Australia's former deputy PM unsure if baby is his but doesn't care


  • World
  • Sunday, 04 Mar 2018

Former Australian deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce, who was forced to resign last week amid public anger over an extramarital affair with his former press secretary with whom he is now expecting a child, arrives for a meeting of the country's National Party in Canberra, Australia February 26, 2018. AAP/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s former deputy prime minister, who resigned last month over an extra-marital affair with his press secretary, acknowledged in a media interview that the baby being carried by his pregnant former staffer may not be his.

Barnaby Joyce, who was pressured to quit by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over the sex scandal, told Fairfax Media that the identity of the biological father was "a grey area", but that it made no difference to his feelings.

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