Turnbull shut down over marriage equality on The Project
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PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull was on the receiving end of a surprise barb about marriage equality on last night鈥檚 The Project.
The PM joined the panel to talk about the defence force and offshore detention, before a lighter discussion about redheads, has reported.
Guest Rhys Nicholson joined the discussion by video link to talk about redheads and the appropriate language about them, such as whether 鈥済inger ninja鈥� is acceptable or offensive.
鈥淚鈥檓 all about the nicknames鈥擨 think it鈥檚 all about ownership,鈥� said Nicholson.
鈥淭hose are our words. We can take them back.鈥�
He managed to slip in a dig at the PM about marriage equality.
鈥淭he main thing is you don鈥檛 want anyone to be treated differently for something they can鈥檛 change about themselves. Just deal with it鈥攆or example marriage rights or something.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know what I could possibly mean by that,鈥� he added, before the video link was cut.
Nicholson has publicly called for marriage equality before. Last year he married fellow comedian Zoe Coombs Marr at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in what they called Australia鈥檚 first gay marriage鈥攐ne between two gay people.
Nicholson is also one of the voices of the Listen to Love , which tells diverse stories of LGBTI love in support of marriage equality.
