Daily Telegraph<\/a>, the timing of the video left some of his former colleagues miffed, with a Nine insider saying it undermined the emotional farewell that was unfolding live on air.<\/p>\n\u201cWhat was he thinking releasing that video while the show was still on air,\u201d the leading Nine figure reportedly said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe doesn\u2019t really thank all the people who kept him afloat and does a yipee. I\u2019m stunned he would do that.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s free and we\u2019re f…ed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The video came just hours after Nine announced Stefanovic would leave the network immediately, bringing forward his previously planned departure following controversy surrounding his independent podcast.<\/p>\n
In a statement released shortly afterwards, Nine said the pair had mutually agreed it was no longer workable for Stefanovic to continue hosting the breakfast program while producing his independent podcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cNine Entertainment and Karl Stefanovic have agreed that it is no longer possible for him to continue hosting Today at the same time as his independent podcast,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile Karl and Nine had previously agreed he would leave Today at the end of this year, they have subsequently decided he will leave the network immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stefanovic\u2019s departure follows intense scrutiny over his interview with far-right British activist Tommy Robinson, which triggered widespread backlash and sparked questions about his future with the network.<\/p>\n
Former co-host Sarah Abo fought back tears as she announced Karl Stefanovic\u2019s departure from the Today show on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cKarl will not be returning to the Today show or to Nine,\u201d she told viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karl Stefanovic\u2019s farewell message has reportedly sparked frustration inside Nine, with colleagues furious after the TV presenter declared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,2331,134],"class_list":["post-763075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-culture","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}