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Karl Stefanovic gets emotional over Nine exit fallout in Piers Morgan interview

Sky News Australia

July 2, 2026

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Sky News Lifestyle Reporter Chloe Walker weighs in on Karl Stefanovic’s latest “emotional” interview with Piers Morgan. “It is all Australia’s talking about right now, and in that interview with Piers Morgan, Karl did say that he had told Nine that he was planning to leave two to three months ago, and Nine had said they wanted to keep him a little longer so that they could find a replacement,” Ms Walker told Sky News host James Morrow. “He did double down on the interview he did with Tommy Robinson, but he also got quite emotional when he was discussing the fallout.”

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