Babyfaced Sam Armytage unrecognisable in resurfaced clip
Aussie TV presenter Sam Armytage appears unrecognisable in a resurfaced clip.
A video has emerged of a baby-faced Armytage early on in her media career, presenting for news for WIN in Canberra in the '90s.
Armytage appeared on the Today show on Monday morning to discuss the launch of Nine's new reality series The Golden Bachelor, which she will host.
It didn't take long before Today host Karl Stefanovic teased her with a throwback video.
“You were part of the Nine family going way back to the early ’60s, have a look at this,” Stefanovic joked.
Today co-host Sarah Abo and Armytage laughed as footage of a younger Armytage appeared onscreen wearing a white blazer and rocking a bob cut.
Abo told Armytage “you haven’t changed at all!”
“Oh darling, thank you. Listen to that little high-pitched voice — I was a baby,” Armytage replied.
Armytage's new stint comes just months after she left the Seven Network, where she was previously the host for another reality TV show, Farmer Wants A Wife.
The show will air in 2025, with Armytage explaining that it is a similar show to The Bachelor that Aussies love but with a focus on those in their 50s and 60s.
“This is bringing it forward to the golden ages, as we like to call it. We’re all heading towards some of this faster than others,” Armytage joked before announcing that they're currently casting.
“What we’re looking for here is a Golden Bachelor, most likely in his 60s, and some ladies who will be in their 50s or 60s … because we’re casting now.
“This is for people who are looking for love again, so people who’ve got some miles on their tyres who are ready to fall in love again.”
She said there would be some “great stories” along with some “kind of sad” ones; however, the aim is for a “happy fairytale ending”.
Stefanovic then joked that it was a shame Richard Wilkins was “off the market” before adding he was shocked people over the age of 50 were “so active”.
“It’s shocking. I just feel like it’s like a lot to look at on the TV,” Stefanovic said, admitting that he'd watched the US version of the show that debuted last year.
“I just find some of it confronting in a physical way.”
Abo and Armytage were quick to cut off Stefanovic's train of thought before it went down “a path perhaps that we don’t want it to go down”.
“I know what you’re talking about, but I don’t think it’s confronting. I think it’s lovely,” Armytage said.
“I think that it’s life. It is. And there’s a huge percentage of the population in this age bracket who are active and looking for love.”
Images: Today