Australian TV presenter Sam Armytage has claimed Australia has become “very woke” and revealed why he quit Channel 7’s Sunrise show.
In a wide-ranging conversation with 2GB’s Ben Fordham, Armytage was asked if Australia has become too woke as a society.
‘We’ve become very awake, haven’t we?’ Armytage responded.
“That’s the way society goes and we all have to adapt.”
Fordham then claimed that he was seeing young people fighting against wokeness, to which Armytage responded: ‘Are they?’ Good.’
“There are younger people who are going to miss out on that fun or the freedom to express themselves or say what they want to say or make an inappropriate joke,” Fordham explained.
“And the younger people I run into are really opposed to that because they say, ‘Well, wait a minute, you guys could do it, why can’t we?'”
Earlier in the podcast, Armytage revealed that he had made “a lot of money” betting that Donald Trump would win the 2016 election.
Speaking to 2GB’s Ben Fordham, Samantha Armytage (pictured) said Australia has become “very woke”.
“I had a suspicion I was going to win because my parents were country people, and I could hear what was going on out there with the silent majority and the quiet people who kind of go underground at times like this,” he said.
‘I thought there was going to be a change here. This is going to be some kind of revolt. And this is what happens in a society when, when you lean into wokeness, a lot of people go silent, and I could see it coming.
“That doesn’t mean I support or approve of it, but I made money on it last time and it will be very interesting to see what happens next week.”
Armytage also revealed why he left Sunrise.
“Look, I’ve had enough,” he said.
“I’ve done it for a long time; you know what those hours are like, it’s pretty exhausting.”
He added that he “used to get a lot of attention” from Sunrise, which was becoming “quite active.”
Previously on Ben Fordham’s podcast, Armytage revealed he made “a lot of money” betting on Donald Trump (pictured) to win the 2016 election.
After 21 years at Seven, Samantha Armytage has jumped to Nine and will host The Golden Bachelor.
“I just needed a break,” he said.
‘The time was right and life had changed. I just got married, my mother had died, everything had changed and I knew it was the right time.
“I had had enough, and you know I like a good horse metaphor: I had ridden it to the top, I had done everything I could, and it was a good time to get out.”
After 21 years at Seven, Armytage jumped to Nine and, after much speculation, was confirmed as host of reality dating show The Golden Bachelor.
The contestants on The Golden Bachelor are people between 50 and 60 years old.
Armytage told Fordham they are looking for an “everyman” and 10 to 12 women for the show.
“I think this program has a lot of potential,” Armytage said.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun, it’s going to be hilarious, but I also think we have room for some really touching stories because we’re looking for people in their 50s and 60s, maybe even 70s, who have loved before and want to love again.” .’