He’s frequently spotted zipping around the affluent Sydney suburb of Mosman in a $200,000 Mercedes Benz Coupé.
But on Australia Day Karl Stefanovic wasn’t doing any driving, instead obstructing traffic in the middle of a busy road, looking flustered and peering aimlessly at his broken down Merc.
Blocking public holiday traffic for more than an hour, Karl was roasted online when it was revealed he’d just run out of petrol.
‘Should of bought a Monaro!’ On Friday, Karl Stefanovic got ROASTED online after he was pictured looking flustered and obstructing traffic when his $200k Mercedes ran out of petrol in the middle of a busy road
Karl copped a roasting on social media photos emerged of the Today standing glumly next to his broken down car.
‘Fair dinkum mate, you should have bought a Monaro!’ someone joked, highlighting the price difference of Holden’s budget Coupé compared to his flashy wheels.
The irony wasn’t lost on another Facebook user: ‘$200,000 mercedes, they sold you a lemon lol,’ while another suggested he might want to buy an Audi instead.
Another just couldn’t believe a finely crafted piece of German engineering could have issues: ‘Brand new Mercedes Benz Broken down??? Bulls**t!’
Ouch! Karl got roasted online when it was revealed he’d just run out of petrol
Regrets! ‘Fair dinkum mate, you should have bought a Monaro!’ someone joked on Facebook, highlighting the price difference of Holden’s budget Coupé compared to his flashy wheels
Lucky! It’s a good thing the Today star can take a joke, because he sure copped a roasting on social media when the public was first blessed with the images
Another popular source of laughs was the fact Karl was pictured leaning up against someone else’s cheaper 4WD while on the phone to the towing company.
‘If he leant up against my car like that, whilst he had his own sitting right there, I’d be spewing. Pop ur tailored butt on ur own cars paint work, bud,’ someone joked.
Several others agreed: ‘I know right! There was a perfectly good tree in the SHADE he could have leant against,’ said one.
Calling the dealer? The irony wasn’t lost on another Facebook user: ‘$200,000 mercedes, they sold you a lemon lol,’ while another suggested he might want to buy an Audi instead
‘Pop ur tailored butt on ur own cars paint work’: This person wanted Karl to ‘Pop his tailored butt on ur own cars paint work’
Garnering praise was a brilliant piece of dry humour from one keyboard comedian, who wanted the TV star to know: ‘Our thoughts and prayers [are with] you Karl.’
One person questioned Karl’s skills as a mechanic after seeing one particular image, that didn’t make sense for a petrol issue, asking: ‘So why is the bonnet up? lol.’
It was Nine’s million dollar man himself who reported the cause of Mosman’s traffic gridlock, the 43-year-old calling into 2GB’s Ray Hadley Morning Show to confess.
To make matters worse, Karl was stranded by the side of the road as his girlfriend Jasmine Yarbrough celebrated her 34th birthday with a lavish party.
Oi! Another popular source of laughs was the fact Karl was pictured leaning up against someone else’s cheaper 4WD while on the phone to the towing company
Yeah, I’m looking there, where is it? One person questioned Karl’s skills as a mechanic after seeing an image that didn’t make sense for what was confirmed to be a petrol issue
Speaking to Ray on his radio show, Karl made light of his car woes and subsequent traffic issues, blaming the problem on not having enough petrol.
‘Gee I tell you what, the traffic is banked back for a couple of kilometres in either direction…’It is a no-go zone, an absolute parking lot here,’ he said on the call.
‘Some goose [Karl] obviously forgot to fill up his car,’ he added, much to Ray’s delight.
Bad luck: To make matters worse, Karl was stranded by the side of the road as his girlfriend Jasmine Yarbrough celebrated her 34th birthday with a lavish party