Few television duos has been so loved and revered as Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson.
Australia has, after all, watched the dynamic between them evolve for more than 10 years on the Nine Network’s The Today Show. Stefanovic, the fun, Aussie larrikin, and Wilkinson, the sharp-witted voice of reason. But on Monday night, this seemingly unbreakable pairing was cleaved in two.
While all eyes have been on Lisa as she exits a network that refused to pay her a salary worth as much as her co-host, there has been one other person stealing the public’s gaze: Stefanovic.
Everybody wanted to know, how would the man, who has sat beside her just about every weekday for 10 years, respond?
Fans got their answer on Tuesday morning when, at 5.30am, a “shocked” Stefanovic opened the breakfast show by declaring it was a “big day”.
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Well, I hope those criticizing Stevanovic for not speaking out or resigning, apply that principle to Lisa Wilkinson when her co-hosts on the Project get peeved off about the salary disparities.
Because it's easy to have strong opinions and be an "ally to women" until you have to do more than wear the same suit for a while or make a prewritten statement about how appalled you are by anothers actions.
That's why he "didn't take a stand". Words are easy, actions hard.