Sam Armytage’s boyfriend Richard Lavender has surprised the TV star on Valentine’s Day by calling into the show.
The 43-year-old was visibly shocked when she heard her businessman boyfriend’s voice over the phone.
SEE IT: Sam Armytage’s boyfriend surprises her on-air with Valentine’s Day gift
“It’s Rich! Happy Valentine’s Day,’ he said.
“I’m much more romantic than Sammy,” he revealed. “You told me you wanted a surprise.”
Richard also confirmed that he made a sweet gift for Armytage – a sculpture that Sam says “he’s been quietly working on”.
“She prides herself on being a good journalist, Kochie, and she’s been asking me what I’ve been doing the last couple of days and I’ve been having trouble throwing her off the scent,” he said.
“I made this little thing for you, Sammy. I’ll send you a picture when I hang up, hopefully you’ll like it!”
The sweet gesture comes after Sam was forced to rubbish rumours of a rift with Sonia Kruger, after the former Today Extra show host was sent to Los Angeles to cover the Oscars.
The host took to Instagram to slam a Daily Telegraph report, labelling it as “menacing”, “mean” and “rubbish” and insisted she is happy for Sonia, 54.
She revealed a lengthy post: “There’s a very odd woman who works for one of the Sunday papers. Her name is Annette Sharp and she’s been obsessed with me for 8+ years in a kind of creepy, nasty, menacing, mean way.
“I don’t know her from a bar of soap, but she seems a dreadful bit of gear. She is certainly no friend to women and most worrying for someone in her position, she simply makes stuff up.
“Today she wrote some more crap about me and @soniakruger who I like a lot, admire immensely, welcome back to 7 with open arms and who does a FAR better job covering a red carpet than me!
“I usually rise above her rubbish (as I was raised to do with bullies) but this year I’ve decided to call out her bulls**t. Weekly, if necessary.”
The presenter star went on: “I ask her to refrain from calling me Sammy. That’s only for my friends. If you don’t like my peaches Annette, don’t shake my tree.”
Samantha concluded: “I write this for all the girls (and boys!) out there, to stand up to bullies and bull***t artists in 2020.”
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