Anthony Albanese wondered if he'll have a child with Jodie – and who is NOT invited to the wedding
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ruled out expanding his family with Jodie Haydon after their Valentine's Day engagement.
Speaking to the Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie show on Nova radio on Wednesday morning, the Prime Minister – a 60-year-old father of one – shut down any questions about whether he and his new fiancée are considering having a child to get.
Breakfast host Michael “Wippa” Wipfli asked, “Has a child ever been conceived at the Lodge?”
Mr Albanese replied that he knows nothing of the past circumstances 'but that's not going to happen'.
“I wasn't sure if you were thinking, 'Maybe we can have a young family,'” Wippa said.
The Prime Minister gave a short but stern answer: 'No.'
Anthony Albanese recently proposed to his partner Jodie Haydon and she said yes
Mr Albanese shares one child, 23-year-old son Nathan, with his ex-wife Carmel Tebbutt. The couple were married for 19 years before splitting in 2019, just three years before he became prime minister.
He made the radio rounds on Wednesday and also spoke to Kyle and Jackie O on KIIS FM about the engagement and upcoming wedding.
Although planning is still in the very early stages, Mr Albanese felt comfortable excluding at least one guest, former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.
“Barnaby's not invited… that's very clear,” he said.
But the Prime Minister could not provide further details on who could be on the guest list, adding: “Everyone is on the maybe list at the moment except Mr and Mrs Haydon (Jodie's parents).”
Anthony Albanese with his son Nathan (left) and new fiancée Jodie Haydon
Speaking to Nova Radio on Wednesday morning, the Prime Minister – a 60-year-old father of one – shut down questions about whether he and his new fiancée are considering having a child
Mr Albanese attended Kyle Sandilands' wedding in April 2023, which drew mixed reactions from voters.
The Prime Minister spent seven hours at the shindig, arriving with Ms Haydon 30 minutes before the ceremony started, and not leaving until around 9.30pm, when the reception ended and the after-party began.
Speaking to the top-rated duo, the Prime Minister shared more details about his romantic Valentine's Day engagement.
He told how he presented Jodie with a diamond ring after they enjoyed dinner at a local Italian restaurant.
'In the morning she brought roses from the rose garden. Later we went out for dinner at a restaurant in Canberra and enjoyed a two-course meal,” he explained.
'We went back to the Lodge and I grabbed a bottle of champagne and glasses on one of the balconies overlooking the garden.'
Mr Albanese said he then pulled the ring box out from under his chair and asked Jodie to marry him.
“We sat down and I told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her and asked her to marry me, and she said yes pretty quickly.”
The Prime Minister made the radio rounds on Wednesday and also spoke to Kyle and Jackie O about his recent engagement and upcoming wedding
During his KIIS performance, Kyle and Jackie O asked him how he could secretly get the ring.
“My security team is very discreet and they did not write it in my diary,” Mr Albanese said before revealing he had bought the ring from Cerrone in Leichhardt.
He did not ask Mrs. Haydon's father for his blessing because “Jodie is a very strong feminist who would have objected to that.”
“But I think at least it was, since Jodie told her dad we were going out…his first reaction was, 'I've loved him longer than I've loved you,'” Mr. Albanese said.