Lisa Wilkinson has sparked loads of controversy with the discharge of her debut memoir, It Wasn't Meant To Be Like This.
Nevertheless it appears the avalanche of unfavourable press has paid off in spades, as Wilkinson's ebook is reportedly flying off the cabinets.
In keeping with The Every day Telegraph 's Annette Sharp, Wilkinson's publishers Harper Collins ordered a ten,000 reprint of the autobiography final week attributable to excessive gross sales.
'Little doubt fanned by phenomenal media curiosity within the ebook, greater than 4200 copies of the ebook bought in its first week to market,' Sharp claimed on Sunday.
Gross sales have been so spectacular, that Harper Collins has additionally reportedly bumped up Wilkinson's tome to the highest of the autobiography launch record.
It comes after various claims in Wilkinson's memoir had been questioned by trade insiders, together with a chapter devoted to her exit from 9 and falling out with former Right now co-host Karl Stefanovic over a pay dispute.
Listed below are all of the disputed claims from the memoir, permitting readers to determine for themselves whether or not it must be categorised below 'truth' or 'fiction'.
Declare 1: Lisa says Karl snubbed her wedding ceremony Reality: The friends did not understand it was a marriage
Wilkinson's declare that Stefanovic deliberately 'snubbed' her vow renewals with husband Peter FitzSimons has been disputed by friends who attended the ceremony.
The Sunday Venture host says Stefanovic's no-show on the October 2017 occasion was the ultimate straw for his or her troubled relationship - even going as far as to suggest he refused the invitation as a result of he knew she was about to get sacked from 9.
However this narrative has been disputed by friends who attended the ceremony, lots of whom advised The Australian they did not understand it was a marriage till they arrived.
If this was the case and Stefanovic hadn't been advised forward of time the occasion was to have fun Wilkinson and FitzSimons renewing their vows, then his resolution to drag out on the final minute arguably wasn't the snub Wilkinson is making it out to be.
It is unclear if Stefanovic was made conscious his co-anchor and her husband of 25 years had been planning to renew their vows, or if he was merely advised it was a celebration.
No matter what he knew, Wilkinson took Stefanovic's last-minute cancellation to coronary heart, and it successfully marked the top of their private {and professional} relationship.
Declare 2: Karl was paid greater than Lisa. Reality: Lisa was truly paid greater than him for years
Lisa's ebook features a chapter devoted to her sacking from Channel 9 and falling out with Stefanovic over a pay dispute.
She alleges Stefanovic proposed in August 2015 they be part of forces to renegotiate their 9 contracts - not not like how the forged of American sitcom Buddies famously labored collectively to dealer higher offers with NBC.
However she claims he ended up ditching this concept and as a substitute performed rival networks 9 and Seven off towards one another to be able to safe a greater deal for himself.
'Weeks later... the media grew to become awash with tales that Stefanovic was stressed at Right now and in search of greener pastures - and extra civilised working hours - at Channel Seven,' she wrote.
Stefanovic was quickly on the centre of a bidding warfare between 9 and Seven that resulted in him re-signing a five-year take care of 9 value a minimum of $2million per 12 months.
Wilkinson's deal was value considerably much less, about $780,000 a 12 months, and was just for two years.
'There was little question about it: Karl definitely knew the artwork of the deal,' she wrote, including that the ensuing pay disparity between them 'was so off the charts that no-one would have believed it'.
Nevertheless, this allegedly would not inform the complete story.
Information.com.au reported earlier this month that Wilkinson had actually earned greater than Stefanovic for years after they first joined forces on Right now, and it was solely on the finish of their partnership that the roles reversed.
This text - which challenges Wilkinson's most important declare about her exit from the Right now present - reportedly despatched the ebook's writer into a significant spin.
Harper Collins Australia demanded a preview copy of the memoir be returned by the information web site following publication of the story, sources advised Every day Mail Australia.
Within the piece, written by revered political journalist Samantha Maiden, sources at 9 disputed Wilkinson's claims that Stefanovic was 'paid double' what she earned.
In actual fact, they declare it was Wilkinson who was paid rather more than Stefanovic for 'a few years' after the pair first teamed up on 9's breakfast flagship in 2006.
