Jobless Karen Knaust reveals the force behind her decision to quit her job at K24

She didn’t leave K24 because she landed another lucrative job as earlier thought, circumstance compelled Karen Knaust Karimi to take a leap of faith and quit her job without guarantee of getting another job.

Karen Knaust left K24 sometimes in March 2017, some five months after she announced that she was engaged to her boyfriend.

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Karen Knaust on the day she left K24

Well, apparently her fiancé was the reason why she had to quit her job at K24. The former anchor revealed that she wanted to be close to her sweetheart who is a pilot working for an airline in the Middle East.

“I not moving to another TV station, I have plans of fully relocating to the Middle East in a few months’ time,” Karen Knaust told eDaily in a recent interview.

Karen Knaust when she was still a news anchor at K24

She however made it clear that many people supported her ‘risky’ decision including former colleagues at Mediamax and her fiancé.

“My husband to be is a pilot who works for a Middle East airline. On my relocation to the Middle East, it is a decision we both made. I am glad my then-colleagues and bosses at Mediamax supported my decision to leave the station for greater things,” Knaust added.

The former K24 anchor hasn’t set a date for her wedding yet, she however made it known that she will be walking down the aisle anytime after August 8th general election.

 

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