Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard have thrashed out their differences in detention – in an episode of The Breakfast Clubbing.
Both star in a reconstruction of The Breakfast Club with snippets from their Killing Season interviews dubbed over the 80s cult classic, in a clip shown on ABC TV's Insiders on Sunday.
Video editor Huw Parkinson constructed the two-minute satire where the pair argue about the leadership coup and dance to rad 80s music.
The video quickly took off online, trending under the Insiders hashtag.
Killing Season miscreants sent to detention with The Breakfast Club http://t.co/qeOQhbOwEw @insidersabc— Mark Scott (@mscott)
July 5, 2015
Best thing I've seen on #insiders ever. #breakfastclub— GirlBug (@GirlBug)
July 4, 2015
Well that's Breakfast Club ruined. #insiders— Calvin von Blitzen (@StBlitzen)
July 4, 2015
Gillard, in the role of Claire Standish, says: "I just wanted to get on with the job, but I think in Kevin's view in particular, he preferred to do business that way."
Rudd replaces rebel John Bender and speaks about his disgust and resentment towards the so called "faceless men" during the parliamentary killing season of 2010.
"That is the most creative reconstruction of a political memory I've ever heard... Julia Gillard marches in and launches a leadership coup," Rudd says.
Gillard retorts: " My view was Kevin wasn't in the shape to fight a campaign.
The end is clear: No amount of pondering will help either to admit the error of their ways.
Fairfax Media
