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Karl Stefanovic and girlfriend Jasmine Yarbrough are all smiles at the Derby Decadence party

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Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough put on a loved-up display at the Derby Decadence party in Melbourne on Friday night.

The couple arrived alongside Jasmine’s business partner, Tamara Ingham, with whom she runs fashion label ‘Mara and Mine.’

Jasmine, 33, stuck to the event’s ‘black and white’ theme opting for a bright-white, mini-dress with fluted sleeves. She accented the look with a pair of statement heels and a snakeskin bag from Italian designer Bulgari — a favourite of the former model.

Meanwhile, Karl, 43, chose to stray from the pack ever so slightly with a navy suit and polka dot tie.

Karl and Jasmine were all smiles at the swanky event.

The duo were pictured with Jasmine’s business partner, Tamara Ingham.

Jasmine and Tamara run fashion label ‘Mara and Mine’ together.

Their outing comes just days after the Today star’s ex-wife, Cassandra Thorburn, opened up for the first time about the breakdown of their 21-year marriage.

“There were days in the beginning I would get up, put on a brave face and drop the kids at school, then I’d get to the back door and I would lie in a heap for the rest of the day unable to move – there were very dark days,” she told Woman’s Day.

“I was completely gazumped when I realised Karl had gone.”

Cass said that during the “dark days” when she was still trying to understand the split, she was experiencing grief, and says it was very much like when a family member dies.

“I realised I was going through stages of grief, and to me it was like someone had died,” she says.

“The children still have a father but I don’t have a husband. He really is dead to me and no, we won’t ever be friends again.”

Cass has now managed to put the grief and anger behind her to forge a new life with her three children, Jackson, 18, Ava, 12 and River, 10.

“I get up every day with only one purpose – to make sure my three beautiful kids are happy – everything else really doesn’t matter,” she says.

“I’m only concentrating on being strong in every way, and being the best mum I can be.”

Cass has put the grief and anger behind her to forge a new life with her three children.

Karl too has spoken out about his much-talked about split.

“I certainly did not expect to meet someone five months after I broke up with my wife,” he told Stellar magazine in a lengthy interview.

“That was not planned, I did not know her before. I met her on a boat in Sydney. We have a really lovely relationship, but it’s got to be slow for a variety of reasons. I’m not going to share too much on that publicly because I don’t think that’s fair on anyone involved.”

He continued: “It was unexpected and lovely, but we’re going to try to keep a level of privacy to how we’re going and what we’re planning, especially considering I have three beautiful children who need to be taken into consideration.”

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