The cringe-worthy moment you missed between Karl Stefanovic and Kylie Minogue
Karl Stefanovic’s recent interview with Kylie Minogue has been slammed by viewers after he called the music sensation a “hot 50-year-old" and told her to stop dating “good looking d**kheads”.
The 43-year-old TV host also brought a cake and sang happy birthday to Kylie during the cringe-worthy interview on 60 Minutes.
Karl’s onscreen behaviour left some viewers labelling the segment as a “train wreck” and calling on someone more “professional” to take over.
To promote her latest album Golden, Kylie discussed what it feels like to be turning 50 after years spent in the spotlight.
“My friends say 'Do you know what? I'm just going to try to enjoy myself, I'm just going to try love the people I love, do the best I can, understand as best as possible where I am in the world, where I may have stuffed it up, where I am at the moment,’” she said.
Karl replied to her sentiment, “Well, you're doing it very well. I mean, it helps obviously that you're a hot 50-year-old.”
Kylie was left speechless and laughed, “Oh, well, thanks. We try, we try.”
After looking around awkwardly, Kylie then added, “I mean, I don't know what to say to that!”
Karl then moved the conversation on to her failed engagement with British actor Joshua Sasse, telling her to “stop dating incredibly good-looking d**kheads”.
Kylie replied, “I'm thankful. I don't want to go through it again but there's some lessons that take a little while to learn.”
“Is it because I'm 49 and eleven twelfths that I'm becoming a little wiser? I do feel like I've kind of shed a skin.”
Karl then said, “That's why I say that you're incredibly tough, you're resilient and you're a survivor.”
Kylie hesitantly replied, “I think I am, yeah. But there's definitely that fragile side and I don't think that's a bad thing either.”
“'The softer side, the vulnerable side, the side that's able to be hurt,” Karl added,
Kylie said, “Yes, otherwise what's the point? I'm just going for things.”
Later, Karl asked the star, “You look like a woman who loves hard and for you to go through heartbreak, how does it manifest itself in you?”
“I didn't feel very present. You have your tail between your legs a bit, thinking 'rats'," she said.
After the segment aired, viewers were quick to blast the interview, claiming Karl was using it to “creep” on Kylie.
“Karl Stefanovic is being a bit of a creeper in this Kylie interview 'You're a hot 50 yr old' 'Can you stop going out with incredibly handsome d**kheads?'” another added.
“Poor Kylie, what a rubbish interview. Another Stefanovic train wreck of a report,” another viewer wrote.
At the end of the interview, Karl presented a cake to the singer and asked her to say a speech in honour of her 50th in May.
“To be on Planet Earth for 50 years is kind of amazing in itself. And you feel like you didn't draw the short straw and you get to go through life and deal with all of the things that life throws in front of us with some good people around you, that's about as good as it gets,” she said.
Did you watch the interview when it aired? If so, what did you think of Karl’s antics? Share your thoughts in the comments below.