Today hosts left shocked by schoolboy’s grim punchline to a joke that should NEVER have made it to air – and now the whole world is talking about it: ‘I did not expect that’

An extraordinary moment that aired on Australia’s Today show has the whole world in stitches.

Co-hosts Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo were left visibly stunned when a schoolboy told an inappropriate joke about vegans falling to their deaths.

After their initial shock subsided, the pair doubled over in laughter, while newsreader Brooke Boney covered her mouth in disbelief.

Daily Mail Australia understands the moment was unplanned and producers had no idea what the boy’s was going to say ahead of time.

The youngster began by asking: ‘A vegan and a vegetarian are jumping off a cliff to see who will hit the bottom first. Who wins?’ 

‘I don’t know,’ Stefanovic said. ‘Who wins?’ added Abo.

The boy didn’t miss a beat as he replied: ‘Society!’

Stefanovic was so astounded he almost falling off the couch.

‘We weren’t expected that,’ Abo said, laughing nervously.

The moment was later posted to the Today show’s TikTok account – and soon drew millions of views in Australia and around the world.

The clip is making waves across the United States, with TikTok users remarking that such a moment could never happened on strait-laced American TV.

It comes as Sunrise continues to dominate in the ratings over Nine, with viewers warming to newcomer, Matt Shirvington.

Today Show’s Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo were left in shock last week, after a school kid delivered a dark joke about vegans: ‘We weren’t expecting that’. All pictured 

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The former Olympian made his official debut as co-host, replacing David Koch in June, with the breakfast show getting a boost. 

In May, the Today show boss Steve ‘Burlo’ Burling come out swinging against a Daily Telegraph story saying the show was in crisis. 

The article claimed the ‘beleaguered’ breakfast program is in crisis due to ‘diving’ ratings and viewers supposedly not warming to new co-host Sarah Abo. 

However, in an extraordinary statement to Daily Mail Australia, Steve called the report a ‘fabrication’ based on an outmoded method of TV ratings measurement.

The kid said ‘A vegan and a vegetarian are jumping off a cliff to see who will hit the bottom first. Who wins?’ he asked, as the pair looked perplexed. The youngster went on to say ‘society’ 

The story also alleged there have been tensions among the Today show’s presenters, after newsreader Alex Cullen was relegated to the sports desk while entertainment reporter Brooke Boney stepped up to the news desk.

This reshuffle at the start of the year – which coincided with Abo replacing Allison Langdon as co-anchor – is said to have culminated in Cullen making his displeasure known on air by ‘deadpanning’ Stefanovic and Abo.

This incident reportedly resulted in Burling holding a ‘closed-door meeting’ with Cullen. 

It comes as Sunrise continues to dominate in the ratings over Nine, with viewers warming to newcomer, Matt Shirvington. Pictured 

Burling hit back at this damning report, telling Daily Mail Australia it was all rubbish.

‘The story published today is total fabrication and a distortion of the old-fashioned and out of date overnight ratings system,’ he said. 

‘We are in a good position with Today and Today Extra in metropolitan and east coast audiences, and in the all-important younger demographics.

‘Our team is working brilliantly together and our audience response to the line-up couldn’t be more positive,’ he finished. 

Nine’s Today boss hit back at claims the network was unhappy with the breakfast show’s performance in May, calling it a ‘fabrication’. Pictured: Sarah Abo at this year’s Logies