Lisa Wilkinson has slammed Prime Minister Scott Morrison over the “smutty” comments he made about Pamela Anderson in a biting take-down on The Project on Monday.
Earlier this month the Prime Minister laughed off pleas the actor made for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be brought home, adding that he’d had “plenty of mates” asking to be on his “special envoy” to deal with the former Baywatch star.
It took Anderson writing an open letter to the PM on Monday in which she labelled the PM’s comments “smutty” and “lewd” to bring the Gold Coast radio interview to the nation’s attention yesterday. But now that they have been, Wilkinson isn’t the only one infuriated by the comments.
In a prerecorded segment, the Sunday Project host urged the PM to apologise – and explained to him exactly why his comments were so disrespectful.
“The problem is we don’t think you get it Prime Minister, because when you dismiss a woman’s ideas while stirring in some sexual innuendo it’s not just your words we’re hearing, it’s every time a boys club has got in the way of our hopes and dreams,” she said.
“It’s every disgusting comment we’ve heard muttered as we innocently walk down the street and just chalk up to being female.
“It’s every time we’ve been belittled simply for being a woman.”
Wilkinson told the PM he shouldn’t dismiss these comments as being from the “bleeding heart left” (a popular phrase of the right) – because even Pauline Hanson was disgusted by these comments.
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That speech from Lisa Wilkinson was surely 'privileged white feminism' in its starkest reality?
Its terrible when women tell men to get their mind out of the gutter and get on with the job
A multi-millionaire woman, giving an impassioned speech on how disgraceful it is to say men would enjoy being with an attractive woman. I'm sure the actual oppressed women of the world are so grateful for this.
They can enjoy being with attractive women on their own time not perve on government coffers.
Ummm ... it was a joke. The PM wasn't actually looking to oblige friends' requests to send them to America as Australia's envoys to personally discuss this with Pamela Anderson.
Can’t believe they bypassed Julie Bishop for this Neanderthal.
That's the intellect of the Liberal Party for you. I completely agree with you. Also an apt description 'Neanderthal'.