Karl Stefanovic’s son breaks silence on wedding after Cassandra Thorburn unleashes

As the rift between Cassandra Thorburn and Karl Stefanovic widens, their eldest son reveals what really happened at the wedding.

Karl Stefanovic’s eldest son has described his father’s second wedding to Jasmine Yarbrough as “s**t”, revealing none of the Today host’s children attended the ceremony.

Jackson Stefanovic, 19, supported his mother Cassandra Thorburn’s claims that they didn’t attend the wedding as his younger siblings Ava, 13, and River, 12, didn’t want to go.

“I didn’t go to the ceremony, I went to say congratulations (to Karl and Jasmine) after they’d all left the chapel but it was a lot later,” he told Daily Mail Australia.

“My brother and sister didn’t want to go, and I was not going to leave them on their own so I looked after them.

“I figure at their age they may not have an understanding of watching a parent get re-married. They might not understand it’s just a parent moving on.

Karl Stefanovic and Jackson at the airport following the Today host’s Mexican wedding. Picture: Backgrid

Cassandra Thorburn and Karl Stefanovic with their three children before their 2016 split. Picture: Attila Szilvasi.

“I left with my girlfriend (Anna Blackwell) and they said it was because we were too drunk which is just stupid — we left because it was s**t.”

Describing his new stepmother Jasmine as “nice”, Jackson said the wedding experience was “alright”, but he was “pretty much just with my girlfriend the whole time” and “not worrying” about his father’s nuptials.

Following Jackson’s interview Thorburn took to Instagram to accuse Daily Mail Australia of “stalking my home once again while I’m trying to do Christmas shopping”.

“Manipulating my children through the intercom into talking to them claiming they are here to see me. What is wrong with these people,” she wrote.

Jackson’s comments come after Thorburn once again unleashed on the Today host, suggesting that his high-profile Mexican wedding to Yarbrough was actually supposed to just be a family holiday with his three kids.

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Thorburn and Stefanovic split in mid 2016 after 21 years of marriage, with the Today host meeting Yarbrough just five months afterwards. The couple wed in an extravagant three-day affair involving nearly 200 guests last weekend.

Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough wed in Cabo earlier this month.

The journalist-turned-children’s author told New Idea that Jackson Ava and River didn’t actually attend the wedding, despite being in Cabo with their father and his new bride at the time.

“They have to spend this two weeks with their father. Their father designed it to have his wedding on this day … They were told they never had to go. My 19-year-old has assured me they did not attend,” Thorburn explained, before hinting that her eldest child had only been there to support his siblings, who were still bound by court-ordered custody arrangements.

“They (had) to go (to Mexico) and my eldest son went to protect them because at the commitment ceremony they tried to force my children, remember.”

Stefanovic, 44, and Yarbrough, 34, exchanged vows during a much-publicised commitment ceremony in March.

Among the handful of guests present at the private Palm Beach were Ava and River, who were reportedly surprised by the ceremony.

Thorburn’s claim that the children weren’t present at their father’s wedding follows a contradictory report in The Sun-Herald which confirms they were all there.

A source told the publication that Ava in particular has “welcomed the marriage” and even sat next to the newlyweds on the bridal table.

During her wide-ranging tirade, Thorburn also criticised the new Mrs Stefanovic’s wedding day styling arrangements, telling New Idea that “she paid for five makeup artists from LA. Five.”

When questioned on how she knew, Thorburn alluded to the fact that she still had access to her ex-husband’s financial information, despite their divorce being finalised last year.

“I know, because I get the bills, sweetheart,” she told the reporter. “I still have to pay half the bills, don’t I?”

Stefanovic and Thorburn’s bitter split has played out in the public eye. Photo: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

It wasn’t just Stefanovic who came under attack during the extraordinary tirade, with Thorburn also taking aim at his Today co-host Georgie Gardner and regular Nine fill-in host, Ben Fordham.

Speaking about the infamous Ubergate scandal — in which Stefanovic and his brother, Peter, were overheard complaining about their network colleagues including his co-host — Thorburn suggested Gardner had been paid off to keep quiet.

“This was her opportunity to stand up for women,” Thorburn said.

“I guess they threw extra money at her. She got to sell (her house) six months after Ubergate and buy a better house. There you go.”

Georgie Gardner and Karl Stefanovic at the 2019 Nine Upfronts. Picture: Christian Gilles

Thorburn also revealed that she didn’t “particularly like” Fordham, who had been a longtime friend of Stefanovic’s.

“He hasn’t had anything to do with me since Karl left,” she said.

Thorburn also weighed in on rumours surrounding her ex-husband’s role on Today, denying reports that Fordham has been “gunning” to replace him.

“He (Karl) has just been doing such a bad job at it, they are looking for a replacement and that’s not Fordo’s fault.”

Last week, off the back of a weekend of headlines generated by her high-profile ex’s lavish wedding, Thorburn went on an explosive tirade, branding Stefanovic a “fake” with “a lot to hide”.

New Idea claimed the interview was conducted between a reporter and Thorburn as she arrived at Sydney Airport, but Thorburn later denied on Studio 10 that it had ever taken place.

The Daily Telegraph has since reported that it “verified irrefutably” that Thorburn did indeed make the remarks, while sitting down at an airport coffee shop with a journalist named Jonathan Marshall.

Originally published as Karl Stefanovic’s son breaks silence on wedding after Cassandra Thorburn unleashes