Karl Stefanovic Pranks Richard Wilkins Into Thinking He’s The New Host Of The Today Show


Karl Stefanovic clearly loves to prank people. So when the prank-prone Brazilian nightmare elevator of Australian breakfast television appeared on Nova FM’s Fitzy and Wippa show this week, he happily complied with requests to convince colleague Richard Wilkins into thinking he had quit the show in the wake of Ben Fordham’s departure. 
“I can’t keep going with Today,” began an alarmingly convincing performance completely justifying his winning a Gold Logie award. “I’ve just gone upstairs and told Gynge (Channel 9 boss David Gyngell) I’m done. It’s just got a bit too much for me this year.” 

The true nature of the call was eventually revealed when Wippa interjected pretending to be Gyngell but not before Stefanovic informed the crestfallen perma-tanned entertainment reporter that discussions with Gyngell had included a recommendation to have Wilkins replace him as host.  
“I said…I really want Dickie to step in. He’s the one who deserves it most so Gynge seemed pretty happy with that.” 

Cue this GIF…


Watch the interaction in full below…    

Nova via news.com.au

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