The comedian and radio presenter who hosted Anthony Albanese’s now-infamous ‘shag, marry, date’ interview has finally broken her silence - in verse, naturally. Nikki Osborne, host of the Bush Deep podcast, released a YouTube video responding in rhyme to the political firestorm that erupted after the prime minister nominated Kylie Minogue for all three categories. Albanese later apologized “unequivocally,” but the incident sparked days of condemnation and debate in federal politics.

Osborne, who had stayed mostly quiet until now, delivered couplets like: “Those who took the time to watch, who’ve mastered thinking critical, laughed in spite of their own views; the rest though, got political.” She added that critics “sifted through with blinkers on, a headline for their page. An angle that could feed their clicks, spark recreational outrage.” The comedian also revealed she received vile abuse online, including someone commenting “I hope cancer finds you soon.” Her video description lamented: “Australia used to be a country who could have a laugh about anything but are those days over?”

Meanwhile, the rest of Australia’s news cycle continued its usual chaotic churn: a swimmer broke a Commonwealth Games record, a premier lost caucus support, a shadow minister criticized emergency alert delays, and a man was charged with 148 counts of secretly recording people in a bathroom. But sure, let’s focus on the prime minister’s hypothetical dating preferences.