- The Canadian prime minister said he is considering quitting his job, admitting it requires personal sacrifice
- His ex-wife recently took a dig at him on a podcast, saying women ‘shouldn’t expect the minimum’
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted he thinks about quitting his ‘crazy job’ every day after his ex-wife took a veiled swipe at him, saying women ‘shouldn’t expect the bare minimum.’
In an interview with French-language broadcaster Radio-Canada on Friday, Trudeau said he plans to stay in office until the next election but is considering leaving his job.
Trudeau, whose Liberals are trailing in the polls, only took office in November 2015 and the next House of Commons election is due in October 2025.
“I couldn’t be the man I am and give up the fight at this point,” he said in the interview.
‘I think about quitting every day. It’s a crazy job I do, of course making the personal sacrifices, it’s super hard, it’s sometimes super not great’.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday in an interview with French-language broadcaster Radio-Canada that he often thinks about quitting his job.
Trudeau, who first took office in November 2015, announced last year that he and his wife were separating after 18 years of marriage
Trudeau’s ex-wife Sophie Gregoire said on a podcast that women ‘shouldn’t expect the bare minimum’ in what may have been a veiled swipe at the Canadian prime minister
Trudeau said he entered politics ‘not to be popular, not for personal reasons – because I want to serve and I know I have something to offer’.
‘The choice that Canadians will make, a year into the election, will be so fundamental.’
Last year, Trudeau, 52, and his wife Sophie Gregoire, 48, announced they were separating after 18 years of marriage.
Their reasons for splitting up were not made clear, but the couple said at the time that it came after ‘many difficult conversations’.
Gregoire appeared to take a dig at her ex-husband as she talked about love, trauma and her battle with bulimia on the Know Your Value podcast last week.
‘Your needs, you shouldn’t expect that minimum,’ the former TV presenter told the podcast.
‘You must expect maximum nourishment, presence and help in your life with the people around you. And we don’t have to hold it together as women.’
Trudeau said: ‘I think about quitting every day. It’s a crazy job I do, of course making the personal sacrifices, it’s super hard, it’s super not good at times’
Gregoire seems to have found love with a pediatric surgeon from Ottawa, Dr. Marcos Bettolli (pictured) towards the end of her marriage
Gregoire is reportedly linked with Argentina-born Dr. Marcos Bettolli several months before her shock split from the Canadian prime minister, according to the surgeon’s own divorce papers.
In a divorce petition filed on 26 April 2023, Bettolli’s ex-wife Ana Remonda claimed that he had ‘re-partnered with a high-profile individual who attracts significant media attention and presents significant security concerns’.
The person was not named in the court documents, but The National Post claimed it had been confirmed that Remonda’s claim refers to the 48-year-old Gregoire.
Bettolli, 48, works at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and also teaches at the University of Ottawa’s medical school.
He separated from stay-at-home mum Remonda in January 2020 after 22 years of marriage and two children together.