A newsreader in Australia made a racist joke to some cricket fans during the run-up to the Cricket World Cup semi-final between Australia and India.

Karl Stefanovic asked a group of Indian fans on Australia’s Today show ‘who’s going to be manning 7-Elevens today?’

But, rather than getting angry, one of the fans suggests he might be looking for a new job soon as a result of his question.


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The fan said: ‘Not sure about who’s going to be manning 7-Elevens, but you might have to look at settling as well.’

Stefanovic then asks what the fans are going to say to cricketer David Warner.

The fan, clearly not happy with the casual racism, responds: ‘I’m not sure we can repeat that stuff on TV this early in the morning… [but] we’ll definitely be speaking to him in English so he understands.’

It is not the first time Stefanovic has raised eyebrows with his questioning.

Here he is offending the Dalai Lama

He got in trouble with sheep and New Zealanders

And Tiger Woods (and women)

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Losing it over breastfeeding