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Samantha Armytage reveals details of health condition as she discusses shock career move from Channel Seven to Nine at the age of 48 READ MORE: Samantha Armytage makes ANOTHER shock career move after jumping ship to Nine By KATE DENNETT FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 21:47, 24 November 2024 | Updated: 21:56, 24 November 2024 e-mail View comments Samantha Armytage has given an insight into how her health and life has changed as has gotten older as she discussed her big career change. The TV veteran reflected on leaving Channel Seven after 21 years at the age of 48 in a candid column for Stellar , describing the move as a 'fresh start' in her life. She has since signed up with rival network Nine and confessed the big change was 'unexpected' as she detailed the many other changes in her life as she gets older.
Samantha candidly opened up about the process of aging, which has included her hair going grey, getting wrinkles and sometimes struggling with incontinence issues. 'All of a sudden, everything is changing: hair colour, waistlines, sleep patterns, pelvic floors, skin texture, friends, colleagues, houses, jargon, clothing styles,' she wrote. 'With the years come experience, wisdom and feeling more comfortable in your own skin.
Well, the grey hair, wrinkles and interrupted sleep have to count for something! Samantha Armytage has given an insight into how her health and life has changed as has gotten older as she discussed her big career change 'I've loved and lost, I've laughed and cried, and I've laughed until I've cried, which occasionally as a woman gets older means that a little bit of wee comes out (see above, re: pelvic floor).' Samantha also confessed she has both become 'stronger' and more 'vulnerable' with age as she shared the daunting aspects of starting a new job after 21 years. She shared her uncertainty over making the milestone change as she opened up about the difficulties that came with jumping to a whole new TV network.
The former Farmer Wants A Wife host quit Seven after 21 years and fled to Nine, where she will host The Golden Bachelor Australia . In her new position, she will also become a 'fill in' presenter on Today while regular hosts Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo go on leave over the summer . Once the host of Seven's rival breakfast show Sunrise, Sam will be co-hosting with Weekend Today star Clint Stanaway, according to The Daily Telegraph .
The journalist will 'wake up with Today' for a week and a half, putting her eight years anchor experience at Sunrise from 2013 until 2021 to good use in the rival hot seat. Samantha recently opened up about her shock move from Seven to Nine on the Kyle and Jackie O Show, revealing her new employers have been 'very welcoming'. The TV veteran reflected on leaving Channel Seven after 21 years at the age of 48 to move to Nine, where she will host host The Golden Bachelor Australia and fill-in on the Today Show Shock jock host Kyle Sandilands kicked off the interview with a very direct question: 'What was that like when you cheated [on Seven]? Was it hard to cheat?' As Sam laughed off the comment, Kyle, 53, added: 'Did Channel Nine take you out and romance you with the dinners and the limousines?' The TV personality smoothly side-stepped the question and responded: 'Channel Nine, they have been very welcoming.
Very welcoming indeed. 'It's been a really nice move for me and a very good fresh start at this age.' 'We're all getting older.
.. As you get older, you're looking for something different.
You want to have a fresh start at this point in life,' she added. Samantha Armytage Channel Seven Sunrise Share or comment on this article: Samantha Armytage reveals details of health condition as she discusses shock career move from Channel Seven to Nine at the age of 48 e-mail Add comment.
