"Give him a break": Karl Stefanovic weighs in on Lidia Thorpe outburst
Karl Stefanovic has jumped to King Charles' defence after Lidia Thorpe's outburst Parliament House.
The Today Host was joined by two political commentators to share their thoughts on the situation, reflecting on Thorpe's tirade during a welcome ceremony for King Charles.
The monarch had just finished his speech and was returning to his seat after shaking hands with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when Thorpe started yelling from the back of the room.
“You committed genocide against our people. Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us, our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people, you destroyed our land,” Thorpe said during her outburst on Monday.
“We want a treaty in this country. This is not your land. You are not my King, you are not our King. F*** the colony.”
On Tuesday morning, Stefanovic jumped to the King's defence, saying "you don't have to like the King, but give him a break" after what he's been through the past few years.
"I just wanted to give my take on what happened yesterday and the whole thing," the Today host began.
"The dude has been going through a lot, for obvious reasons his youngest son's cheese has slightly fallen off its cracker, that son is feuding with the good son and as a parent that must ache his soul."
"The good son's beautiful wife got diagnosed with cancer at the same time as pops, so imagine the psychology and physicality of that joint battle, he hasn't finished treatment yet, but he flies all the way to Australia and starts pressing the flesh straight away because for some bizarre reason, he genuinely loves this country and us and in comes Lidia giving a welcome to country 'Thorpe style' in sacred possum gear, shouting obscenities at him."
"And all the while, the King and Queen just keep smiling - you don't have to like the Royal family and what it stands for, but by goodness, this King is a dude."
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