After no small amount of speculation, chatter and headline-grabbing appearances, Karl Stefanovic has all but confirmed his engagement to Jasmine Yarbrough.
Speaking with Triple M’s Mick Molloy, Karl — perhaps sick of dodging and deflecting questions — spoke about making plans for his upcoming buck’s night.
During the segment, Mick told Karl that he “couldn’t wait for the wedding,” which prompted the veteran journo to interrupt with a very telling sign the wedding is, in fact, going ahead.
“Let me tell you something,” he told Mick and co-host Jane Kennedy. “What comes before a wedding is a buck’s … and Mick Molloy has put his hand up [to organise it].”
Ah ha! It’s not just a figment of our imaginations, after all.
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Karl, 43, and Jasmine, 34, recently showed off their engagement at the David Jones Autumn/Winter 2018 Collections Launch in Sydney.
All eyes were on the duo, who began dating just five months after Karl’s split from Cass, as they packed on the PDA inside the event. The veteran journalist could barely contain his joy as he giggled alongside his fiancée and her gal pals, Jasmine’s collaborator Tamie Ingham and presenter Ksenija Lukich.
The couple are yet to officially confirm their engagement, however, one look at the sparkling diamond on Jasmine’s left hand is surely confirmation enough of their happy news.
Smitten! Karl stayed by Jasmine’s side throughout the evening.
Jasmine’s fiancé refused to pose for photographer’s on the media wall leaving his bride-to-be to pose with the her collaborator Tamie Ingham.
Jasmine paired her new bling with an equally luxurious Gucci handbag.
Earlier this week, the Today co-host’s ex-wife, Cassandra Thorburn, broke her silence about the rumoured engagement.
Speaking to Fairfax Media, the 46-year old said the impending union doesn’t register with her “on any level.”
“His engagement doesn’t register with me on any other level,” she told the publication. “I am just focused on helping those affected by the ever-changing landscape of my ex-husband’s life, to navigate it.”
The pair, who announced their shock separation in September 2016 and were divorced 13 months later, have three children together – Jackson, 18, Ava, 12, and River, 10.
Karl and Cass were married for 21 years.
Karl, too, has opened up about the breakdown of his 21-year marriage, admitting that he didn’t expect to find a new love so quickly.
“I certainly did not expect to meet someone five months after I broke up with my wife,” he told Stellar magazine in a lengthy interview.
“That was not planned, I did not know her before. I met her on a boat in Sydney. We have a really lovely relationship, but it’s got to be slow for a variety of reasons. I’m not going to share too much on that publicly because I don’t think that’s fair on anyone involved.”
He continued: “It was unexpected and lovely, but we’re going to try to keep a level of privacy to how we’re going and what we’re planning, especially considering I have three beautiful children who need to be taken into consideration.”
