Karl Stefanovic Mocks Australian Open Tennis Players Complaining About COVID-19 Quarantine
Television host Karl Stefanovic didn’t mince his words on Monday when taking a dig at international tennis players who have complained about hotel quarantine in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open.
At least 72 tennis players have been forced into a hard isolation after three flights into Melbourne found positive COVID-19 cases. Karl sarcastically said on air he felt “a little bit sorry” for the elite sports stars before describing them as “high maintenance” and “spoilt”.
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“I do feel a little bit sorry for tennis players,” the TV presenter said on the ‘Today’ show during a segment where he and co-host Allison Langdon spoke to retired tennis player and now sports presenter Todd Woodbridge.
“No you don’t,” Allison quipped, which cued Karl’s subsequent sarcastic spiel.
“They get up in the morning, they hit some balls. They go for breakfast, hit more balls,” he began. “They go and have a bite to eat at lunch, hit more balls. Have a massage maybe, have a sleep. Then they get up and hit more balls and maybe go clubbing at night. They have these infringements on the lifestyle, it is pretty difficult.”
Karl then went on to describe the tennis players: “They are just like racehorses; Pedantic, peculiar. They are high maintenance, spoiled”.
“Who you are talking about? Yourself now?” Allison laughed.
Later on in the show, Karl said it was important for the sports stars to realise why the quarantine restrictions were being enforced, particularly after Melbourne’s 112-day hard lockdown last year to combat a significant second wave.
“I think people who have been through what they have been through in Victoria and Melbourne, or actually anywhere who has been through quarantine, any Australian sitting in quarantine now,...