Karl Stefanovic vs Michael Clarke: Today host seen for the first time since ... trends now

Karl Stefanovic has stepped out for the first time since footage surfaced of him intervening in a wild argument between his sister-in-law Jade Yarbrough and good mate Michael Clarke. 

The Today show host, 48, was spotted by paparazzi at Sydney Airport on Thursday at 11am ahead of his flight to Melbourne, where he will report on the Australia Open for Channel Nine. 

As he arrived at the airport terminal, Stefanovic was grilled by photographers about his rocky friendship with Clarke, 41,  but couldn't be drawn on the matter.    

'Have you spoken to Clarkey, mate? Is he allowed at your Noosa holiday home again? Or never again?' one photographer asked as Stefavnoic walked by. 

Dressed in a navy suit and light blue tie, Stefanovic refused to utter a word but did seem visibly amused by the photographer's line of questioning. 

He almost burst into laughter as the photographer suggested he and Clarke could sort out their difference in the boxing ring. 

'Can we organise a boxing match? A celebrity boxing match?' he asked a smirking Stefanovic. 

The Nine presenter had also ignored news of his park scuffle while reading the headlines on Thursday's Today show.  

There was no mention of the leaked video - recorded while Stefanovic and Clarke were on holiday in Noosa with their respective partners on January 10 - at the start of the broadcast as he and co-host Sarah Abo went through the day's major headlines.

The fracas did make the early news bulletin over on Channel Seven's Sunrise, however, with Edwina Bartholomew giving a detailed rundown of the incident shortly after 5:30am.

Stefanovic and Clarke clashed at a park in Noosa, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, earlier this month while on holiday with their respective partners, sisters Jasmine and Jade Yarbrough. 

At the heart of the feud were allegations Clarke hooked up with ex-flame Edwards on

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