No one noticed when Karl Stefanovic, 41, wore the same suit on the Today show for a whole year.
So it’s unsurprising that when he was replaced by his brother Peter Stefanovic, 32, on the show, little heed was paid.
After all they look similar, sound the same, and who really watches morning TV anyway?
It’s just gentle, inane background noise to ease us out of our sleep-state.
As soon as you become fully compos mentis — and hear what the hosts are actually saying — it’s the signal to turn off the TV and start the day.
The interchangeability of morning show hosts — particularly those named Stefanovic — will likely come as welcome news to Channel Nine execs.
Karl Stefanovic is currently in contract negotiations in which he is demanding a seven-figure sum — alleged to be $6 million over three years — which would make him the highest-paid star on Australian TV.
He’s actually left town for the country as tensions rise with the contract still unsigned, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Word is, Karl Stefanovic has been flirting with Channel Seven in the hope Channel Nine will give in to his demands.
Of course, if they replace Karl, we’ll miss out on TV gold like this… Post continues after video.
This tactic may have backfired: “As if we would be paying that kind of money for Karl… have you seen the ratings of The Verdict? It was a lemon and Sunrise continues to dominate the breakfast slot… it’s been a while since he won the Gold Logie,” a Channel Seven insider told the SMH.
Way harsh.
In conclusion: Channel Nine, if you’re too hard up to afford Karl Stefanovic, simply employ his kid brother Pete.
Top Comments
i love pete, but i love David Campbell more, i think David should get Karl's job.
I think Karl is suffering from the tall poppy syndrome, personally I like him, find him funny and a bit sexy too!
I think he was a tiny bit out of his depth on the verdict, but I think that is just experience because handling a lot of arguing guests talking heated topics is different from one off interviewing. I think Karl would have got there eventually.
Is the verdict still happening? I quite liked it actually. One of the reasons I enjoyed it was that I found it challenged my perceptions a bit about certain people. For instance I found that some of them would say something I totally disagreed with and I would write them off as some bogan, but other times they would surprise me. For instance I thought Latham was pretty despicable in the way he had a go at rose batty and a few other things he has said so I was surprised when he said that he thought we shouldn't have gone into Iraq, and that ISIS has been created because of the west invasion of Iraq, now we have this total mess there, something I concurred with.
I was prepared to dislike Jacqui lambie too but a couple of things she said I could see her point.
And then conversely there was one woman (I have no idea who she was) who was obviously supposed to be one of the resident lefties and she shocked me when they were talking about whether some teacher should get the sack for having bikini shots on Instagram (or whatever it was) and everyone else said no, well little miss progressive was the only one who said she should get the sack! This made me laugh a little at how unpredictable people can be, because I would have thought she would have been backing this woman up! So I guess that show has made me realise that instead of making an assumption that one person is totally left or totally right that people can be different shades - of bogan! Ha ha! Seriously though I started to think that whilst I find some of the view points held by some of these people completely repugnant I shouldn't completely dismiss them because other times they would surprise me by an astute remark.
By the way the lefty woman wasn't jamila, I have no idea who she was but she seems to be regularly asked her opinion on morning shows.
I think what is also interesting, and I think this because I am getting older, I don't instantly dismiss everyone as being the wrong political stripe as me so I just won't listen to them, I found watching that show I tried to give most of them a chance, once I realised that even people like Latham had something to offer. And when they talked about getting back into the war in Iraq I listened to them all and could see that they all had a point, which made me think gee I really don't know which way we should go, though Lathams comment kind of strengthened my guy feeling that maybe we need to let these people alone to sort out their own issues.