Karl Stefanovic‘s wife Jasmine was reportedly left in tears after a group of men hurled a barrage of vulgar insults at her at a swanky Sydney venue.
The Today show presenter, 46, and his shoe designer wife Jasmine are understood to have finished a meal at Justin Hemmes’ Mimi’s restaurant at the Coogee Pavilion in Sydney’s eastern suburbs when they went downstairs to leave.
The couple were winding down after Stefanovic spent a gruelling morning covering US President Joe Biden‘s inauguration from Channel Nine’s North Sydney studio.
But the leisurely mood quickly turned sour when a mob started publicly heckling the 36-year-old shoe designer, Private Sydney reported.
Jasmine and Karl Stefanovic are pictured with their daughter Harper, who was born last year
Jasmine was reportedly left distraught and in tears after a group of men hurled a barrage of vulgar insults at her in a swanky Sydney venue. Pictured: Coogee Pavilion
Jasmine and the popular Today show presenter had just finished a meal at Justin Hemmes’ Mimi’s restaurant at the Coogee’s Pavilion when they went downstairs to leave (pictured)
The publication reported men were seated at the downstairs pizza bar and directed a barrage of ugly insults at Jasmine.
The hurtful words are said to have left the new mum in a ‘flood of tears’ before her 46-year-old husband leaped to his wife’s defence and fired back a few insults of his own, according to the paper.
Stefanovic could reportedly then be seen comforting his wife as security guards stood by the high-profile pair.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald the Stefanovic’s later filed a police complaint.
A spokesperson for Stefanovic confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that an incident took place, but NSW Police said no official complaint had been filed to them.
The couple got married in December 2018 and had their first child, daughter Harper May, in 2020.
The leisurely mood quickly turned sour when the mob started publicly heckling the 36-year-old shoe designer (pictured together with Karl and Harper)
The couple (pictured) got married in December 2018 and had their first child, daughter Harper May, in 2020
It was reported the hurtful words left the new mum in a ‘flood of tears’ (pictured with Harper)
Earlier this week, Stefanovic laughed off claims that he and wife Jasmine has split.
The Today show host posted an Instagram Stories video which showed him shopping, as a woman, believed to be Jasmine, approached him holding a magazine which had the couple on the cover.
It showed the pair looking angry, along with a headline reading that they had been ‘torn apart’.
The accompanying article, published by Woman’s Day, claimed that the pair are living apart, with Karl working on the Today show in Sydney while Jasmine stays in Queensland, where the couple have recently holidayed.
Karl, wearing a face mask, was clearly amused by the story, and as Jasmine asked, ‘Karl what do you think of this?’ he pretended to burst into tears.
Hiding his face by pressing it against a packet of wet wipes, he mock-wept, ‘No comment! No comment!’
Torn: The Today show host, 46, posted an Instagram Stories video earlier this week which showed him shopping, as a woman, believed to be Jasmine, approached him holding a magazine which had the couple on the cover
Waterworks: Karl, wearing a face mask, was clearly amused by the story, and as Jasmine asked, ‘Karl what do you think of this?’ he pretended to burst into tears
Hiding his face by pressing it against a packet of wet wipes, he mock-wept, ‘No comment! No comment!’
The Woman’s Day article, published on Monday, claims that Karl has ‘left his wife’ to live in Sydney without her while he works.
‘Jasmine will likely stay up at the beach house in Queensland permanently and Karl will return to work and their rental digs on Sydney’s north shore,’ an alleged source was quoted as saying.
Considering Karl’s mocking response to the story, it would appear he is denying those allegations.