Karl Stefanovic 'abstaining from drinking' at Logies

Just when you thought you'd heard it all ... Karl Stefanovic goes and says he's given up the grog.

The TODAY host told The Herald Sun at the Logies he's having a dry night at this year's awards show.

"I’ve decided to abstain from drinking for a little bit of time … just to … rejig my thoughts and my body. My body is a temple as you can see,” he said having a giggle at his figure.

“I want to temple it up tonight. I don’t know if that’s going to work or not, let’s see how I go. Let’s try get through the first minute."

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Who would have thought old mate would put a ban on booze for TV's night of nights.

Let's think back to 2009, just when the Australian government was getting tough on its 'stop the binge drinking' campaign, and Karl rocked up to work extremely hung after a massive night at the Logies.

Broadcasting from Melbourne's Crown Entertainment Complex alongside Lisa, he made it clear he was out of it.

"Lisa has not slept... and neither has Karl... I'm talking about myself in the third person," the seemingly-still drunk host slurred.

These days Karl is watching his behaviour.

For the past year the TV presenter has been in the headlines for his personal life - his 21-year marriage to Cassanda Thorburn ended and he moved out of the family's Sydney's north shore home.

Since then Karl's gone public with L.A. based designer girlfriend Jasmine Yarbrough but he doesn't want it plastered across the press anymore.

"I think people have had enough of me and my personal life – I think I’m the most boring person in the world and I hope that eventually people can write something nice about me," he said.

"I try to be as private as I can given the circumstances, and there are a lot of people out there doing it tough and I am not one of them. I am having a great time and it’s going to be a great night."

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