Why Kylie Gillies was invited to Sam Armytage’s send-off but Sunrise stars weren’t

The Morning Show host Kylie Gillies reveals why she was invited to Sam Armytage’s farewell dinner – but her Sunrise colleagues weren’t

The Morning Show’s Kylie Gillies has revealed why she and co-anchor Larry Emdur attended Sam Armytage’s farewell party on March 11, but her colleagues on Sunrise – including hosts David Koch and Natalie Barr – weren’t invited.

Kylie, 53, said on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Monday that Sam hadn’t actually planned a send-off, but decided to do something at the last minute when Kylie asked her what she was doing that afternoon.

The late lunch at Catalina Restaurant in Sydney’s Rose Bay was cobbled together at the eleventh hour, she said, and the on-air Sunrise team didn’t go because they had already spent hours toasting with Sam at Seven’s Martin Place studios.

On the guest list: The Morning Show’s Kylie Gillies (right) has revealed why she and co-anchor Larry Emdur attended Sam Armytage’s (left) farewell party on March 11, but her colleagues on Sunrise – including hosts David Koch and Natalie Barr – weren’t invited

She explained: ‘I was there… I said to Sam, “What are doing after work? You can’t go home and do the washing. Let’s go out an have [lunch]. Let’s have a champagne; you can’t go home.”‘

Radio host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson replied: ‘So you were the one responsible for this impromptu little get-together!’

Kylie agreed, then said reports of the Sunrise team being snubbed by Sam weren’t accurate as they’d spent the morning drinking champagne at Brekky Central.

‘While we were on air [on The Morning Show], they all had some champagne in the office with Sam,’ she said. 

Impromptu get-together: Kylie, 53, said on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Monday that Sam hadn't actually planned a send-off, but decided to do something at the last minute when Kylie asked her what she was doing that afternoon. Kylie is pictured arriving for the late lunch at Catalina Restaurant in Sydney's Rose Bay on March 11

Impromptu get-together: Kylie, 53, said on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Monday that Sam hadn’t actually planned a send-off, but decided to do something at the last minute when Kylie asked her what she was doing that afternoon. Kylie is pictured arriving for the late lunch at Catalina Restaurant in Sydney’s Rose Bay on March 11