Peter Dutton has responded to THAT Dagwood Dog photo

Peter Dutton has laughed off an already infamous picture of him with a popular Ekka treat, with Jacqui Lambie joking he went to her “school of eating a Dagwood Dog”. But he’s revealed there was one way he wasn’t going to eat it.

Peter Dutton has broken his silence over confronting images taken yesterday of him tucking into the Ekka’s famous Dagwood Dogs.

The federal Opposition Leader was snapped by a News Corp photographer eating the deep-fried sausage on a stick during a People’s Day visit on Wednesday.

Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton purchased some Dagwood Dogs during his Ekka visit on Wednesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

He purchased three Dagwood Dogs – two for members of his staff – before devouring his own with an all-in approach.

Peter Dutton realised there was no good way to eat the popular Ekka treat. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Ill-timed photos of the mishap quickly went viral on social media, with Mr Dutton revealing to 2Day FM’s Hughesy, Ed & Erin on Thursday that he had already copped some flak from his mates.

“Most of my mates actually were pretty rapid-fire texting me like, ‘WTF’, but anyway, what do you do?” he joked.

Peter Dutton eats a Dagwood Dog on People’s Day at the Ekka. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

He said that he would prefer to be photographed eating the Dagwood Dog correctly rather than adding to the catalogue of pictures showing politicians eating iconic snacks the wrong way.

The Opposition Leader said he had to ‘accept his fate’ with the pictures. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

“With the cameras there, I mean you can’t eat it from the side because the sauce drips off and you do a Bill Shorten … so it leaves one angle and it’s not a great one,” Mr Dutton laughed.

“There is no good angle, so you just accept your fate, right?

“But chewing from the side was definitely not an option.”

Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie joined in the fun, joking that “this bloke’s a graduate of the Jacqui Lambie School of eating a Dagwood Dog. But the question is, who did it better?”

Jacqui Lambie enjoying a dagwood dog

Ms Lambie is no stranger to eating a Dagwood Dog, even embracing a photo of her devouring the fried sausage in 2019 by using it election campaign advertising.

Mr Dutton is far from the first politician to be snapped at an awkward moment while eating an iconic meal.

Bill Shorten eats a sausage sandwich in 2016. Picture: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has also been caught out – he chose a unique approach to a sausage roll by attacking it from the side.

Tony Abbott samples an onion.

Malcolm Turnbull eats a pie. Photo: INSTAGRAM

Former prime minister Tony Abbott infamously chose to bite into an onion in front of a following press pack. while Malcolm Turnbull was snapped using a knife and fork to eat a meat pie.

Jeannette Young with a sausage on bread at Bunnings last year. Picture: Annette Dew

Queensland’s former chief health officer, now Governor, Dr Jeannette Young, also made a faux pas last year when she took on a traditional sausage in bread at Bunnings.