Scott Morrison’s wife is viciously trolled after responding to question about Hawaii trip

Left-wing trolls have attacked Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s wife after she responded to a question from Karl Stefanovic about her family’s ill-fated Hawaiian vacation.

Jenny Morrison and the Prime Minister both laughed and said ‘too soon’ when the 60 Minutes presenter cheekily suggested they go back to Hawaii if Mr Morrison didn’t win the next election in a trailer for Sunday night’s TV interview.

The Morrison family had travelled to the tropical destination while Australia was facing one of its worst-ever bushfire seasons on record in 2020 – a move which infuriated Aussies back at home.

Stefanovic laughed and joked the couple could go to Hawaii – apparently should Mr Morrison lose the next election.

‘Karl!’, Jenny responded before looking down awkwardly and smiling.

‘Too soon,’ she added, to which her husband repeated as he chuckled.

But many have hit out at Mrs Morrison and the prime minister for making light of the highly criticised trip.

‘Jenny just does not care. Answering Karl on 60 Minutes. Jenny & Scott Morrison both grin & suppress laughter, ‘Oh Karl, it’s too soon, too soon’ to go to Hawaii,’ one tweeted.

Another said: ”Too soon’,’ laughs Jenny in relation to their Hawaii jaunt. ”Too late, Jenny”, I say.’

The Morrison family had travelled to the tropical destination while Australia was facing one of its worst ever bushfire seasons on record – a move which infuriated Aussies back at home

Scott and Jenny Morrison will open up about their life in parliament during a 60 Minutes interview on Sunday night

‘Jenny? Didn’t know she’d ever returned from Hawaii,’ one Twitter user commented.

‘Oh nicely orchestrated… ”look, let’s mention all our ups and make light of it in our interview, so hopefully the idiots will laugh them off and move on.” Hawaii- faux shame from Jenny. Laugh from Scott,’ one tweet read.

‘They actually laughed about Hawaii? I didn’t think Jenny could save him two mins ago but this made it worse. They’re as bad as each other,’ one post said.

Stefanovic said that Mrs Morrison did address the holiday in a ‘fairly significant way’ during the interview.

‘It caused them enormous pain to have been away from Australia,’ he told News Corp. ‘And I think the decisions that led to that, you know, will be addressed. 

‘I think for whatever reason, that they didn’t quite understand initially why, why it was the wrong decision. But they soon learned why,’ he said.

The couple are expected to address the family holiday in Sunday night’s interview

The backlash comes after the prime minister’s 13-year-old daughter Lily found herself the target of cruel trolls after he shared a photo of them making a chicken and eggplant curry together on Saturday night.

Many suggested the photo was actually from three or four years ago.

While most of the comments on Mr Morrison’s Facebook page were attacking him rather than his daughter over the cooking picture, some also aimed their barbs at Lily.

‘Kid needs a hair tie,’ wrote one.

‘Funny because that’s an omelette the kid’s making, and that curry came from the takeaway,’ said another.

Many of the online commenters claimed that Lily looks younger in the cooking photo than she does in other recent pictures, though that perception may just be down to the angle that Mr Morrison took the selfie from.

‘That photo of your daughter was taken at least a couple of years ago. Her photo on Australia Day, shows her much taller and more matured. Even your photo ops are a lie,’ wrote one. 

Mr Morrison and his 13-year-old daughter Lily were criticised after he shared a photo on Saturday night that many claimed was three years old

‘That photo of Lily is four years old… When do you ever stop lying,’ said another. 

Victorian Senator Jane Hume took to Twitter to defend the PM, saying: ‘If you are one of the people on here attacking the Prime Minister’s daughter, for any reason, it’s time to take a good hard look at yourself.

‘It’s shameful. Imagine that was your child. Abuse isn’t acceptable period, let alone of children. Be better.’ 

There were also some comments supporting Mr Morrison beside the Facebook photo of him with his daughter.

One poster wrote: ‘Great PM and great family man! You are the best,’ while another said ‘he may not be the best pm but he’s obviously the best dad to his girls’. 

The prime minister’s office declined to comment.