Inside Karl and Jasmine’s Studio 54 recovery party
Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough are wrapping up their wedding festivities with a star-studded Studio 54-themed bash.
Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough have wrapped up their wedding festivities with a Studio 54-themed bash.
Guest partied up a storm at the recovery session, which drew inspiration from the iconic 1970s Manhattan nightclub that was the disco-era hangout of celebrities and supermodels.
Jasmine was pictured on Instagram wearing a sheer white sheer shift over white disco shorts with silver sparkly boots.
Former foreign minister Julie Bishop posed for a selfie with MKR contestant Della Muscat, who also posted a shot of the newlywed Stefanovic wearing a 70s-style wig.
Karl’s sister-in-law, Sylvia Jeffreys, poked fun at husband Peter Stefanovic — who came as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury — for failing to put an effort into his outfit.
Earlier, Stefanovic and his new wife Jasmine Yarbrough posted an image of wedded bliss the day after tying the knot at their exclusive beach resort in Mexico before 200 guests.
Yarbrough, 34, is dressed in white and has her arm around Karl, 44, who is wearing a cap and beaming with happiness.
With them is Nova radio host Tim Blackwell, presumably at one of the resort’s poolside bars.
Guests kicked off their shoes as they partied at the five-star One & Only Palmilla resort on the Baja Peninsula last night.
Today is a more laidback affair with guests posting photos drinking at the resort as they recover after a big night.
Karl’s brother, Pete Stefanovic, and wife Sylvia Jeffreys appeared in a photo posted on Instagram today drinking up bloody Marys.
The couple were married on the stairs of the resort’s picturesque Mexican chapel as their closest friends and family watched on.
Later they partied under an elaborate silk-framed structure on the beach where the reception was held.
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Former Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop wore a stunning silver sequin, one-shoulder gown coupled with her trademark pearl-drop earrings.
The ever-stylish MP painted a relaxed picture on the beach going shoeless for the party in the sand.
She was accompanied by her handsome partner, winemaker and property developer David Panton.
Few couples get hitched needing security provided by machine gun-toting Mexican marines, but normal is not a word that can be applied to the nuptials of Stefanovic and Yarbrough.
From the choice of venue — an exclusive, remote $1000-a-night resort in Mexico — to the eclectic mix of politicians, celebrities and business identities on the guest list and the three-day non-stop no-expense spared shindig that surrounded it, this was a wedding party on steroids.
Not that surprising, perhaps, in view of the self-described “s--t storm” that surrounds Stefanovic — the Channel 9 star whose bitter divorce from his first wife Cassandra Thorburn and subsequent romance with Yarbrough has polarised fans and fuelled countless media yarns.
It was enough to bring the Today show host to tears when he paid a tearful tribute to his new bride for putting up with the controversy that has followed him.
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“Jas has endured beyond hardship to be with me. When everyone has had their say as to why she is with me, she has gone beyond it,” Stefanovic told News Corp Australia.
“And really, why would you be with me with the shit storm that comes with me? It has been very hard. Jas is my rock. I don’t go on without her. She is the rock of us as a couple.”
He added: “It has been a journey.
“It feels like we’ve got to the starting line of our life.”
Back in Australia, the first Mrs Stefanovic, Cassandra Thorburn, posted cryptically on social media a picture of The Handmaid’s Tale, a novel about male oppression of women and added: “A good book for my journey … an emotional roller coaster for women.”
Stefanovic’s three children from his first marriage — River, 12, Ava, 13, and Jackson, 19 — were in Mexico to share the occasion with their father.
His groomsmen included brothers Tom and Pete, businessman Ben Tilley and former world motorcycle champ Mick Doohan.
Stefanovic’s close mate, billionaire James Packer, had to cancel at the last minute to celebrate his mother’s 80th birthday with her in Argentina.
Kyle Sandilands and Alan Jones were also unable to make the trip to Central America.
But other guests included model Montana Cox, former My Kitchen Rules contestant Della Muscat, and skateboarder Corbin Harris.
“Jasmine you have taken on enormous stress with me, you have taken on another family, media and social criticism that would break most — you’ve weathered it. You stand tall, you stand strong, you stand up and keep walking,” he said during his speech at the reception.
“Everyone needs a Jasmine in their life, if they have it they’re the luckiest people in the world. You are my rock, you are my saviour, you put me back together. I’m a better person because of you, a better friend, a better dad — tonight I celebrate and toast you, Jasmine, my wife.”
Mexican soldiers provided patrols around the five-star resort and early yesterday some press were ordered off the public beach by the authorities.
“We chose this place because of the solitude of it,” Stefanovic said.
“It gives us a bubble, not because of anything other than wanting to have our wedding with privacy.”
After the official service, guests were driven in golf buggies to drinks overlooking the ocean surrounded by palm trees before moving on to the beach just a short walk away.
There, organisers set up a spectacular fairy light canopy under which a four-course meal was served.
It was the third and most important day of celebrations, with guests having already partied at a welcome drinks party two days earlier.
“It is very much a family wedding,” Stefanovic said.
“We drunk the bar dry, they’ve gone to get extra stock.”
Stefanovic’s sister Elise Pointon was celebrant and her husband Marcus played an acoustic version of Angus and Julia Stone’s The Devil’s Tears.
He also played Ben Harper’s Forever.
As the party continued, fireworks were let off, reportedly at the request of the 34-year-old bride who stunned in her bespoke thigh-skimming wedding dress.
Guests even had access to a “Bundy Bar”, in honour of the couple’s favourite tipple, Bundaberg rum and Coke.
A dance floor was set up within the gazebo, allowing guests plenty of room to bust a move.
Earlier, Yarbrough stunned guests with her daringly short wedding dress.
The dress was the creation of Jess Andreatta, of the label J. Andreatta, who told Vogue Australia she likes to “push the boundaries”.
According sources at the lavish ceremony, Yarbrough sent her groom a secret note on the day of their wedding asking him to meet her at the chapel for a private moment before the guests arrived. Bucking the trend of not seeing the bride before the wedding, he agreed and they spent some time together before the craziness of the big day.
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