Karl Stefanovic reveals he developed a bromance with Tony Armstrong during FaceTime calls where they ‘took their shirts off’
Today, host Karl Stefanovic and ABC television star Tony Armstrong are best friends.
And Karel tells Stellar magazine that the couple developed their bromance during a period of loneliness during the lockdown.
“We were both in similar situations where we were home alone, so on Friday night we FaceTimed and had a few beers and took our shirts off,” the 49-year-old told the publication.
‘We got to know each other in that strange prism of that strange time’.
Karl was the one who took the ‘first step’ by reaching out to former AFL player Tony, 33, when he joined ABC’s News Breakfast as a sports reporter in 2020 to congratulate him on the new performance.
Today, host Karl Stefanovic (pictured) and ABC television star Tony Armstrong are best buddies. And Karl tells Stellar Magazine that the pair developed their bromance during a period of loneliness during the lockdown
“We agreed that if one of us calls the other and says, ‘Do you want to do something?’ we don’t need to know the full context of the idea, because the other person is obliged to say yes,’ Karl said.
The pair posed together for one photo shoot in the latest issue of Stellar Magazine, where they recreate a famous image of John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono during their 1969 “bed-in,” which Karl joked was their “first public outing.”
Tony is fresh off his Logies success last month.
He won the Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter for A Dog’s World on ABC.
In April, Armstrong told Stellar magazine that being labeled a native TV star was a double-edged sword.
“We were both in similar situations where we were home alone, so on Friday night we FaceTimed and had a few beers and took our shirts off,” the 49-year-old told the publication
Karl was the one who took the ‘first step’ by reaching out to former AFL player Tony, 33, when he joined ABC’s News Breakfast as a sports reporter in 2020 to congratulate him on the new performance
“All of us in the performing arts who are on TV, who are behind the microphone, who are represented in the print media, will continue to be frustrated by it,” he said.
“I know most of us would like to have ‘native’ before our names when people talk about us.
What a treat it would be to be able to just be “Tony Armstrong, dancer.” “Tony Armstrong, guitarist, musician…” whatever it may be.
He said the “other side of the coin” was that native stars have a responsibility to “keep stepping forward.”
“I think being a blackfella is his politics whether you like it or not,” he said.
Tony is fresh off his Logies success last month. He won the Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter for A Dog’s World on ABC