Karl Stefanovic captures the sweet moment his mother Jenny finally meets his daughter Harper

He’s previously spoken about his heartache that his mother, Jenny, has been unable to meet his baby daughter, Harper, due to coronavirus pandemic.

But on Thursday, Karl Stefanovic was finally able to introduce his little bundle of joy to his glowing mother Jenny, 70.  

Sharing the sweet moment on his Instagram, Karl, 46, began: ‘My mum lives in Cairns. Covid stopped her from seeing our baby Harper.’

‘She was scared to come down initially. She didn’t want to get it. She didn’t want to fly. But last week she drove 2,500 kilometres to be with us. She’s had enough.’

‘A fierce beautiful magnificent independent vulnerable spiritual woman,’ he gushed.

‘Here she is presenting her grand daughter with my grandmother’s favourite flower –  She is my mum. I love her,’ he concluded.

In the post, baby Ava is seen sitting on her nan’s lap, while another shared by Karl’s wife Jasmine, shows the proud grandmother holding her up.

Back in April, Karl spoke about his mother being unable to meet his newborn baby when she was born.

During a segment about mental health amid the coronavirus pandemic on the Today show, the breakfast host said his mum was ‘terribly anxious’ about COVID-19.

‘I spoke to my mum, mum is terribly anxious because she’s in Cairns on her own and trying to isolate,’ Karl explained.

‘She has anxiety about not being with us with the baby coming. That builds for her and I just said to her, because this Lifeline counsellor said to me, ‘you focus on the positives’.’

He added: ‘We will get through this. We will reach the other side. You will see the baby. You will do all those things.’

Karl said that focusing on short-term goals during the global health crisis helps to ‘keep the spirits up.’