game show Spicks and Specks, where he imitated Peter Garrett and made a risque joke about Dolly Parton‘s famous anatomy. 

However, the move to appear on the light-hearted music trivia show divided viewer reaction on social media with some stating it was a turn-off while others called the Prime Minister ‘a natural’. 

Mr Albanese, who is an enthusiastic fan of Australian rock and pop music, was introduced by Spicks and Specks host Adam Hills as ‘a DJ who also spends time running the country’. 

One of the questions concerned Aussie band Midnight Oil, fronted by Peter Garrett who was elected as a Labor MP for the Sydney seat of Kingsford Smith in 2004 and served with Mr Albanese as a minister in the Rudd and Gillard Labor governments.

Mr Albanese revealed it could be distracting having Garrett …