{"id":336176,"date":"2023-10-04T00:27:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T00:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=336176"},"modified":"2023-10-04T05:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T05:08:23","slug":"afl-icon-shames-entitled-minister-for-brazen-gf-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=336176","title":{"rendered":"AFL icon shames 'entitled' minister for 'brazen' GF act"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\ufeffFL<\/a> legend Dermott Brereton has revealed an awkward exchange with a federal minister outside the MCG<\/a> on grand final<\/a> day.<\/p>\n

Brereton says he was taking photos with footy fans on his way into the stadium\ufeff on Saturday when South Australian politician Don Farrell cut the queue.<\/p>\n

"We normally go in through gate three at the MCG and there would be a dozen barricaded queues as you go up to the glass doors," the Hawthorn icon explained to 2GB's Ben Fordham Live<\/em> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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"There is a little slipway area which we go through as commentators, callers… and for the most part, actually for the all part, for the hundreds upon hundreds of photos you stop to take with people these days, they are so polite.<\/p>\n

"There were still three or four people milling around me taking photos, some working up the courage to take photos… and a shortish gentleman, well dressed, sort of walked past them, put his arm around me, turned to his wife and said out loud to me, 'I'm a minister of trade and tourism, you have to take a photo with me'.<\/p>\n

\"AFL<\/p>\n

"And I laughed a little and said 'I don't have to take a photo with you, sir, but I can', and he said 'no, you do, I'm the minister for trade'.<\/p>\n

"And I said 'well that's great, I'm happy to take it even though I didn't vote for you guys', and he turned around and said 'well you will next time'.<\/p>\n

"I said 'good luck to you mate, I'm off now'."<\/p>\n

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Brereton confirmed to Fordham the photo was taken with his consent, and he didn't have an issue with doing so.<\/p>\n

But it was the behaviour of the federal trade minister that shocked the AFL great.<\/p>\n

"He wasn't nasty, he wasn't rude, I knew who he was when I put two and two together… but it was just the sense of entitlement which I thought he didn't wait for a turn, then to say 'I'm a minister'," Brereton said.<\/p>\n

\"Don<\/p>\n

"By then there were only three or four people around me who wanted a photo, and they duly stepped back and waited, given the gentleman had said 'I'm a minister'.<\/p>\n

"At the time I was rather taken aback. It was quite brazen the way he came up, and I did get a laugh out of it.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

Program host Fordham suggested "Don Farrell is a wanker", which elicited a laugh from Brereton.<\/p>\n

"I don't know if he is or not, but his behaviour at that stage suggested he may be," he said.<\/p>\n

Wide World of Sports has contacted Farrell's office for comment.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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