Media insiders urge Michael Clarke to hire a publicist following THAT trainwreck A Current Affair interview: ‘He should never have done it’

Industry insiders are urging Michael Clarke to find a new manager after his poor interview with A Current Affair last week.

The former Australian cricket captain, 42, sat down with the Nine network on Tuesday to launch a new product from Australia’s Bitters company.

But Clarke was instead peppered with questions about the infamous Noosa fight involving his on-off-off girlfriend Jade Yarbrough, which brought in her brother-in-law, Today presenter Karl Stefanovic.

Sources now reveal that Clarke went against the advice of professionals who warned him not to do the news program interview.

“Clarkey doesn’t have an agent or publicist guiding him at the moment, and it shows,” an insider told the newspaper. Daily telegram.

“He should never have done ACA to promote a drink… he was completely sewn up.”

“Maybe he thought (Channel 9 personality) Karl (Stefanovic) would protect him, but that clearly wasn’t the case,” she added.

TV commentator Rob McKnight explained last week that the Today show’s Stefanovic would have known about Clarke’s interview with A Current Affair before it aired.

The former Australian cricket captain spoke to the Nine Network program on Tuesday to launch a new product from the Australian Bitters company. But Clarke was instead peppered with questions about that infamous Noosa fight

“They would have consulted him (Karl) as they are talking about the incident and he is in the video, not that he did anything wrong,” TV commentator Rob McKnight said.

“The most that would have happened would have been maybe a phone call or a note to Karl informing him that the interview was taking place or that it would be broadcast.

‘Karl would not have had a say or been involved in the interview.

‘Nine certainly minimized Karl’s involvement in the video; for the first few minutes of the interview they referred to him as ‘Clarke’s partner.’

The interview, conducted by reporter Simon Bouda, appeared to catch Clarke off guard, who made it clear he was not at ACA to discuss the scandal.

But he admitted he viewed the Noosa incident as a “lesson”.

‘I call it lessons. I mention so many things that you know, that you wish… I think relationships are hard, a lot happens behind closed doors and a lot of things happen that we all have to deal with,” Clarke said.

“I’ve been dealing with divorce, you know, man, I’ve been through it and it’s so sad, so hard.

“I think the one thing is you just have to do your best, good times, hard times, highs and lows, pros and cons; I’m just like everyone else – to this day I stand here doing my best and I hope that doesn’t change.’

One of the lessons he claims to have learned is that he should enjoy life ‘moderately’, in an effort to prevent such a brawl from happening in the future.

“I like a good time,” he said.

“But for me, probably too much, I think my whole life, and if that’s um, whatever it is, going to the gym and working out, it’s all about moderation.”

The interview, conducted by reporter Simon Bouda (pictured), appeared to catch Clarke off guard, who made it clear he was not at the ACA to discuss the scandal.

But Clarke admitted he took the Noosa incident as a “lesson”.

In the video, which was filmed by an onlooker and later sold to The Daily Telegraph for a reported $10,000, Jade accused Clarke of cheating on her with his tracksuit designer ex Pip Edwards on December 17.

He was also accused of messaging the co-founder of activewear label PE Nation and admitting that she was the “love of his life.”

All hell broke loose after Clarke, Stefanovic, his wife Jasmine and her sister Jade went to dinner at a beachside restaurant with accountant Anthony Bell.

The video started with Yarbrough shouting at Clarke before she punched him in the face and pushed him away after the cricketer insisted he wasn’t cheating on her.

Earlier this year, Clarke issued a groveling apology to those involved in the incident at the time, admitting it was all his fault.

Television commentator Rob Mcknight says Karl Stefanovic (pictured) would have known about his former best friend Michael Clarke’s interview with A Current Affair before the broadcast

“I accept full responsibility for this altercation and am shocked by my actions,” he said.

“I am absolutely devastated that I have placed the people I hold in high esteem in this position. My actions leading up to this altercation were nothing short of shameful and regrettable.

“I am devastated that by my actions I have drawn women of class and integrity, and my friends, into this situation.”

The former cricket captain was punched in the face by Jade Yarbrough in Noosa when she accused him of cheating on her with his ex Pip Edwards (Clarke and Jade pictured together)