What's New June 26, 2026

“They crossed a line.” Beau Ryan takes aim at Channel 9 after Karl Stefanovic’s exit

Sarah Patterson

Reporter

Triple M’s Beau Ryan has let rip at Channel Nine, after the network confirmed it was parting ways with Today Show host Karl Stefanovic.

Whilst he didn’t get the chance to say goodbye to viewers on his own terms, Stefanovic – who has stepped aside from co-hosting today’s edition of ARN’s The Long Weekend – later took to YouTube, declaring that he was “free.”

This morning on Triple M Sydney Breakfast with Beau, Cat & Woodsy, Ryan threw his support behind Stefanovic, calling Nine’s decision “ridiculous” and suggesting the network had “crossed a line.”

Ryan compared the network’s connection with Stefanovic to an “open relationship”, arguing he shouldn’t have been penalised for comments made on his independent podcast.

“The whole thing is a mess,” said Ryan.

“And look, I can see what’s happened here, but the thing I cannot wrap my head around is he is their big ticket item. Karl Stefanovic is the star at Channel Nine and they’ve allowed him to do the podcast. Seeing what we all have all seen on social media, what is happening, who he’s interviewing, what he’s talking about, where it’s heading, and then they decide to sack him.”

“Now the only reason they’ve decided to sack him is because of the pressure from advertiser boycott. And look, I understand all that because Channel Nine is a publicly listed company. But Karl isn’t going out there and doing what he’s doing on Channel Nine. He’s done probably what they’ve agreed to do on his own podcast, on his own platform. So they’re like, you can have your cake and eat it too, right? They’ve said it’s like being in an open relationship and then breaking up with someone for cheating on you.”

“He’s given a platform to [people]. And the whole thing has come back to the Tommy Robinson interview. At the end of the day, it looks like Karl’s views are conservative. He might be progressive on some things, but he’s showing who he really is. He can’t show those stripes when he’s working for Channel Nine.”

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