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Australian MP Jacqui Lambie sizes up male suitor on morning radio Australian MP Jacqui Lambie sizes up male suitor on morning radio
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The Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has raised eyebrows by asking a young male suitor on morning radio whether he was financially and physically well-endowed.The Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has raised eyebrows by asking a young male suitor on morning radio whether he was financially and physically well-endowed.
In an interview with Tasmanian radio on Tuesday morning, the Palmer United party senator who was elected in September’s federal poll said she had been single for 11 years, “depleted” of the energy to date by raising her two sons and personal struggles that had left her “physically and psychologically damaged for so long”.In an interview with Tasmanian radio on Tuesday morning, the Palmer United party senator who was elected in September’s federal poll said she had been single for 11 years, “depleted” of the energy to date by raising her two sons and personal struggles that had left her “physically and psychologically damaged for so long”.
Asked what she looked for in a partner, Lambie didn’t hesitate. “They must have heaps of cash and they’ve got to have a package between their legs, let’s be honest,” she said.Asked what she looked for in a partner, Lambie didn’t hesitate. “They must have heaps of cash and they’ve got to have a package between their legs, let’s be honest,” she said.
“And I don’t need them to speak, they don’t even need to speak. The perfect man.”“And I don’t need them to speak, they don’t even need to speak. The perfect man.”
A budding suitor, 22-year old Jamie, called into the station, where Lambie, who will grill some of Australia’s most powerful figures in Senate hearings over the next six years, gave him a brief interrogation.A budding suitor, 22-year old Jamie, called into the station, where Lambie, who will grill some of Australia’s most powerful figures in Senate hearings over the next six years, gave him a brief interrogation.
Lambie asked if he was rich. “I’m just a bit concerned that at 22 years old and living in Tasmania, you might not be there yet,” she said.Lambie asked if he was rich. “I’m just a bit concerned that at 22 years old and living in Tasmania, you might not be there yet,” she said.
Jamie assured her he had inherited a small fortune.Jamie assured her he had inherited a small fortune.
Could he handle the demands of dating a powerful 43-year-old woman? “I’ve been about a fair bit, ay,” Jamie said.Could he handle the demands of dating a powerful 43-year-old woman? “I’ve been about a fair bit, ay,” Jamie said.
“Are you well hung?” the federal senator for Tasmania asked.“Are you well hung?” the federal senator for Tasmania asked.
“Like a donkey,” Jamie replied.“Like a donkey,” Jamie replied.
The studio erupting, Lambie added: “I’ve got a 24-year-old son who says that, he reckons he is as well.”The studio erupting, Lambie added: “I’ve got a 24-year-old son who says that, he reckons he is as well.”
Lambie was equally forthright in June when asked her opinion of the prime minister, Tony Abbott, responding that he was a “political psychopath”. Lambie later issued an apology, saying she had tried to cover up her embarrassment at being asked about her love life by making a joke.
"A lot of people laughed – including the tradie I was talking to – some people may have got offended," she said in a statement.
"I apologise to any radio listeners who may be offended by my comments on Kim and Dave’s show.
"Of course my political enemies will make a big deal out of my comments, but the reality is I was talking with Kim and Dave on Heart FM – not Sarah Ferguson on the ABC.
"I also told Kim and Dave about the $3,000 a year that the Palmer United Senate team saved average Australian families at the last sitting of parliament, but of course those comments didn’t receive nationwide coverage – go figure!"
Lambie was equally forthright in June when asked her opinion of the prime minister, Tony Abbott, describing him as a “political psychopath”.
More recently, the former military policewoman accused the prime minister of risking his daughters’ security by “parading” them around during the federal election campaign.More recently, the former military policewoman accused the prime minister of risking his daughters’ security by “parading” them around during the federal election campaign.
She declined to apologise to Abbott for the jibes, saying the government’s budget suggested the prime minister lacked “humanity” and should take “a bucket of cement [and] toughen up”.She declined to apologise to Abbott for the jibes, saying the government’s budget suggested the prime minister lacked “humanity” and should take “a bucket of cement [and] toughen up”.