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'A big shock': Why Today host Sarah Abo missed 3am alarm call

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Today host Sarah Abo has revealed how she once slept through her three alarms and almost didn't get up for work - because she thought it was a Saturday.

Six months into her hosting role alongside Karl Stefanovic, Abo said she's finally adjusting to the extremely early starts but admits it's a "a big shock".

She said things have gone wrong sometimes.

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Abo once turned up late for the show, with Steve Marshall from A Current Affair ambushing her in the Channel 9 carpark when she arrived in her glasses with her hair not done.

Abo explained she sets three alarms - for 3am, 3.09am and 3.15am.

But she said one Monday her first alarm went off and she thought it was Saturday.

"I was like 'why would I set an alarm on a Saturday morning?" she said.

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Sarah Abo late to work 60 Minutes early morning sting in Nine car park.

Abo once turned up late for the show, with Steve Marshall from A Current Affair ambushing her in the Channel 9 carpark  Today

She said she turned off all of the alarms, before later being shaken awake by her husband.

"He said 'Sarah what are you doing it's Monday you've got to go to work and I was like 'no it's Saturday!" she said.

"This is what happens when you're sleep-deprived. You don't even know what day it is anymore."

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