Karls Betrayal: Sarah Abo Faces Chaos Pregnant

's ousting from Nine follows what TV insiders describe as a 'slap in the face' to his most loyal wingwoman, his heavily pregnant co-host Sarah Abo.

Stefanovic is understood to have parted ways with the network on Wednesday night, following the fallout from his interview with British far-right activist , which was uploaded but then deleted from his independent podcast, The Karl Stefanovic Show.

The Morning Herald, which is owned by Nine Entertainment, confirmed Stefanovic's departure from the station and the Today show, indicating the decision was made in part to 'defuse a major advertiser boycott'.

Stefanovic, who is on two weeks' leave in London, was told that the network 'wanted to part ways' - despite him still having six months to run on his contract. 

Platforming Robinson and allowing him to spew his thoughts on Islam, immigration and Australian politics was clearly a bridge too far for Nine - and, surely, for Abo, who fled war-torn  for Australia with her parents and two younger sisters when she was four years old.

It has not gone unnoticed that Robinson - who has multiple criminal convictions - was jailed in October 2024 for breaching a court order prohibiting him from repeating false claims about a Syrian refugee who had successfully sued him for defamation.

Abo, 40, is weeks from welcoming a longed-for child with husband Cyrus Moran following two miscarriages, and is preparing to go on maternity leave within weeks.

Now, it seems she will spend that precious time attempting to shelter from the nuclear fallout from her co-host's departure from the network.

Those in the know describe her situation, at best, as 'very awkward', and at worst, a 'betrayal'. 

Abo was seemingly handed a poison chalice when she was chosen to sit alongside Stefanovic, 51, on the Today desk in 2022.

He has infamously fallen out with several female co-hosts - including Lisa Wilkinson and Georgie Gardner - and Abo was expected to smooth over his off-script quips and provide a stable influence on her erratic co-host.

All while taking home an eye-watering $2million less than Nine's controversial poster boy, who was, according to The Australian, on a $2.8million salary to Abo's $800,000 (though there are reports he recently took a pay cut, but negotiated being able to start his independent podcast as part of those terms).

But Abo rose to the challenge and even became friends with Stefanovic outside of work, with pictures emerging on social media of her spending time with Stefanovic's wife Jasmine and daughter Harper.

Abo was also a guest at Jasmine's 40th birthday in 2024. 

She has never had a bad word to say about Stefanovic, at least not publicly, with no suggestion she ever leaked or briefed against him during their four years on Today - a display of loyalty that is vanishingly rare in the TV industry.

'Sarah has done what few women in breakfast television have managed to do, which is to create a real rapport and genuine chemistry with Karl,' said a well-placed source.

In 2025, Stefanovic publicly insisted he would never work with anyone else aside from Abo