It's been four days since theLogiesand three sinceSunrisehostDavid Kochignited a war of wordswithMarried At First Sight'sMarthaKalifatidis after he revealed theMAFScontestantelbowed him in the ribs on thered carpet.
Kochie'sco-hostSamantha Armytagehas broken her silence on the feud, telling Nova's Fitzy & Wippa she's pretty much finished talking about the subject.
WATCH MAFS Martha calls Sam Armytage a 'bully':
Speaking live on air on Thursday morning, Sam dished onAustraliancomedian Tom Gleeson's shock GoldLogiewin and how she's become a target fortrollssince publicly supporting her Channel Seven colleague in 'elbow gate'.
"Kochie accused her of elbowing him on thered carpet. They didn't even get an invite to theLogies," Wippa began.
"Well look... I won't throw any shade atMartha, but let's not give it any more oxygen - because the fifteen minutes [of fame] has just gone on, and on," Sam laughed.
David Koch, Samantha Armytage, Natalie Barr and Mark Beretta attend the Logies 2019
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Asked if Kochie had embellished the story ofMarthaelbowing him to get in front of the camera, Sam was diplomatic in her reply.
"Look, it was just unfortunate. Have you ever been on thesered carpets? They're pushy.
"And have you ever been on thesered carpetswith areality star?" she joked.
In the aftermath of theLogies,Marthabranded Sam, newsreader Natalie Barr and sports reporter Mark Beretta "bullies" for supporting their colleague Kochie, addressing the incident in a YouTube video filmed at herMelbournehome with boyfriend Michael Brunelli.
The Kim Kardashian lookalike defended herself and took a swipe at Kochie for "shaming" her toAustralianviewers on national breakfast TV.
"Just when I had built myself back up after the tumultuous time on MAFS, you [DavidKoch and Sam Armytage] brought it all crashing down."
In hersocial mediapost,Marthasaid she did not remember seeing Kochie on thered carpet, as "it was packed", but acknowledged there could have been an accidental bump.
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