Karl Stefanovic won’t appear on Friday radio show with Eddie McGuire amid Tommy Robinson interview fallout

Karl Stefanovic won’t appear on his scheduled Friday afternoon radio show with Eddie McGuire after widespread criticism of his podcast interview with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Stefanovic only recently signed the deal with ARN Media to co-host The Long Weekend nationally on Gold FM, but the threat of an advertising boycott has led to the contract being reviewed, Guardian Australia understands. ARN Media has confirmed McGuire will host the show alone this week but has not commented on its future. Nine Entertainment is expected to sever ties with Stefanovic but is yet to make public any details of the separation or whether the Today show host’s $2.8m contract will be paid out until the end of the year. The Sydney Morning Herald, which is part of the Nine stable, has reported that Stefanovic would leave the company. Nine has declined to comment. Stefanovic and McGuire were going to record the show on Friday, with Stefanovic appearing from the UK. Sources told Guardian Australia Stefanovic was unlikely to return to ARN Media because the company was still recovering from an advertiser boycott brought on by objections to another star personality, Kyle Sandilands, on Kiis FM. ARN has only just settled the legal case with Sandilands for $12m. Earlier in the week a spokesperson for ARN distanced the company from the Karl Stefanovic Show and its guests. …