Heading into politics? Pauline Hanson offers Karl Stefanovic a job as Today host is dropped from Channel Nine over right-wing podcast: 'We'll get the country back on track'

Pauline Hanson has assured Karl Stefanovic that he has a job with One Nation should he want it, after the Today host was dropped by Channel Nine on Wednesday. 

The right-wing politician made the comments on Sky News on Wednesday evening, indicating that there is room for the television host on her team. 

Hanson slammed Nine, saying the network would be 'bloody stupid' to sack Stefanovic. 

'They've gone so far to the left, Channel Nine, they're making a big mistake,' the senator said. 

'Hey, guess what, Karl? I'm looking for someone in my office. I want some advisers in my office,' she continued. 

'So, Karl, come and apply for a job with me. We'll have a great time. We'll put them all on notice and we'll get the country back on track.'

Stefanovic has been dropped by Channel Nine amid the fallout from his controversial interview with Tommy Robinson. 

The Today show star uploaded a controversial chat with the British far-right activist to his YouTube channel podcast, The Karl Stefanovic Show, on Tuesday, only to delete it a short time later after facing widespread backlash. 

Hanson had earlier backed her 'good friend' Karl by uploading his pulled interview with Robinson to her own YouTube channel.

The episode - in which Stefanovic and Robinson discuss Islam, immigration and Australian politics - was removed less than 12 hours after it was uploaded.

Hanson weighed in on the saga on X, accusing the Nine Network of trying to 'sack' the Today show host.

'It looks like they're trying to sack my good friend Karl Stefanovic for this video with Tommy Robinson!' she wrote.

Hanson then criticised Nine's performance and management and justified sharing Stefanovic's interview as a warning about immigration and extremism, arguing he was raising issues Australians need to confront.

'Deb Knight was a huge flop for Channel Nine and while she was busy grilling me over One Nation's polling, Channel Nine's ratings were in the toilet,' she added.

'In 2019 on live TV with her, I called on Channel Nine to bring back Karl. Now with six months to go on his contract the weak management of Channel Nine wants to sack Karl over this interview.

'Tommy Robinson has a lesson for Australians. If we don't learn from the UK's mistakes on immigration and radical Islam, we are going to face the same destruction. This is exactly what Karl was trying to bring to Australia's attention.'

Hanson then concluded her post by asking: 'Have Channel Nine become just as bad as the ABC?'

On Wednesday evening, The Sydney Morning Herald confirmed Stefanovic's departure from Nine, indicating the decision was made in part to 'defuse a major advertiser boycott.'

Stefanovic, who is currently on two weeks' leave in London, was told the network 'wanted to part ways' on Wednesday evening.

The Australian had earlier reported that Stefanovic has 'almost certainly' appeared on the breakfast show for the last time.

A source told the Daily Mail on Wednesday evening that Stefanovic was indeed 'gone'.

The network was huddled in '11th hour closed-door meetings' in Sydney on Wednesday to determine his exit from the station.

The TV star, who has been a Nine stalwart for some 25 years, has six months and over $1 million left to be paid on his current 12-month contract.