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• Sweden's minister for gender equality and work life, Paulina Brandberg, has spoken in the past about her extreme phobia of bananas, The Guardian reports.
But recently leaked emails have made clear just how far her staff will go to protect her from the yellow fruits.
For instance, staff will specify that "no traces of bananas must be in the room" before she arrives.
Brandberg said she was getting professional help with her phobia, but Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson backed her up: "I am disturbed when a hardworking cabinet minister is almost reduced to a phobia and people make fun of it." [Guardian, 11/14/2024]