Samantha Armytage has made a telling comment while filling in on the Today Show.
The TV presenter, 49, is filling in for Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic alongside Michael “Wippa” Wipfli over the Christmas holidays.
However, her involvement prompted rumours that former Sunrise star Sam might replace Sarah in the morning show slot.
Channel Nine and Sam both shut down the rumours, and she has now made a telling comment while sharing photographs from the Today studio.
She poignantly referenced the length of her fill-in with the breakfast show following the months of rumours.
“Bermudas for Breakfast. A ‘short’ fill-in @thetodayshow this week,” she penned.
Karl and Sarah hosted their final show of 2025 on December 19 and won’t be signing back on until January 19.
Sam, who previously hosted on Seven’s Sunrise before moving to Nine, is filling in over Christmas alongside Wippa.
However, she shut down speculation that she’d be making a more permanent move to the couch.
When asked about it on The Kyle and Jackie O Show in October, she dismissed the chatter.
“And you know rumours. Kyle, you know how this game works,” she said.
“No one said it. You know, obviously, this week has been busy because I’m, you know, doing lots of publicity for the show. So, I think it’s kind of, you know, it’s gone hand in glove that there’s a chant about that after Golden Bachelor.”
When asked if she would hypothetically step into the role, she said she wouldn’t answer that question, but insisted she was “really happy” in prime time.
“This is what I came to Channel Nine for,” she explained.
Before that, Channel Nine denied the claim that Sam would be replacing Sarah while speaking to News.com.au.
Why is Samantha Armytage returning to the Today Show?
The network has revealed that Sam is one of the stars who has taken over for Karl and Sarah during the summer line-up, while they take a break.
Along with Wippa, they are following Today Extra favourites David Campbell and Sylvia Jeffreys.
Over the break, the show will also be led by journalists Alison Piotrowski, Dr Nick Coatsworth, Joel Dry, and Jayne Azzopardi.
Lara Vella, Michael Atkinson, Dan Anstey, and Lizzie Pearl will take over the show for the Weekends slot.
When do Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo return to the Today Show?
The morning duo will return to the morning slot on January 19, 2026, just in time to serve up all of the news about the Australian Open.
