Barnaby Joyce is a conservative politician from Australia. Last year, he was one of the loudest opponents of same-sex marriage during Australia’s never-ending debate over marriage equality.
Now Daily Telegraph reports that the entire time Joyce was railing against the corrupt morals of gay people, he was cheating on his wife with a former staff member.
Not only that, but now the ex-staff is pregnant.
Joyce, who once claimed same-sex marriage would damage cattle exports, told 730 ABC: “Well, what I want to do is make sure private matters remain private. Quite obviously, I don’t think it benefits anybody to drag private matters out into the public arena.”
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When asked how he responded to charges of being a hypocrite after spewing nonsense about the sanctity of marriage while sneaking around on his wife, Joyce replied: “How could that be?”
“Just because my marriage didn’t work out, doesn’t mean I disregard what marriages are about.”
He continued, “But I’m not going to start saying ‘Well therefore, I’m gonna say that because I failed, I’m going to completely change my views and definition.'”
Yep, spoken like a true hypocrite.
Joyce’s wife Natalie told media, “The situation is devastating, for my girls who are affected by the family breakdown and for me as a wife of 24 years who placed my own career on hold to support Barnaby through his political life.”
She added: “Naturally we feel deceived and hurt by the actions of Barnaby and the staff member involved.”
The lovechild is due in April.
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chris33133
Strictly speaking, he may not be a hypocrite; but he’s certainly a d*****-bag.
seki
Brought to you by the same guy who publicly threatened to kill Depp’s dogs, and more recently was at the forefront of condemnation for the illegality of dual-citizens serving in Parliament, frothy-mouthed while calling for resignations, then later discovering he too was guilty of the same offence. I will admit that was a juicy morsel, but this is juicier.