Scott Morrison opens up to Seven News Spotlight on the ‘perfect storm’ and ‘malicious’ campaign that took a heavy toll on his mental health while he was Prime Minister [Video]

09:45 EDT 05 May 2024, updated 13:37 EDT 05 May 2024

Scott Morrison has opened up on the ‘bitter, malicious and untrue’ campaign that took a heavy toll on his mental health while he was prime minister.

The former PM said that the major issues of the day, such as the pandemic, China‘s aggression in the Indo-Pacific, a tough economic climate or the massive public backlash in the wake of the devastating 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, did not trouble him in the same way as the personal attacks on his character.

It all started after winning the 2019 federal election after he declared at the time that he ‘believed in miracles.’

Until recently, very few people knew of the private internal hell he was going through, apart from his wife Jenny and some close friends.

‘There was a relentless, personal, bitter, malicious, untrue campaign that was being waged against my character from the day I won the 2019 election…