Magda Szubanski responds to backlash over Jenny Morrison tweet

Under-fire comedian Magda Szubanski has responded to the backlash over a tweet she made on the weekend suggesting Mrs Morrison was subservient to her Prime Minister husband.

An under-fire Magda Szubanski says she will not be forced into an apology after a backlash over a comment she made about an image of Jenny Morrison.

Szubanski celebrated her 60th birthday on Monday as critics continued to pile in on her for a tweet she made on the weekend suggesting Mrs Morrison was subservient to her Prime Minister husband.

“Let me be clear … I’m not actually making a disparaging comment about Jenny. I just genuinely thought it was a meme!” she tweeted.

This morning, the actor said she was not “walking back from anything!”

“Simply stating facts. Nor will I be forced into an apology for … nothing I see what the Christian Soldiers are doing here. They have drawn a “pink line” & I’m the Big Game

Let the fat shaming begin!” she wrote on Twitter.

Actor and comedian Magda Szubanski. Picture: Josie Hayden

On Sunday, Szubanski retweeted a photo of a conservatively-dressed Mrs Morrison standing to the side as the PM signed a condolence book for Prince Philip.

“I genuinely thought this was a photoshopped Handmaid’s Tale meme. But no. It’s 21st century Aussie life,” Szubanski wrote.

Liberal MP Nicolle Flint said Szubanski’s “appalling” attack was an example of the double standards shown to women on the centre-right.

Magda Szubanski compares Jenny Morrison to 'The Handmaid's Tale'

South Australian MP Nicolle Flint during has been scathing of the tweet. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

The South Australian Liberal MP who announced earlier this year that she was stepping down from politics because of abuse she copped during the last election, was scathing of Ms Szubanski’s tweet.

“Ms Szubanski’s completely disrespectful comments are yet another example of the double standards demonstrated towards women on the centre-right of politics.

“The sisterhood need to stop picking and choosing which sisters to protect; all women deserve to be treated with respect,” Ms Flint said.

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