Sam Armytage is still absent from Sunrise SEVEN WEEKS after first taking time off due to ‘respiratory illness’ and telling fans she’d be back ‘as quickly as possible’
Samantha Armytage hasn’t been seen on the set of Sunrise for over a month, as she continues to take time off due to a ‘respiratory illness’.
The highly paid host, 43, was first absent from the program seven weeks ago on February 26, claiming at the time she was ‘at home sick as a dog’.
Sam later returned to host the program from March 3-13, but has not been seen since.
Get well soon? Samantha Armytage hasn’t been seen on the set of Sunrise for over a month, as she continues to take time off due to a ‘respiratory illness’
Fans first learned that the popular host would be absent from an Instagram story post on March 17.
‘Hi all… I’m taking a few weeks off work as I’ve had a respiratory infection (for three months) since the bushfires and it just won’t heal,’ she wrote.
‘I don’t have coronavirus, but I’m worried I’ll get it if I don’t get better. Thought it was a good time to lie low.’
On Monday, Sam told Daily Mail Australia she was ‘hoping to be back on air soon.’
‘At home sick as a dog’: The highly paid host, 43, was first absent from the program seven weeks ago on February 26, claiming at the time she was ‘at home sick as a dog’
Last Friday marked one month since she last appeared on-air.
Sam provided an update a week later on March 23, praising the show’s newsreader Natalie Barr for filling in so that she could ‘rest & recover as quickly as possible.’
There has been no update since, although recent social media posts indicate she may have made a full recovery.
Back and forth: She later returned from March 3-13, but was gone again the following week. On March 17, Sam announced she’d be off for ‘a few weeks’ due to a ‘respiratory illness’ she claimed to have been suffering ever since covering the bush fires last year
Sam seemingly confirmed her recovery in a post on April 4, posing cheek-to-cheek on the lounge with her boyfriend Richard Lavender.
‘Ready for Randwick,’ she wrote in the caption, referencing a racing event that was being broadcast on television, with no fans present.
All better? Sam seemingly confirmed her recovery in a post on April 4, posing cheek-to-cheek on the lounge with her boyfriend Richard Lavender
The journalist joked that the ‘best bits’ about enjoying the event for home were ‘no queue for the loo and no heels!’
On Sunday, she returned to Instagram yet again, this time to promote an opinion piece she’d written for the weekend newspaper.
Where have you been? In recent days, devoted fans have taken to posting comments on weeks-old Instagram posts, asking when she’d be returning to Sunrise
In recent days, devoted fans have taken to posting comments on weeks-old Instagram posts, asking when she’d be returning to Sunrise.
‘Where have you been? We miss you on the morning show,’ asked one fan last week.
Others wished her a ‘speedy recovery’ and asked for updates on when she’d return.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Sam Armytage for comment