It’s been a tumultuous year for Karl Stefanovic.
Alongside constant rumours of tension with his co-host Georgie Gardner, made even more controversial after a very public Uber conversation, the news reader has also had his fractured relationship with ex partner Cassandra Thorburn brought into the spotlight. As he finalises his plans to marry 34-year-old Jasmine Yarbrough at the end of the year, viewers are divided on the figure they once saw as a larrikin family man.
It’s been expected these factors have led to plummeting Today Show ratings, and therefore, speculation has grown that the breakfast TV host will not make it to the end of his current contract, which finishes at the end of 2020.
However, as reported by the Sunday Confidential, this date could be a lot sooner than expected.
According to top-level sources at Channel Nine, the publication says Stefanovic will be replaced in the new year, with others suggesting Channel Nine CEO, Hugh Marks, has already made plans to sack Karl Stefanovic this week.
The program’s executive producer Mark Calvert may also be on the chopping block for an “engine room makeover,” Sunday Confidential stated.
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A lot of tall poppy syndrome going on here.....
I've never liked him. He always presents like a complete tool (drunken Logies incident?). Lisa carried that show for years, can't believe he was paid more. The show turned into a joke when it essentially became the Sefanovic family show.
So you've never imbibed too much and made a mistake? You realise these people are human, just like us? Or do you have impossible standards that no other human can live up to?