Karl & Kochie Admit Breakfast TV Is the Gravy Train — While Their Covid-Era Finger‑Wagging Still Echoes
NEWS/OPINION | By COURAGE IS THE CURE | 20 September 2026
On the debut episode of Beretts’ Best (14 September 2026), Karl Stefanovic and David Koch sit together and laugh about the one thing breakfast TV never hid well — it is wildly profitable. Karl says, “I got really well-paid for a long time,” Kochie and Karl both agree the industry is the gravy train.
It’s a cosy confession from two men who spent decades cashing the cheques while shaping the national mood before most people had their first coffee.
But the contrast is sharp.
These are the same hosts who, during the Covid War, scolded Australians for questioning government messaging. The same presenters who told viewers they were “irresponsible” and held “weird, wacko beliefs” during the Covid War; contradictions that are now openly acknowledged.
So, their cheerful nostalgia about breakfast TV’s riches lands differently. They profited. The public paid.
Their reunion reminds audiences how easily legacy media could lecture the nation from a very comfortable perch and continues to do so.
