Peter Stefanovic forced to apologise to teen after viewers called him out over ‘harsh’ question during live TV interview [Video]

03:06 EDT 03 May 2024, updated 07:02 EDT 03 May 2024

Sky News journalist Peter Stefanovic has been forced to apologise to a teenager after confronting him live  on air about his troubled past when he won a fishing competition.

Keegan Payne, 19, who lives in the central Northern Territory town of Katherine, caught a barramundi that had been released with a tag that could be redeemed for a $1million prize on Sunday.

However, his joy at winning the fishing competition was cut short by a blunt question from Stefanovic about a crime Payne had committed as a 16-year-old, which he admitted to.

‘There is a claim online that you stole a Polaris Ranger and Polaris quad that you and your friends stole and damaged from a business a few years back, first of all, is that true?’ Stefanovic asked from his Sydney studio during the live interview.

Payne, who was speaking from the Darwin, simply answered: ‘Yes’.

‘So, what happened?’ …