KARL'S SHOCK ‘LISA'S GONE TOO FAR!'

The bitter rift between the stars continues to deepen…

Breakfast TV’s popular frontman Karl Stefanovic has had enough. Still reeling from former co-host Lisa Wilkinson’s explosive memoir, It Wasn’t Meant To Be Like This, he can’t understand why he and his family had to feature in it.

“He’s had a gutful. He was prepared to cop it on the chin if Lisa’s publicity around the book was only about him, but then came the chapter about his family, including his ex-wife Cass,” a close friend and former Nine colleague tells Woman’s Day.

DREAM TEAM

After gracing our screens side by side for more than a decade, the winning combination of Karl, 47, and Lisa, 61, delivered a ratings bonanza for Today. But when Lisa’s contract negotiations broke down in 2017 after demanding the network match her salary to that of Karl’s rumoured $3 million deal, no one, least of all Lisa, expected to be shown the door.

“Karl was strongly advised by Nine’s senior management not to be provoked by her bombshell claims – he was furious his former co-host and friend threw him under the bus,” reveals the source.