Karl Stefanovic slams media for "cheap, lazy, sexist" reports
Television personality Karl Stefanovic has criticised The Daily Mail, after the website incorrectly implied he was cheating on his girlfriend with a colleague.
In an emotional piece during this morning’s broadcast, The Today Show host said the news outlet crossed the line when it made claims about his co-workers.
"Do not slur the reputations of others in your eagerness to throw mud at me." -@KarlStefanovic #9Today pic.twitter.com/v0G7xSBlmu
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The article in question showed Stefanovic carrying a 12-pack of rum in a caravan park.
But the Gold Logie winner set the record straight this morning.
“The inference (is that) I'm a drunk. The real hurt here is for my colleague, a young female colleague. The sleazy suggestion that we're checking in somewhere and that I'm settling in for a long night. Fact: This was work. We were filming a story about our struggling prawn farmers - they deserve a rum or two,” Stefanovic said.
“The idea colleagues of the opposite sex can't work together without something going on surely belongs to the 1950s. And, for most of Australia, it does. But not, it seems, on this website. The Daily Mail has a long, despicable track record of denigrating women."
Stefanovic concluded by urging the website to stay clear of erroneous stories, “Do not slur the reputations of others in your eagerness to throw mud at me.”
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