Samantha Armytage showed off a glamorous new look last Friday when she was spotted leaving the Channel Seven studio in Sydney.
The Farmer Wants A Wife host, 47, looked stylish in a double denim outfit as she appeared on Sunrise to promote the show.
Armytage was wearing a denim shirt with a tie tucked into a pair of jeans.
The TV star was seen saying goodbye to a colleague and blew him a kiss.
She carried a large woven bag filled with the dress she wore during her appearance on the breakfast show and some water.
Samantha Armytage, 47, (pictured) put on a glamorous display last Friday when she was spotted wearing a very country chic ensemble at the Seven offices in Sydney.
Over her other shoulder, the TV host carried a $369 brown Oroton bag that matched her brown and white loafers perfectly.
Samantha made a surprise return to the Sunrise studio on Friday morning after leaving the show three years ago.
Tensions became obvious when the former breakfast TV host, who left Sunrise in 2021, sat alongside co-presenters Matt Shirvington and his rival successor Natalie Barr to promote Famer’s upcoming Channel Seven series Wants A Wife.
The Farmer Wants A Wife Australia host, 47, looked chic in a double denim outfit as she emerged from an appearance on Sunrise to promote the show.
Armytage was wearing a denim shirt with a tie tucked into a pair of jeans.
The TV star was seen saying goodbye to a colleague and blew him a kiss.
Armytage, 47, sat next to Barr, 56, but stayed a few feet away for the interview with this season’s celebrities, Bert and Dustin.
The couple appeared to exchange several awkward glances as Barr and Shirvington welcomed them to the show.
“Samantha Armytage, back on the couch,” Barr said.
Even fans noticed the star’s behavior and took to social media to call him out.
“He seems SO happy to be there…” one user sarcastically wrote on Australian TV forum Media Spy.
She carried a large woven bag filled with the dress she wore during her appearance on the breakfast show and some water.
Over her other shoulder, the TV host carried a $369 brown Oroton bag that matched her brown and white loafers perfectly.
It is Armtage’s first time appearing on Sunrise as part of FWAW’s publicity tour, having turned down the morning show in 2022.
Instead, she was interviewed on The Kyle and Jackie O Show while the farmers sat down with Barr and Shirvington.
During Friday’s interview, Armytage, a real-life farmer’s wife who married horse breeder Richard Lavender in late 2020, praised her life outside the Sunrise studio and her role as host of the matchmaking series.
‘It is perfect. This show has been great for me. I’m really enjoying it and getting to know these guys. It’s fantastic,’ she said.
Armytage became co-host of Sunrise alongside David ‘Kochie’ Koch in 2013, before leaving in 2021.
She was replaced by Barr, who remains on the morning show with Shirvington after taking over Koch’s duties in 2023.
Samantha also showed off her wedding/engagement ring along with an expensive watch on her wrist.
The presenter walked down the sidewalk with designer glasses in her hand.
Armytage “upset” Barr with a sarcastic tweet after leaving the show in March 2021.
‘Look, I’m out. Nat always wanted the job…and she finally got it. “She just needs to move on and enjoy it, and forget about me (even though I’m unforgettable),” she tweeted at the time.
Barr was reportedly “gutted” by her predecessor’s hurtful tweet months after her departure in 2021, suggesting she was desperate for the top job.
The Farmer Wants A Wife presenter was all smiles as she chatted with her partner.
Barr didn’t expect the former presenter to be so “sarky” after working together on Seven’s breakfast show for years, a source told New Idea at the time.
“No one was more surprised and saddened by Sam’s comments than Nat,” the source said.
“She’s devastated and has no idea why the sarcasm continues, even though Sam is gone.” [from Sunrise] for months.’
Meanwhile, Barr previously revealed that he did not have a close relationship with Armytage.
Samantha made a surprise return to the Sunrise studio on Friday morning after leaving the show three years ago.
Tensions became obvious when the former breakfast TV host, who left Sunrise in 2021, sat alongside co-presenters Matt Shirvington and his rival successor Natalie Barr to promote Famer’s upcoming Channel Seven series Wants A Wife.
When asked about rumors that they were not close, Barr told The Australian Women’s Weekly that the pair “got on well in the office” but rarely spoke after the cameras stopped rolling because they didn’t have much in common. .
“The truth is, we didn’t really see each other outside of the office,” Barr said.
“I guess we had very different lives,” the mother of two added. ‘We were in different places. She was with her friends and I was spending time with my family.
“So, yeah, we were in different places.”