Australian prime minister accidentally drops the c-bomb on live TV

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Australian prime minster Scott Morrison delivering an address.
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We can't believe we just saw this.

Australian prime minister Scott Morrison accidentally dropped the c-bomb during a live TV address to the country, explaining the government's revised definition of close contacts amid the Omicron COVID-19 variant outbreak.

If you skip to 5:55 in the video from ABC News above, the PM refers to "a close c**tact" instead, and it's blatantly unmissable. Pedestrian's Courtney Fry has a perfect clip of the moment on Twitter.

Australians, there's important info in there, of course. But enjoy Morrison's complete and utter fuck-up while you're at it.

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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