Karl Stefanovic takes a dig at Cody Simpson’s Miley split tell-all

‘What were you thinking?’ Karl Stefanovic takes a dig at Cody Simpson’s decision making after he broke his silence on his wrecking ball romance with Miley Cyrus


Cody Simpson Miley Cyrus split in August last year after less than a year of dating.

And Karl Stefanovic didn’t hold back when given the chance to probe Cody, 24, on his decision making during an interview with Australian 60 Minutes on Sunday.

‘What were you thinking!?’ the Channel Nine presenter asked in an apparent reference to Miley’s notoriously  hectic lifestyle. 

Please explain! Australian 60 Minutes reporter Karl Stefanovic (pictured) didn’t hold back in criticising Cody Simpson for his relationship with Miley Cyrus on Sunday

Cody explained that he’d always known Miley, 28, and said her ‘hyper creative’ personality made her almost like a ‘mentor’ throughout his music career.

He explained that he and Miley went from ‘being good friends’ and sharing the same friendship group to becoming involved romantically.  

The Australian singer-turned-swimming sensation went on to describe that time in his life as ‘one of those phases’.  

‘Everything ended fairly amicably, and it was just one of those phases I guess. You go through [it] and you learn a lot from it.’ 

'What were you thinking!?' the Channel Nine presenter asked in an apparent reference to Miley's notoriously hectic lifestyle. Miley and Cody are pictured together

‘What were you thinking!?’ the Channel Nine presenter asked in an apparent reference to Miley’s notoriously hectic lifestyle. Miley and Cody are pictured together 

Later, the singer joked how he ‘tried not to’ date such famous girls in his younger years in Hollywood.

Cody, who was raised on the Gold Coast and moved to America in search of a pop career when he was just 13, went on to date Kylie Jenner and Gigi Hadid. 

Miley confirmed their split in August last year during an Instagram Live clip, telling fans they were taking time apart to ‘work on’ themselves. 

Reasoning: Cody explained that he'd always known Miley, 28, and said her 'hyper creative' personality made her almost like a 'mentor' throughout his music career

Reasoning: Cody explained that he’d always known Miley, 28, and said her ‘hyper creative’ personality made her almost like a ‘mentor’ throughout his music career 

Same circles: He explained that he and Miley went from 'being good friends' and sharing the same friendship group to becoming involved romantically

Same circles: He explained that he and Miley went from ‘being good friends’ and sharing the same friendship group to becoming involved romantically

‘Right now, two halves can’t make a whole and we’re individually just working on ourselves to become the people that we wanna be, like everybody else at this age.’ 

‘We’ve been friends for 10 years and we’re going to continue to be friends, so just don’t make it something that it is not.’ 

Just a phase: The singer-turned-swimming sensation went on to describe that time in his life as 'one of those phases'. Miley and Cody split in August, after less than a year of dating

Just a phase: The singer-turned-swimming sensation went on to describe that time in his life as ‘one of those phases’. Miley and Cody split in August, after less than a year of dating

Miley’s friendship with Cody turned into a romance in October 2019, when the pair were spotted locking lips at Backyard Bowls in Los Angeles, as reported by TMZ. 

The public kiss with Cody occurred nearly two months after it was revealed that Miley and Australian actor Liam Hemsworth, 31, were getting divorced.  

Cody has been dating American model Marloes Stevens, 28, since December. 

New flame! Cody has been dating American model Marloes Stevens, 28, since December

New flame! Cody has been dating American model Marloes Stevens, 28, since December