Apparently the 3am wake ups are starting to wear a little thin.
He’s accompanied our cereal and toast for eleven years now, and by the sound of it Karl Stefanovic is ready to walk away from co-hosting Today for good.
The Gold Logie winner is negotiating his role at the Nine Network this week and, according to The Australian, there’s a strong possibility that he wont be returning to head the program with Lisa Wilkinson in 2016.
It’s bound to be worrying news for the network, who is just starting to bridge the ratings gap between Today and its rival program, Channel 7’s Sunrise.
While Stefanovic has said he is keen to move on, there seems to be no obvious replacement for him within the Nine Network. Former Today sports host, Ben Fordham, has been mentioned as a potential stand-in, so too has Stefanovic’s younger brother, Peter, who just this week joined the Weekend Today team as a permanent news reader.
The question is, whether these blokes would be up for the challenge.
The truth be known, there’s quite a bit work that goes into being Karl on Today.
You have to be in top physical condition:
And on top of your game for the big interviews: