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Karl Stefanovic takes a serve at Bernard Tomic: "He's so annoying!"

Karl Stefanovic is unimpressed that Bernard Tomic has lashed out at Lleyton Hewitt following his comments that it was unlikely Tomic will ever play in the Davis Cup again.

The tennis athlete,  who recently walked out of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, didn’t hold back when he responded to Hewitt’s comments.

“I don’t care what Lleyton said. I never lost to him,” Tomic said bluntly while appearing on The Project.

“The important thing is that there’s a reason why I played Davis Cup and there’s a reason why my record stands that good,” Tomic said.

“I stand by my call. They know they can’t win without me and I know they can’t win without me.”

This morning on the Today show, Karl Stefanovic had his say about Tomic’s comments.

“He’s so annoying ... so annoying!” Stefanovic said. “Lleyton Hewitt was number one in the world. Bernie, you never got there. Respect Lleyton.

“He goes on and on. I don’t want to hear from him anymore. Can you do your talking on the court rather than off?”

In his time in the South African jungle for the Channel 10 reality show, Tomic revealed that he was feeling depressed.

“With respect, if he has got something that is not quite going well for him he should get help for it,” Karl said. “Everyone should be encouraged to do that. But it’s continually coming out and bagging people who have made it, actually done it and achieved, it’s just too much.”

During his interview on The Project, Tomic also claimed that Tennis Australia was a corrupt organisation and compared it to world football body FIFA.

“I’m not happy with that whole situation with Tennis Australia. Until that clears and a few of the problems come out,” Tomic said.

“We’ve seen it with the FIFA Federation, how they were corrupt and I know it’s in there. I’m yet to address it. Hopefully I can speak about it soon.”

The Project host Waleed Aly questioned the 25-year-old on why he wanted to return to the Davis Cup even though he thought Tennis Australia was corrupt, but Tomic doubled down on his opinion.

Previously, Tomic has admitted that at times he makes comments that he regrets five minutes later.

Waleed Aly questioned if that were to happen with his claims on the show.

“Is this a statement you might regret in five minutes?” Aly said.

“No. This is a statement I stand by,” Tomic responded.

“It’s up to only them to fix ... we have a few wrong people in that organisation and I hope that can change and I hope the best players can be playing Davis Cup again.”

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