Chrissie Swan has taken a light-hearted jab at Today host Karl Stefanovic for skipping the Logies rehearsals to party on the Gold Coast.

The radio and TV presenter joined Stefanovic on stage to present the Logie for Most Popular Lifestyle Program.

“I came to rehearsal so I get to do the announcement,” Chrissie told Karl during the presentation.

He replied, “‘I was in [Gold Coast nightclub] Cocktails and Dreams, living my best life.”

The joke was referring to Karl Stefanovic’s infamous appearance on the Today Show back in 2009. He hosted the show the morning after the Logies and appeared to be drunk through the four-hour breakfast news broadcast. The TV host later admitted in a  YouTube interview that he was drunk during the show.

And, Swan’s joke wasn’t the only reference to Stefanovic’s drunk news segment. During red carpet interviews, Shell Horton asked Today show hosts  Ally Langdon, Alex Cullen and Tim Davies how drunk they were going to get at the awards ceremony “On a scale of one to Karl Stefanovic.”

Cullen cited “12” as his answer, whereas Langdon said she was “going full Stefanovic”.

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Davies pointed to Langsdon and added, “Do you want the truth? Don’t worry about Karl, it’s this one you need to watch.”

Cullen added, “It all depends if he wins. If he wins, we’re off till next week.”

Stefanovic was captured on camera at this year’s Logie awards holding a beer and a packet of Panadol.

The popular host was nominated for a Gold Logie but lost out to Hamish Blake. Blake also won the newly named Bert Newton award for most popular presenter.

Blake’s win was actually predicted by Sportsbet’s betting odds. The gambling site has him listed with the highest odds to take out the golden gong.

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