‘I’m human’: Finland’s partying PM in tears

“I am also human,” Finnish media quoted Ms Marin as saying with a broken voice and red eyes, reported the New York Post. The 36-year-old politician insisted she has always been committed to her job serving the people of Finland.“This week has not been easy. It has been difficult. But I want to believe that people look at the work we do, not what we do in our free time.”Ms Marin’s stirring remarks came a day after she apologised over a topless photo of two influencers locking lips during a party that the high-powered leader had organised at the prime minister’s official residence in Helsinki in July.“I do my job. I learn from this,” Ms Marin told a crowd of supporters in the southern Finland town of Lathi.Ms Marin’s public mea culpa, in which she described the image as “not appropriate,” came on the heels of an earlier scandal that erupted after videos were leaked showing the PM wildly dancing and singing with a group of celebrity friends at another social gathering.A separate video that was posted by a Finnish tabloid last week appeared to show Ms Marin, who is married with a young child, dancing intimately with a man at a nightclub.The backlash that was sparked by the video recordings led to calls for Ms Marin to voluntarily submit to a drug test, which she passed on Monday.This story appeared in the New York Post and is reproduced with permission.

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“I am also human,” Finnish media quoted Ms Marin as saying with a broken voice and red eyes, reported the New York Post. The 36-year-old politician insisted she has always been committed to her job serving the people of Finland.“This week has not been easy. It has been difficult. But I want to believe that people look at the work we do, not what we do in our free time.”Ms Marin’s stirring remarks came a day after she apologised over a topless photo of two influencers locking lips during a party that the high-powered leader had organised at the prime minister’s official residence in Helsinki in July.“I do my job. I learn from this,” Ms Marin told a crowd of supporters in the southern Finland town of Lathi.Ms Marin’s public mea culpa, in which she described the image as “not appropriate,” came on the heels of an earlier scandal that erupted after videos were leaked showing the PM wildly dancing and singing with a group of celebrity friends at another social gathering.A separate video that was posted by a Finnish tabloid last week appeared to show Ms Marin, who is married with a young child, dancing intimately with a man at a nightclub.The backlash that was sparked by the video recordings led to calls for Ms Marin to voluntarily submit to a drug test, which she passed on Monday.This story appeared in the New York Post and is reproduced with permission.