Controversial One Nation leader Pauline Hanson reveals her bizarre favourite tipple
Pauline Hanson spoke about her personal life in a rare interview with The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show podcast on Wednesday.
The controversial politician, 67, reflected on her infamous prison stint and was even asked by host Jessica Rowe what her favourite alcoholic beverage was.
While she enjoys a classic gin and tonic, her go-to tipple these days is rum topped with lime cordial.
Please explain: Pauline Hanson (pictured in March 2020) spoke about her personal life in a rare interview with The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show on Wednesday. She said her favourite alcoholic beverage is Bundaberg rum topped with lime cordial
‘These days I don’t mind a gin and tonic,’ the One Nation leader said. ‘But I also like my Bundaberg rum full of ice in a glass and you top it up with lime cordial.’
‘Plenty of ice, fill up your whole glass, half Bundy and half lime cordial.’
Jess, who launched her interview podcast after quitting TV, said the drink sounded ‘refreshing’ and Pauline encouraged her to try it.
Pauline also touched on her time in prison after being sentenced to three years behind bars in 2003 for electoral fraud and fraudulently obtaining electoral funding.
![Friendly: Jessica Rowe (pictured), who launched her interview podcast after quitting TV, said the drink sounded 'refreshing' and Pauline encouraged her to try it](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/09/29/05/48529135-10039889-image-a-24_1632890107633.jpg)
Friendly: Jessica Rowe (pictured), who launched her interview podcast after quitting TV, said the drink sounded ‘refreshing’ and Pauline encouraged her to try it
![An acquired taste: 'These days I don't mind a gin and tonic,' the One Nation leader said. 'But I also like my Bundaberg rum full of ice in a glass and you top it up with lime cordial'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/09/29/06/48530497-10039889-image-a-35_1632892915703.jpg)
An acquired taste: ‘These days I don’t mind a gin and tonic,’ the One Nation leader said. ‘But I also like my Bundaberg rum full of ice in a glass and you top it up with lime cordial’
‘When they stood up and they gave that guilty verdict, I just shut down,’ she recalled. ‘I couldn’t believe it.’
‘Then they came and put the handcuffs on me, took me down to process me, put into a strip search, then put into a van and taken to the watch house all night.’
The Senator said she was taken to prison the next day and went through the ‘whole process’ at jail, which involved being photographed and having her details ‘put into the system’.
Pauline explained she was put into the hospital ward because she had spiralled into a deep depression and wasn’t eating.
![Tough: Pauline also touched on her time in prison after being sentenced to three years in 2003 for electoral fraud and fraudulently obtaining electoral funding. Pictured: Hanson's mugshot](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/09/29/06/32152650-10039889-Tough_Pauline_also_touched_upon_her_time_in_prison_after_being_s-m-34_1632892777596.jpg)
Tough: Pauline also touched on her time in prison after being sentenced to three years in 2003 for electoral fraud and fraudulently obtaining electoral funding. Pictured: Hanson’s mugshot
‘I was very depressed, awfully depressed,’ she continued. ‘I saw them doing an interview with my daughter [at the time] and that really broke me.’
‘The kids have been through a hell of a lot with my time in politics,’ she added.
Pauline’s convictions were later overturned by the Queensland Court of Appeal and she was released after spending 11 weeks behind bars.
She rejoined One Nation in 2013 and was became leader of the party the following year.
!['The kids have been through a hell of a lot with my time in politics': Pauline said seeing an interview with her daughter 'broke' her while she was behind bars. Pictured in June 2020](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/08/20/00/32152648-8645023-image-a-4_1597878860964.jpg)
‘The kids have been through a hell of a lot with my time in politics’: Pauline said seeing an interview with her daughter ‘broke’ her while she was behind bars. Pictured in June 2020