Chris Minns’ 12-year-old son has set the record straight after rumours circlated that he favoured Dom Perrottet over his own father for the role of Premier.
Nick, who is the middle child of the NSW Labor leader, captured the attention of the media during his father’s run for Premier.
Minns’ was asked during an interview whether it was true that his son wore a T-shirt with Perrottet’s face on it to bed.
Waltzing into Carlton South Public School on Saturday morning, Nick stared down the cameras and confessed the rumour had started with “one passing comment”, The Daily Telegraph reports.
“I made one passing comment about Dominic Perrottet, never said anything on the record,” he said.
“I don’t want any more of this stuff.
“Looking at you,” he said while pointing at the camera lens.
The rumour first came to light during an interview between the Labor leader and 2GB host Deborah Knight in December in which he admitted the betrayal.
“The middle one is an absolute stirrer,” Minns said.
“Dominic Perrottet comes on the TV, he pauses it, he goes, ‘This bloke’s making a lot of sense…’.”
Minns said he passed the news onto Perrottet and was horrified when a T-shirt arrived in the mail with Perrottet’s face emblazoned on it.
“So I have to wake up every second morning, with my middle boy wearing a Dominic Perrottet T-shirt around my own house.”
In an interview with 2GB radio on Saturday afternoon, Minns’ did not confirm or deny the rumour, he did say however that Perrottet was a “decent guy” and a “good dad”.
“First of all, he‘s a really good bloke and we were texting each other last night,” he said.
“Despite the fact that I want people to vote against him and throw him out of office, he’s a decent guy and a good dad too.”