Today star Karl Stefanovic has revealed several very rude nicknames for his workmates in a profanity-laden social media post.

Today star Karl Stefanovic has courted controversy with a very rude post about coworker nicknames.

The Nine host, 50, took to Instagram on Thursday to share his top “ten names for a workmate” – and some raised eyebrows.

Stefanovic, who works with such household names as Sarah Abo, Jayne Azzopardi, Tim Davies, Danika Mason, Richard Wilkins and Renee Bargh, revealed his favourite nickname for a colleague was “soft serve” because he or she “never works”.

Stefanovic pictured with his Today colleagues. [L-R] Jayne Azzopardi, Tim Davies, Danika Mason, Stefanovic, Sarah Abo and Richard Wilkins. Picture: Instragram/Danika Mason
The second nickname was “seaweed” because the colleague in question “floats around and does f**k all”.

Meanwhile one unspecified colleague was dubbed “Shania” because they typically “don’t impress you much”.

The most scathing nickname however was “Kim Jong” for a certain colleague who “only got the job [because] of their dad”.

Another profane nickname was “contagious” for a colleague you “give… a job, takes the c**t ages”.

Karl didn’t reveal which coworkers he was referring to in the post.

Screen grabs from Youtube taken 08/052020 TV personalities Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson during hosting of TV show ‘Today’ on 04/05/2009. There have been allegations that Stefanovic was drunk during the presenting of the ‘Today’ show, the morning after the Logies.
The controversial post comes after it was revealed Stefanovic was vying for another plum Nine role.

In May, insiders at the network revealed the veteran journalist wants to replace Australian actor Rodger Corser as host of hit trivia game show The Floor Australia.

The show has proved popular with audiences and broke records when it premiered on April 28 with a total national reach of 2.22 million viewers.

Stefanovic wants to host the program after he featured in a promo for the prime time hit ahead of its premiere, sources told News.com.au.

It’s said Karl thinks he is better suited to hosting the program than Corser, who secured the gig in October 2024.

The Floor follows the popular Dutch version of the show, which was then emulated in the US, featuring 80s American actor Rob Lowe.

When it premiered, the Australian iteration even topped Nine’s A Current Affair, which recorded a much lower total TV national audience of 1,147,000.