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Lisa Wilkinson has slammed claims she demanded a $2.3million salary to re-sign to Channel Nine's Today show.
Following her departure in 2017, Nine's then-CEO Hugh Marks said she had asked for $2.3 million per year, which would have surpassed her co-host Karl Stefanovic's base annual salary of $2 million.
Lisa, 61, told The Sunday Telegraph, the claims are 'completely untrue, disparaging' and hurtful'.
Not true? Lisa Wilkinson (pictured) hit back at 'hurtful' and 'disparaging' claims she 'demanded $2.3 million' to re-sign to Channel Nine's Today show
'Hugh Marks said that during my Nine negotiations I demanded $2.3 million. That is completely untrue and that figure is not even remotely close to what I discussed with him,' she said.
Lisa went on to say she wanted to 'get a more equal share of the greatly increased spoils of the Today show'.
'I simply asked that since Karl and I had recently taken the Today show to No.1 in 2016, that there be a more equal share of the greatly increased spoils of the show's success, especially
