WELL, this was definitely not the answer she was expecting.

Today weather reporter Natalia Cooper was lost for words when a tradie made a shock confession on live TV.

Cooper was in the middle of a live-to-air cross in Sydney’s Parramatta, giving commuters $50 notes to “top up” their Opal cards.

The Nine presenter offered a tradie the cash, then innocently asked him how his Australia Day weekend was.

His completely inappropriate response left her stunned. It all started when Cooper asked: “Sir, would you like $50 to top up your Opal card?”

Anyone else catch the Bogan on @TheTodayShow this morning receive money at Parra station and when asked what he did over the weekend he replied "oh yeah punched a few cones" Class Parra people, absolute class!! 🤣 — Adrian (@hawkoseels) January 28, 2018

#TodayShow Did anyone hear that guys answer when Natalia asked what he did oz weekend?"Punched a few cones" haha 😂 — Lisa Allington (@Lisa_allington1) January 28, 2018

He accepted the money. Cooper then inquired about his long weekend, to which he replied it was “very good”.

“What did you get up to?,” Cooper asked. His response? “Punched a few cones”.

Yep, “cone” is a slang term for marijuana.

“Oh wow OK, we’ll just leave you there, all right,” a shocked Cooper said as she moved on.

Cooper later tweeted that she “Didn’t know what to say!” during the cross. Nine viewers were also baffled by the tradie’s admission, expressing their disbelief on Twitter.

oh gosh! Didn't know what to say! — Natalia Cooper (@Natalia_Cooper9) January 29, 2018

Last year, Cooper, 33, replaced long-time Today weather presenter Steve Jacobs on Nine’s breakfast TV show. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, she said the plum job was worth the early call time.

“The earliest the alarm goes off is 2am but the job’s worth getting up for,” Cooper said.

But it has been a rocky start to the year for Today since the departure of former co-host Lisa Wilkinson.

Today host Karl Stefanovic and entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins were criticised last week for sporting seriously eyebrow-raising hair.

Host Stefanovic’s ’do looked like a botched dye job and almost wig-like, perhaps inspired by Will Ferrell’s TV anchor spoof Ron Burgundy.

The new look Today also failed to beat rivals Sunrise, which won the national battle with 480,000 viewers compared to Today’s audience of 378,000 on the first day of the 2018 ratings period.

Stefanovic’s first week back on air for 2018 didn’t get much better when the baby of a Married At First Sight couple cried hysterically as he held her during last Monday’s broadcast.

Karl ended the hilarious segment by looking down the barrel of the camera and saying, “If you want me to look after your kids, you can contact me on ...”

This isn’t the first time Cooper has been caught in an on-air gaffe.

In 2015, Cooper was a bit too eager to give away a $20,000 jackpot to a Today Show viewer

During the show’s Block of Cash Giveaway, she called Cheryl Leonard, from Tweed Heads on the NSW north coast.

Today’s rules are the viewers must answer the phone within five rings and say: “I wake up with Today”.

But Cooper said “talk Cheryl” before realising she may have helped her win.

Cooper started her career as an 18-year-old cadet journalist in Nine’s Perth newsroom. There, she went on to work as the station’s 6pm weather presenter and fill-in newsreader for five years. From there she has made the move to Sydney.

In 2012, she began working as a reporter for 9 News in Sydney. After working on general news, she went on to regularly fill in and read the news and weather for Today and Weekend Today which saw her land the permanet weather role on Today.

Cooper has also hosted popular Channel 9 program Postcards.

She wed musician Carl Fox in March 2016 after they met in a Perth pub more than seven years ago.

She previously told The Daily Telegraph that he’s her “best friend”.

“I have married my best friend and he’s behind me 100 per cent,” she says.

“We make a lot of time for each other on the weekend. We do pretty normal stuff, like go out for dinner, see a movie or hang out with friends.”