Samantha Armytage slams journalist for “menacing” and “rubbish” report
<p>Samantha Armytage has strongly denied claims that she’s “absolutely miffed” that she missed out on hosting this year’s Academy Awards.</p>
<p>Her new colleague Sonia Kruger was given the honour to cover the glamorous event, with<span> </span><em>The Daily Telegraph’s</em><span> </span>Annette Sharp reporting on Friday that Sam was finding the decision “hard to accept”.</p>
<p>The 43-year-old took to Instagram to share her true thoughts on the matter, as she dubbed the story as “menacing”, “mean” and “rubbish” and insisted that she was thrilled for Sonia.</p>
<p>She wrote: “There’s a very odd woman who works for 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.</p>
<p>“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.</p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8VokaYHb-9/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">There’s a very odd woman who works for one of the Sunday papers. Her name is Annette Sharp (above) & 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 & most worrying for someone in her position, she simply makes stuff up. Today she wrote some more crap about me (& @soniakruger who I like a lot, admire immensely, welcome back to 7 with open arms & 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 bullsh*t. Weekly, if necessary. I thank her for saying I’m glowing this year. I am. My life is happy at work and outside it. Which is more than I can say for her, it seems. And 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. I write this for all the girls (& boys!) out there, to stand up to bullies & bullsh*t artists in 2020. I’ll see you all bright & early tomorrow @sunriseon7 , when @kochie_online & I will be joined by the Uber-glam @soniakruger for the Oscars 🎉</a></p>
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<p>“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!</p>
<p>“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.”</p>
<p>The<em><span> </span>Sunrise</em><span> </span>host continued: “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.”</p>
<p>Samantha concluded: “I write this for the girls (and boys!) out there, to stand up to bullies and bull***t artists in 2020.”</p>
<p>The post came shortly after it was announced that the official telecast rights for the Academy Awards have gone to Channel Seven this year.</p>
<p>It was originally believed that Armytage would be covering the event, but on Friday,<span> </span><em>The Daily Telegraph</em><span> </span>reported that the opportunity went to Sonia, and then claimed the morning show host was bothered because she missed out.</p>
<p>“Sammy said to be absolutely miffed network execs are now putting their promo power into their prime-time investment Kruger, possibly at Armytage’s expense,” read the article.</p>
<p>The paper said that Samantha will be, “hosting from Seven’s Sydney studio and crossing live to the uber-glamorous Kruger on the red carpet at the 92nd Oscars Awards ceremony.”</p>
<p>It then claimed that, “By next month, Kruger will be all over Seven, which can’t be easy for Armytage to accept.”</p>
