Australian actor Russell Crowe has stuck up for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after being asked by podcaster Joe Rogan: “What is wrong with Australia?”.

The Oscar-winning actor was talking with Rogan on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience when the podcaster asked the former Rabbitohs owner to explain what the issues are with our country.

But Crowe quickly hit back, saying he thought Australians were “lucky at the moment” and that political “smokescreens” were distracting from the real work being done by Albanese.

“We have a Prime Minister who’s very much motivated by trying to help everybody,” Crowe said.

“Which should be the job of a politician , right? To improve the lives of the people they represent.”

Crowe said Albanese had “inherited a conga line of stupidity” but that he

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