Gladys Berejiklian's choice of words - 'don't you worry about that' - in a tapped phone call played to a corruption inquiry yesterday were unfortunate.
One of Australia's most notorious politicians, the late Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, used that exact phrase when he wanted to stop journalists questioning him.
It may come back to haunt her today, as Ms Berejiklian's highly anticipated appearance before the Independent Commission Against Corruption reaches fever pitch, following a day of sensational evidence.
The ICAC had everything on Thursday - political intrigue, tapped phone calls, a severed alliance and the baby dreams of a middle-aged woman laid bare for the world to read about.
There has been more drama in ICAC over the past two weeks than a year of reality television.
And it will all come to crescendo on Friday - when Ms Berejiklian faces the inquiry for the first time since her shock resignation.
Former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will finally get to have her say at ICAC on Friday
Yesterday started with one of the former NSW premier's barristers making a last ditch application to have evidence from her secret boyfriend, Mr Maguire, kept secret.
Sophie Callan SC said she had 'personal privacy concerns of the highest order' for Ms Berejiklian.
Ms Berejiklian's remarks were an unfortunate echo of Joh Bjelke-Peterson's
She said no public service would be served by 'plumbing the depths' of Ms Berejiklian's private life and wanted to prevent any 'humiliation and harm' to her client.
ICAC Assistant Commissioner Ruth McColl, SC, who is presiding over the inquiry, asked Ms Callan her what private details she was referring to.
Ms Callan replied in legal terms: 'Hallmarks or indications at the level of commitment' in that relationship.
After adjourning briefly to consider her position, Ms McColl announced she had rejected the application for a private hearing.
Soon after, we discovered what exactly 'hallmarks or indications at the level of commitment' actually meant.
In sensational evidence heard shortly after Mr Maguire began his evidence, ICAC counsel Scott Robertson asked about his relationship with Ms Berejiklian.
'You loved her?' he asked.
