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Karl Stefanovic joked Bob Hawke may not have gone to heaven after Anthony Albanese said the former PM was 'looking down' on him during his campaign.
The Labor leader joined Today on Thursday morning two days out from the election and was asked about comments John Howard made about his 'meagre' policies.
Mr Albanese has in the past admitted he was a fan of Mr Howard's tenure as Australian prime minister, with Karl asking if his comments stung.
Karl Stefanovic joked Bob Hawke may not have gone to heaven after Anthony Albanese said the former PM was 'looking down' on him during his campaign
'John Howard supports the Liberal Party. You know what would be bizarre, Karl? If John Howard endorsed the Labor Party,' the Labor leader replied.
'Paul Keating's supporting the Labor Party. Julia Gillard's supporting the Labor Party. Kevin Rudd's supporting the Labor Party, and Bob Hawkes, I gotta say, up there, is lookin' down, and he supports Labor too.'
'Are you sure he's looking down?' Karl replied before bursting out laughing. 'He was a bit of a rascal.'
Mr Albanese said 'Hawkey was a legend' through a smirk, saying the popular leader was a 'mentor'.
Earlier this year, Blanche d'Alpuget revealed her Hawke was a sex addict who had four affairs while prime minister.
Former tourism minister John Brown also recalled how Hawke 'constantly' chased women - and wasn't remotely discreet, according to excepts from the book seen by The Australian.
Ex-union secretary Bill Kelty, who worked with Hawke at the Australian Council of Trade Unions, said the politician would routinely sleep with women during drinking benders which lasted until the early hours of the morning.
'Bob would drink, he would f**k somebody, and he would gamble until 2.30am or 3.30am in the morning - and then when the ACTU executive started at 9am in the morning, he was the second one there and he was fine,' Mr Kelty recalled.
Hawke famously gave up alcohol throughout his leadership despite being a heavy drinker in his trade union days.
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