{"id":217678,"date":"2025-10-16T12:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/217678\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:08:13","slug":"aussie-tv-presenter-samantha-armytage-breaks-silence-on-marriage-breakdown-following-challenging-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/217678\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie TV presenter Samantha Armytage breaks silence on marriage breakdown following challenging 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aussie TV<\/a> personality Samantha Armytage has broken her silence around her marriage breakdown, and reflected on a difficult period shrouded in both physical and emotional pain.<\/p>\n

The former Sunrise host, 49, and businessman Richard Lavender announced their separation in December last year after marrying at Lavender\u2019s NSW Southern Highlands property in December 2020.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Stellar\u2019s podcast Something To Talk About<\/a>, Armytage told host Sarrah Le Marquand the pair\u2019s split was one of several challenging life events she was forced to navigate occur in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook what I\u2019ll say for my marriage, was that we gave it a go. It didn\u2019t work out, and so we move on,\u201d Armytage said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd last year, 2024 was a big year. There was a lot of change and a lot of grief, starting with the loss of my dog, Banjo. He was my baby. So that was an enormous grief.\u201c<\/p>\n

Armytage and Lavender began dating in April 2019, and announced their engagement in June of the same year.<\/p>\n

The presenter told Sunrise at the time that her fiance was \u201ctotally the opposite of the showbiz world and TV\u201d, revealing he had proposed while the pair were gardening.<\/p>\n

Armytage added, \u201cI don\u2019t think anybody leaves a marriage without thinking it through quite deeply. You don\u2019t just decide one day and leave the next.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve all got these thoughts and fears and happy moments we share.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SamCamera IconSam Armytage split from husband Richard Lavender in December 2024. Credit: Samantha Armytage\/IG\/IG<\/p>\n

Armytage\u2019s painful year was compounded by her own health issues, undergoing a hip replacement and being tasked learning \u201cto walk again\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, the TV personality insists she feels \u201cbetter than ever\u201d on the other side of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very lucky for a long time, and then, and then things weren\u2019t so lucky. But that\u2019s okay, because that is life, and I got through it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd sometimes you need to go through the grief and the bad times to build up again strong. So I\u2019m not sorry any of that stuff happened, it was a lot in a few short years, but I feel like I\u2019ve come through it better than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Armytage departed the Seven Network in August after 21 years, including stints at Weekend Sunrise, Today Tonight, The Morning Show, and The Farmer Wants A Wife.<\/p>\n

Her latest venture sees her take the reins as host of The Golden Bachelor.<\/p>\n