Aussie PM uber-cute, says Bruno

SYDNEY: Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is "uber-cute" - and even hotter than US President Barack Obama, gay fashionista Bruno declared yesterday.

Bruno, the alter ego of British satirist Sacha Baron Cohen, declared his admiration for the bespectacled Australian leader while on a visit to promote his self-titled film.

Dressed in a schoolboy's uniform, Bruno told assembled media that he had spent the night with Rudd after they both appeared on the same live TV chat show Sunday, adding: "Nothing happened. We just stayed up all night talking.