Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has become the latest international government official to address concerns of the dreaded Mayan predicted doomsday on December 21, 2012. However, unlike others Gillard decided to make light of the hysteria slowly taking over the world by producing a spoof video predicting the apocalypse for a radio station.
In the nearly one-minute long video, Gillard is seen addressing Australians and confirming that the apocalypse will happen on Earth later this month. "My dear, remaining Australians, the end of the world is coming," the Prime Minister begins.
"It wasn't Y2K, it wasn't even the carbon price. It turns out the Mayan calendar was true," Gillard sternly says. She continues by saying that although Australian scientists have been unable to confirm the apocalyptic prediction, she is certain that radio station Triple J is correct in predicting the end of the world.
"Whether the final blow comes from flesh-eating zombies, demonic hell beasts or from the total triumph of K-Pop, if you know one thing about me, it's this: I will always fight for you to the very end," she manages to say without breaking character.
The hilarious prime minister concludes that despite incoming doom "...at least this means I won't have to do Q&A again."
According to NBC News, a spokesperson for the prime minister later responded to criticism by saying, "What Australian doesn't mind a laugh from time to time? Anyway, the world's going to end tomorrow so shouldn't you be writing about that?"
Gillard's comedic response to the dreaded doomsday comes off the heels of Russian and American authorities released statements referring to the Mayan calendar doomsday conspiracies. In Russia, a series of bizarre events forced the government to refute apocalypse rumors and urge calm among its citizens. The United States also released a statement on a government blog saying that doomsday rumors were just rumors.
In France, authorities were forced to monitor a sacred mountain in the southwest that is said to open up on Dec. 21 to reveal an alien spaceship that will carry nearby humans to safety. The December 21 doomsday rumors are just the latest in a long history of apocalypse predictions.
The doomsday predictions are based off misconceptions on the Mayan calendar, which will end its thirteenth 349-year cycle on December 21.
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