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If you were one of those people who woke in the middle of the night to proudly watch the Aussies march through the , there's a chance you may be feeling disgruntled this morning. Many Aussies have taken to social media to slam Channel Nine's coverage of the Opening Ceremony, while also complaining about . With Australia being the third-last nation to appear, fans who stayed glued to their TVs throughout the early hours of the morning were left unhappy with Nine's treatment of the Opening Ceremony as well as being unimpressed with Karl Stefanovic's commentary.

From being dubbed 'horrific' to listen to, and with many begging him to 'shut up', fans didn't mince their words when it came to slamming Karl over his hosting duties. From Karl's commentary about the weather, to people saying he was talking over the most important and entertaining parts of the ceremony, Channel Nine's coverage didn't win over many fans. "Can someone shut up Karl Stefanovic? It's raining, we get it.



You're a pathetic broadcast," one person complained. "Why the f**k would you have Karl Stefanovic as a host for the Opening Ceremony? Todd Woodbridge by himself would have been perfect," another pointed out. "For f**ks sake channel 9, give us the option of no commentary," another person ranted.

Congratulations to the channel 9 Australian coverage who aren’t telling us who anyone is or what they are saying. 😅 — Rhys (@RhysStewart2407) Others labelled some of Karl's commentary extremely cringe, especiall.

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