Leo Varadkar said he had spoken to Matt Barrett about the matter, and he was confident it would not happen again.
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR has said comments made by his partner Matt Barrett to a group of 350 private followers on his Instagram account relating to the coronation of King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla, were disrespectful to the Royal family.
“Yeah, look, Matt’s a private individual, my partner for over seven years now, and it was some private messages sent to some friends on his private account. You know, he never intended them to go public, but that happens sometimes,” the Taoiseach told reporters in Limerick. The Daily Mail reported that the remarks had “caused outrage” while The Guardian’s headline said there were “red faces in Ireland over coronation quips” and quoted Irish designer Paul Costelloe, who told The Sunday Independent that the comments were “embarrassing”.
Asked by reporters if he believed the messages were inappropriate, and if Barrett should apologise, the Taoiseach replied: “Ah look, he’s a private individual, and that’s obviously up to him. But like I say, a private account, it was never intended to be shared publicly, and I don’t think we’re going to see a repeat of it.”
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