Karl addresses cringeworthy Kochie joke at the Logies
Karl Stefanovic has addressed his awkward joke at the Logies on Sunday night, which was aimed at long-running breakfast TV rival David Koch.
While presenting an award at the ceremony, Stefanovic took to opportunity to rip into Kochie with the ad-libbed joke, which left the audience more bewildered than entertained.
It started when Kochie confessed his fondness for the third season of Stan series Bump while speaking to the star-studded audience.
Seizing the moment, Stefanovic took a comedic leap, playing on the double entendre of "bump", a term colloquially associated with cocaine.
"I want to just check something... I am pretty sure before I heard Kochie say he loves Bump's... season three. Did anyone mishear that? Because I am pretty sure I did."
"Anyway, those are the headlines tomorrow morning..." Stefanovic remarked, hoping for a laugh, while cameras panned to Kochie who looked utterly confused by the joke.
Addressing the joke on Monday morning while speaking to Kyle and Jackie O, the Today host shared that even his wife Jasmine mocked him for the joke falling flat.
"Clearly the audience was too old. There really wasn't much laughter. It was one of those totally awkward moments," Stefanovic happily admitted.
“I got back to my seat, and you know, generally our partners support us.... that one went flat. Once I explained [to wife Jasmine].... but as they say, if you explain something, it’s no good.”
Stefanovic also revealed that he checked in with Koch afterwards, who asked him, “Are you making fun of me again?”
“I said, ‘I love you man!’ and he said ‘I love you too, just let me know what it’s going to be beforehand next time’,” he explained.
The KIIS hosts then kept Stefanovic on the line while they called Koch himself.
“I was just caught up in the confusion,” the former Sunrise host told the group live on air, laughing it off.
“I must admit, I’m not [up to date] with cocaine terminology... I was just talking about the famous show [Bump]!”
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