Karl Stefanovic Did A Nudie Run On ‘The Today Show’ Because He Lost A Bet On The Cricket Or Something
Dear Lord.
If the English person at your workplace is being even more unbearably smug than usual today, it likely has something to do with the Australian cricket team’s performance yesterday during the fourth Ashes test. If you’re not a cricket person, just know this — it was bad. Really, really, really, really bad. Like, shit robots falling over bad. Like the shortest single innings in a Test match ever bad.
Bad.
For all you masochists out there: Australia’s wickets from 4th #Ashes2015 at #TrentBridge in 6 seconds. #Cricket http://t.co/wwYxKmelZm
— ABC News (@abcnews) August 6, 2015
Because it’s being played in England, the match meant that Australian cricket fans got to watch their world implode right before going to bed. #Ashes2015 on Twitter is like watching a train crash in real time, if that’s something you want to get amongst.
One of the unfortunates watching the game was Today Show host Karl Stefanovic, who made an ill-advised declaration that Australia’s Michael Clarke would come good, promising to do a nudie run on today’s program if he was wrong. So he couldn’t back out, he then tweeted a warning from Channel Nine boss David Gyngell to follow through on his word.
If clarkey doesn’t get a hundred I’m gear off on the show tomorrow. Woohoo. Positives for everyone. What
— Karl Stefanovic (@karlstefanovic) August 6, 2015
Just so you know I’m not joking. This text from Gynge. pic.twitter.com/FllXiUEriJ
— Karl Stefanovic (@karlstefanovic) August 6, 2015
True to his word, sleepy-eyed Today Show viewers this morning were treated to the sight of a naked but still-besocked Stefanovic doing an awkward waddle-run across the studio floor like a bald chicken, a cricket ball strategically superimposed over his junk.
Your face says it all, lady.
It’s no cricket-ground seagull chase, but it’s definitely something.