Karl Stefanovic spotted back in Sydney, metres from the Nine office

July 23, 2026 — 5:00am

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Karl can’t stay away from the Channel Nine precinct

Karl Stefanovic, the independent podcaster now best known for rolling out the red carpet to convicted criminal and right-wing activist Tommy Robinson, is not only back in Australia but was spotted metres from his former workplace on Wednesday, seen exiting Tim Gurner’s Saint Haven health club in North Sydney. And yes, this time we’ve got pictures.

Regular readers of this column will no doubt recall it was only late last week that we got word of Stefanovic’s return to home soil following a trip to the UK, where he interviewed One Nation’s star recruit Barnaby Joyce, and sat for a talk with the British media personality, Piers Morgan. But these photos are the first taken since he’s been back (or at least the first that we’re aware of.)

Stefanovic refused to be drawn on rumours that one of his upcoming podcast guests would be accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith. “I haven’t chatted with him yet,” Stefanovic said. When pushed on when he would interview him, he said, “You’ll have to watch, my friend.”

Stefanovic dropped by Saint Haven, which is a stone’s throw from Nine’s North Sydney headquarters, around lunchtime, when the streets would’ve been crawling with........

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