Karl Stefanovic and wife Jasmine Stefanovic (née Yarbrough) welcomed their first child together, daughter Harper May, earlier this month.
But Karl, 45, let slip that Jasmine’s mother Cheryl was still living with the couple in Sydney 18 days after his wife gave birth.
While hosting Nine’s Today show on Monday, he joked: ‘My mother-in-law is still living with me… She has got to go back home at some point.’
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‘She’s still living with me’: Karl Stefanovic jokingly pleaded with QLD premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (right) to lift border closures between NSW-QLD on Monday’s Today show so his new mother-in-law could ‘go back home’
Karl’s joke about his mother-in-law needing to return home was made during his conversation with Queensland’s premier Annastacia Palaszczuk about the state’s border closures.
The border between NSW and QLD has been closed since April, but the premier said it may likely to be reviewed at the end of May.
After jokingly moaning about his mother-in-law being stuck in New South Wales, he did clarify that she’s been a tremendous help to both him and wife Jasmine, 36, as they navigate having a newborn in the house.
‘She’s a great help, I love her,’ he admitted, with a chuckle.
Stuck with him! Karl joked that his mother-in-law was still living in Sydney with him due to the border between NSW and QLD being closed since April
‘She’s a great help, I love her’: After jokingly moaning about his mother-in-law being stuck in New South Wales, Karl (right) did clarify that she’s been a tremendous help to both him and wife Jasmine, 36, (left) as they navigate having a newborn in the house
Jasmine gave birth to their adorable daughter in a luxury maternity suite in Sydney on May 1, and they took their baby home from the hospital on May 6.
The shoe designer’s family, who usually reside in Queensland, appeared to travel interstate for the milestone moment and have not been able to go home.
Not only has Jasmine’s mother been close to her side since giving birth, but her sister Jade also appears to be staying in Sydney at the moment.
Family: Not only has Jasmine’s mother been close to her side since giving birth, but her sister Jade (above) also appears to be staying in Sydney at the moment
Sweet: Karl and Jasmine welcomed Harper May on May 1. Pictured: Jasmine with her daughter
Earlier this month, Jasmine thanked her mother for her support in a sweet Mothers’ Day tribute on Instagram.
She also took the time to acknowledge her new mother-in-law, Karl’s mother Jenny.
‘It’s my first Mother’s Day and my heart is so full because of you Harper May,’ gushed Jasmine, sharing a picture of herself nursing Harper.
‘Everything hurts. I’m tired. Emotional’: Last week, Karl returned to the Today show after taking 10 days off following Harper May’s birth on May 1. Pictured with Allison Langdon (right)
Karl returned to his duties on Today this month after taking 10 days off following Harper’s birth on May 1.
‘Everything hurts. I’m tired. Emotional,’ he confessed on his first day back at work.
He joked that it was much easier being back on TV than at home, laughing: ‘I’d go home, but it’s too much work!’
He also said wife Jasmine was taking to newfound motherhood ‘in her stride’, with their daughter feeding well and sleeping three hours on, three hour off.
Karl is already a father to three older children, Jackson, 20, Ava, 15, and River, 13, whom he shares with ex-wife Cassandra Thorburn.
‘I’d go home, but it’s too much work!’ Karl joked that it was much easier being back on TV than at home with a newborn