Samantha Armytage is revealed to have left a Sunrise producer reeling when she sent them a very ‘stern email’ during her time on the breakfast show.
The Channel Seven star, 47, who has since announced she is leaving the network, was a Sunrise co-anchor from 2013 to 2021 alongside David ‘Kochie’ Koch.
Now ex-digital producer Alexandria Funnell has revealed on her That’s Showbiz Baby! podcast that she was left ‘mortified’ by an email she received from the TV presenter.
‘There was a little bit of an incident that I had with Sam Armytage, it was really upsetting,’ Alexandria told her co-host Jordy Lucas, a former Neighbours star.
‘She’d done a story on… kindergarten kids. It was hilarious.’
Alexandria went on to say she scheduled the story to go live on social media during the ‘primetime’ 5-6pm slot to take advantage of the algorithm.
However, she revealed Samantha became incensed earlier in the day when she realised her segment hadn’t been immediately shared online.
‘She thought I’d snubbed the story, so she sent me a stern email,’ Alexandria said, adding that Samantha CC’d all her superiors into the message.
Samantha Armytage, 47, (pictured) is revealed to have left a Sunrise producer reeling when she sent them a very ‘stern email’ during her time on the breakfast show
The email allegedly read: ‘Hello, Alex, I’ve noticed that the story on the kindergarten kids isn’t live yet. Is there a reason for this?
‘We work very hard for these stories, and to see that these stories aren’t getting coverage online is incredibly disappointing. Can you please put it up ASAP?’
Alexandria said she was ‘mortified’ upon reading the email, admitting she ‘just wanted her to like me’.
Samantha later ‘apologised’ to Alexandria for the message after the podcaster explained to the media personality she scheduled the post to release at primetime.
Now ex-digital producer Alexandria Funnell has revealed on her That’s Showbiz Baby! podcast that she was left ‘mortified’ by an email she received from the TV presenter
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Samantha for comment.
It comes after the Farmer Wants A Wife host surprised fans when she announced her departure from Network Seven on Sunday.
She declined a new deal with Seven after her current contract expires in October, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Describing the departure as ‘sad and bittersweet,’ she told the publication that she felt her time had come and that she was excited about her future.
Alexandria revealed Samantha sent her a ‘stern’ message when she didn’t post one of the journalist’s segments to social media quickly enough
‘I’m big on instinct. I listen to my instinct. I know when the time comes,’ she said.
‘I am proud of the fact that I back myself enough to say, “I’ve done what I can do here,” and I move on. This is not the end. It’s just the end of this chapter.’
Samantha will still appear at the upcoming Logies, with her show Farmer Wants A Wife nominated for Best Structured Reality Program.
However, she will not return to host the show’s next series, which is currently in pre-production. The reality show’s original host Natalie Gruzlewski will return instead.
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