"An ugly bum": Karl unleashes on Gladys' ex-lover
Karl Stefanovic and Peter Dutton have joined forced to slam Gladys Berejiklian’s ex, while dismissing the findings of the ICAC report that called out her "corrupt" practices.
The Liberal party leader spoke with Stefanovic as a guest on the Today show, who both called out Daryl Maguire for being “a bum.”
“She’s first-class and what you see in public is what you get in private as well,” Dutton said.
“She’s just a very decent person. She chose a bum basically and he was a bad guy. I think that she has, you know, paid a big price for that. And her integrity is not in question. She’s not a corrupt person."
“And I think she should hold her head high. She had a bad relationship, as everybody does, and I hope that that’s not the defining moment for her because she’s a much better person and we all know that.”
Host Karl Stefanovic then interjected, “Not to kick a man when he’s down, not just a bum, an ugly bum.”
Their comments come after a corruption probe has found Gladys Berejiklian and her former boyfriend engaged in "serious corrupt conduct".
ICAC found Ms Berejiklian breached public trust between 2016 to 2017 by failing to disclose her five-year relationship with Mr Maguire, which the watchdog found could have had the “potential to influence the performance of her public duty”.
Ms Berejiklian spoke out about the findings, saying "Serving the people of NSW was an honour and privilege. At all times I have worked my hardest in the public interest. Nothing in this report demonstrates otherwise."
"Thank you to members of the public for their incredible support. This will sustain me always."
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