Karl Stefanovic should be reveling in his wedded bliss… And the fact that he and Jasmine Yarbrough might be expecting.
But TV’s breakfast wonder-kid has allegedly put his foot in it, with the help of his little brother.
According to tabloid king Peter Ford, there is a secret phone recording of Peter Stefanovic calling Karl Stefanovic, putting him on speakerphone and the pair having a rather telling conversation about his new Today anchor Georgie Gardner.
Or in layman’s terms, the brothers are supposedly having a full-blown vent session about the breakfast host – something most people in the working world do regularly to let off steam!
Hear Peter’s wild claims in the video player above!
Georgie was apparently the subject of this dubious call…
The claims arose after the entertainment guru replied to a tweet about Karl’s nuptials on Monday, sharing: “Got a psychic flash he may have another more urgent issue to deal with tomorrow before he tends to that one …”
Radio duo Kyle and Jackie O decided they needed to get to the bottom of the ambiguous comment and gave Peter a buzz.
Unfortunately, Peter was unable to share actual details of the call, which was reportedly recorded in an Uber ride and is now being shopped around to the highest bidder by the Uber driver.
He did admit it was “a bit of bitching and a bit of moaning.”
“Some of it would be embarrassing if it got out, but I think most fair-minded people would go, aah, there but by the grace of God,” Peter told the radio duo.
Jackie tried to get some more dirt, asking, “So when you said [on Twitter] it could destroy a TV partnership, do you mean the network or someone on the show?”
Peter responded, “Obviously I was talking about Georgie Gardner. I don’t know that it would destroy it, but it certainly would cause,” before trailing off, leaving us all to wonder what on earth was said during the alleged call.
Kyle clearly didn’t want anything to be left to his imagination and asked for more on the matter.
Peter, fed up, said: “I just spent three minutes explaining I can’t tell you. Look, there was a bit of bitching and a bit of venting.”
So until someone buys the audio… We’ll leave it up to you to make what you want of it.
Georgie took over as Karl’s right hand woman at the beginning of 2018.
To be fair, Georgie has made no secret that she and Karl have had their differences – or as she puts it: a few “bumps” along the way of their “robust” relationship.
And for the 47-year-old, you don’t need to be mates to be professional with a colleague.
“Good chemistry, to me, is interaction and respect and knowing when to let one shine [or] pull back. Drawing out people’s strength, having their back. Making each other laugh, finding the humour,” she said earlier this year.
“Relationships by their very nature are often complex, and when it’s in those hosting chairs on national TV, you’re exposed. But that’s interesting.”
