Today show host Karl Stefanovic has shocked his all-female panel with a very X-rated remark.
The Channel Nine star had co-hosts Sarah Abo, Jayne Azzopardi and Danika Mason exchanging awkward looks and laughter during Wednesday morning’s program.
‘Karlos, you owe me. I’m going to find the clip. Because last Thursday you promised live on air…’ Sarah began before being interrupted by her co-host.
‘The what?! Find the what?’ Karl asked.
Sensing the direction Karl was taking the conversation, Sarah replied with an emphatic, ‘The clip, with a P.’
‘Oh, I wasn’t saying that,’ Karl replied laughing, comically feigning ignorance about his earlier reference to a part of the female anatomy.
Today Show host Karl Stefanovic has shocked his all-female panel with a very X-rated joke
The Channel Nine star had co-hosts Sarah Abo, Jayne Azzopardi and Danika Mason exchanging awkward looks and laughter during Tuesday morning’s program
As his co-stars laughed and buried their heads in their hands, Karl, chuffed with the risqué exchange, decided to keep the joke going.
Throwing his hands in the air, defeated, Karl added, ‘I haven’t found that one! That’s not a surprise!’ as a shocked Jayne Azzopardi offered: ‘No, no, no no.’
Sensing the tide of public opinion was shifting against him Karl decided to throw Sarah under the bus, declaring: ‘Hey, it’s her fault! Who says clip?’
‘You’re deflecting because you promised to wear a piece of clothing,’ Sarah replied referring to her opening statement.
Still laughing, Karl shot back, ‘Deflecting? That’s like a 180 in a cul-de-sac.’
Karl is certainly no stranger to the raunchier side of breakfast television, something he proved again back in January.
The small screen veteran was discussing keeping home air conditioner costs down with Today money expert Joel Gibson when he revealed the very sexy nickname he has for himself.
‘A lot of us crank it right down to 18 or 19, but if you start at 23, most people will be comfortable around that level, and every extra degree costs you about 10 per cent more on your bill over the season,’ he said.
Karl returned to the Today show this week following his vacation in Fiji with wife Jasmine (both pictured)
‘So 18 or 19 is going to cost you hundreds of dollars more than 23. So start there. If it’s not comfortable, then I’ll let you turn it down a little bit more.’
This revelation did not sit well with Karl, who admitted that when it comes to the boudoir he needs the temperature as low as possible.
‘I have it 18 in the bedroom, because daddy gets hot,’ Karl cheekily explained.
After dropping his nickname, Karl stared seductively into the camera as his co-host Sarah Abo became visibly uncomfortable.
‘Karl,’ she groaned, before Paul interjected with: ‘Daddy needs to try a ceiling fan.’
Sarah then took umbrage with Paul for encouraging Karl’s cheeky behaviour.
‘Don’t encourage him with the daddy talk, we need to rule it out for 2025. No more daddy talk,’ Sarah said.
Karl appeared impervious to Sarah’s protests, repeating the phrase: ‘Daddy gets hot.’
Karl is certainly no stranger to the raunchier side of breakfast television
‘Karl, that’s enough,’ Sarah replied. ‘Please, viewers, help me. No one wants to hear that.’
The cheeky host upped the ante with a risqué nod to his wife Jasmine.
‘I know someone who does,’ he said.
That was enough for Sarah, who again pleaded with Karl to tone down the ribald banter.
‘Stop it. You are so bad. She does not want to hear that,’ Sarah replied.
Karl appeared chuffed at having made his co-host feel uncomfortable, offering a hearty laugh and a hand clap to punctuate his cringeworthy revelation.
Newsreader Jayne Azzopardi could only hide her head in her hands.
