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How Australian hero Karl Stefanovic took a sharp turn to the right – and fell from TV stardom
The former Today show host promised heâd âunleash the beastâ on his podcast. It has taken less than six months for the beast to overtake the polished star
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In 25 years as the face of Channel Nine, Karl Stefanovic made international news twice. Once when he was crowned âhero of 2014â for wearing the same suit for a year to highlight sexism, and this week when he was dumped from his $2.8m contract for embracing far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
The journey between the two extremes is what the Australian television industry is grappling with as the jovial, popular host of the middle-of-the-road breakfast show took a sharp turn to the right and blew up his $2.8m network television career.
Today show host Karl Stefanovic to leave Nine after Tommy Robinson podcast fallout
Nine is negotiating terms for longtime Today host Karl Stefanovic to leave the network following his incendiary podcast interview with far-right British activist Tommy Robinson, potentially defusing a major advertiser boycott.
Nine made the decision on Wednesday evening following a series of crisis meetings at its North Sydney headquarters.
The 51-year-old was in London when told the network wanted to part ways following weeks of worsening tensions. It is unclear whether the network’s highest-paid presenter will receive any form of exit payment.
The decision clears the way for a major shake-up of the Australian breakfast television landscape, but also risks attracting the ire of Stefanovic’s conservative backers, including One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.
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Karl Stefanovic's move to outsider politics follows a well-worn lucrative path
Stefanovic's interivew with Tommy Robinson sets a new path for the now former Today host. (Supplied: Instagram)
There ain't nothing new about audience panic: when the baked-in viewers of a show like Nine's Today start to dwindle, any halfway competitive presenter might pull the panic lever to get some attention. That usually involves animals, sick kids or celebrities.
And there ain't nothing new about grievance merchants attempting to leverage genuine community disaffection and anxiety into something that can be monetised. That goes back as far as Cleon of Athens, who turned Athenian anger about the "elites" into a very personally useful populist movement of resentment.
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