Carrie Bickmore weighs in on Anthony Albanese’s newly revamped ‘camera-ready’ look after the Prime Minister laughed off rumors he’d had Botox and fillers.
Carrie Bickmore has weighed in on ongoing speculation that Anthony Albanese has had Botox and fillers, arguing that the Australian Prime Minister looks the same as before.
The 59-year-old politician fueled rumors after looking more refreshed and ‘camera-ready’ since taking over the top job in May, sporting a smoother complexion and more youthful skin texture.
Albanese’s new image was especially noticeable last week when he met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo.
Shaking hands with Kishida, Albanese looked noticeably fresher than when he posed for his official prime ministerial portrait a few months ago.
The Project weighed in on the debate after the Prime Minister laughed off the rumors during a radio interview at breakfast on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, 59, (left) sported a rejuvenated complexion Tuesday as he met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida (right) in Tokyo.
“I don’t think they look any different in those side-by-side photos,” said co-host Rachel Corbett.
‘Let the man be enlightened’.
Bickmore joked, “If he has, he has to ask for a better job.” It looks the same.
Fellow panelists agreed.
“I wouldn’t have said ‘there’s a man who’s had Botox,'” Corbett added.
Bickmore asked ‘Do you mind?’ to which Corbett replied ‘not really’.
Hamish MacDonald thinks the Prime Minister doesn’t look like the ‘Botox’ type.
“I don’t know him personally, but he doesn’t seem to be in Albo’s bag of tricks,” Corbett said.
The Project weighed in on rumors on Wednesday night, where panelists believe the Prime Minister still looks the same.
The Prime Minister addressed the Botox rumors during a radio interview at breakfast on Wednesday. In the photo on the left, Albanese poses for his official prime ministerial portrait taken in May, and on the right, Albanese looks more youthful on Tuesday.
Albanese chose not to deny the rumors during a radio interview with Nova’s Fitzy and Wippa on Wednesday morning, instead taking a cheeky jab at the journalist who reported them.
“Seriously, I think whoever wrote that article got Botox in the wrong place,” he said when asked if he had any cosmetic work done.
Wippa asked, ‘Do you think they’re drooling a bit?’
The Prime Minister replied: ‘Yes, they are in a real conflict.’
While Mr Albanese didn’t mention his complexion, the politician was more than happy to go into detail about his recent dramatic weight loss, which he has spoken about at length this year.
Albanese lost 20 kg in less than a year before the federal elections in May.
Aussies fawned over her ‘hot’ new look. Mr. Albanese posed in a fitted white shirt, gray skinny chinos, and $129 Country Road rubber soled sneakers. Albanese and his partner Jodie Haydon look dapper with his dog in May 2022
Albanese lost 20kg and overhauled her wardrobe in the run-up to the Australian federal election in May. (Pictured on the right in June 2013 and on the left in December 2021)
Aesthetic doctor Naomi McCallum, founder of the exclusive Sydney clinics The Manse, speculated that Albanese may have taken a small amount of Botox.
“Looking at the pictures from her last press conference, her skin looks a bit softer and smoother,” Dr Naomi told Daily Mail Australia last week.
“His frown lines are still etched, but his frontalis muscle seems more relaxed,” he said.
‘Maybe it’s just great lighting or Photoshop. Either way, it looks very fresh for someone with the hard work of running the country.
Once a crooked-tooth statesman, Mr Albanese openly admitted in 2015 that he had braces and eventually dental implants to fix his ‘terrible working-class teeth’. (Pictured on the left in 2009 before dental work and on the right in May 2022 after braces and veneers)
