Kevin Rudd

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Live TV moment Rudd might live to regret (NEWS.com.au)

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd took The Project panel off-guard tonight with an off the cuff moment while appearing as a guest host.

“I was doing a prerecord of a Chinese New Year's greeting in Chinese. I have 15 minutes to do it in. Have a great Chinese New Year’. In Chinese, I can do that,” he said. “Instead, the interpreter from the embassy gave me this text (resembling) a Shakespearean sonnet. I am struggling through and it goes for two pages. If Scott Morrison pulls off an outside win, it looks like it’ll be a trip to ink city for the former Labor PM. But one particular moment from Mr Rudd’s guest episode had the panel in stitches.

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Kevin Rudd tells the Project the real reason behind his viral ... (Daily Mail)

The former prime minister was rocked by controversy in 2012 when his f-bomb laden tirade went viral after someone stole footage of him losing it as he ...

have a great happy Chinese New Year" - in Chinese, I can do that,' he said. If the police had managed to locate the person responsible, they may have faced up to 10 years in jail as it was considered theft from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The clip was recorded on a digital video cassette and was stored in the Prime Minister's office after the video was digitally edited and all files had been deleted from computers. The video was shot and edited in September 2009 by an assistant adviser in Mr Rudd's media team - Phil Fitzgerald - as he was recording a message in Mandarin congratulating China on the 60th anniversary of the Communist Party. - In the video, the former PM was pre-recording a message for China in Mandarin Kevin Rudd reveals the real reason behind his famous expletive-ridden rant - as he shares who he believes leaked the controversial footage

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