'Information.com.au understands that when she first signed with 9 in 2006 she was incomes greater than $700,000. The fresh-faced Stefanovic, who had simply returned from a reporting stint in Los Angeles, earned lower than half that quantity for years because the TV couple co-hosted 9's breakfast TV program,' the article states.
It was solely a number of years later that Stefanovic would negotiate his approach right into a now-infamous pay rise that noticed his wage explode to $2million a 12 months.
Declare 3: Karl did not ask about her wedding ceremony on her final day on Right now. Reality: Footage from the published reveals he did ask
In her ebook, Wilkinson claims Stefanovic gave her the chilly shoulder within the weeks previous to her sacking, which was prompted when she requested for a big pay rise.
She alleged she and FitzSimons had invited Stefanovic and his accomplice, Jasmine Yarbrough, to attend their twenty fifth anniversary vow renewal ceremony in October 2017.
Two days earlier than the occasion, nevertheless, Stefanovic supposedly contacted FitzSimons to say they would not be attending as a result of they'd prolonged their abroad vacation.
'Within the ten days since [the ceremony] Karl hadn't contacted me, his co-host of just about eleven years, in any respect. No telephone message, no textual content, no apology, not even a easy congrats. Simply full silence,' Wilkinson alleged.
After returning to work, she claimed Stefanovic didn't ask her about her holidays, nor did he apologise for being a 'no-show on the wedding ceremony'.
'For the following two hours, I exchanged not a single phrase with Karl exterior of what was scripted - as a result of for the primary time, I simply did not belief myself to 'play good',' she mentioned.
Nevertheless, her recollection of her final present has additionally been challenged, with resurfaced footage exhibiting Stefanovic had actually mentioned to her: 'It is a large welcome again to Lisa. Good to see you once more. How was your honeymoon?'
Declare 4: Lisa says Karl dominated the interviews and segments on her final day. Reality: Paperwork recommend they equally participated
Wilkinson additionally recalled feeling annoyed and 'quietly fuming' throughout her final day on air as a result of 'practically each interview that day was being performed by Karl alone'.
'For 2 hours, I sat there feeling fully ineffective. The Right now Present was now The Karl Present. What was the purpose of me even being there?' she wrote.
Nevertheless, The Australian has disputed this declare.
The publication obtained inner paperwork exhibiting 'an nearly equal break up' between Wilkinson and Stefanovic's roles 'in the important thing segments and interviews' throughout her final day on air.
Revered leisure reporter Peter Ford echoed The Australian's report throughout his phase on 6PR Breakfast final Wednesday.
'I've bought the rundown [from Wilkinson's last day on Today] in entrance of me, and she or he did not get the lead story that day... however the remainder of the present is a really even unfold between Karl and Lisa.'
'What she's saying would not stack up, and there is precise proof,' he added.
Declare 5: Lisa says Airlie Walsh learn the early morning information report on her final day; Reality: It was Kate Creedon
One other factual error in Wilkinson's ebook, albeit minor, is her recollection of arriving on the Channel 9 studios on what could be her final day on the Right now present.
She recalled arriving to work forward of the 5.15am reside information cross, which she claimed was learn by reporter Airlie Walsh.
Nevertheless, footage reveals it was truly reporter Kate Creedon who learn the bulletin.
Discussing this discrepancy on 6PR Breakfast, Ford mentioned: '[Wilkinson] described in her ebook extract the place, at quarter previous 5 within the morning, Karl threw to Airlie Walsh - and Airlie Walsh wasn't studying the information that day.
'So, I do know that is just a little factor, but when you are going to get little issues unsuitable persons are going to begin to doubt the complete factor.'
In the meantime, main TV commentator Rob McKnight mentioned Wilkinson's ebook had 'backfired' after a number of of its claims had been challenged.
McKnight, a former 9 government, advised Every day Mail Australia final week: 'To be sincere, I reckon we have heard the juiciest stuff [in extracts].
'The very fact is she used that to promote it and it is so backfired. She's misplaced management of the narrative. She was actually making an attempt to make use of gender inequality and it is actually backfired.'
