How Australian hero Karl Stefanovic took a sharp turn to the right – and fell from TV stardom

The former Today show host promised he’d ‘unleash the beast’ on his podcast. It has taken less than six months for the beast to overtake the polished star Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast In 25 years as the face of Channel Nine, Karl Stefanovic made international news twice. Once when he was crowned “hero of 2014” 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 Tomm...

By Amanda Meade Media correspondent