{"id":233836,"date":"2025-10-23T01:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/233836\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T01:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:24:20","slug":"sam-armytages-dating-confession-amid-bachelor-romance-rumour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/233836\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Armytage&#8217;s dating confession amid Bachelor romance rumour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Golden Bachelor Australia host Samantha Armytage has opened up about life following divorce during a candid conversation with Jess Rowe. <\/p>\n<p>Appearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/the-jess-rowe-big-talk-show\/id1582086299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show<\/a>, the 49-year-old, who split from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/celebrity\/samantha-armytage-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">husband Richard Lavender<\/a> late last year, admitted she was still looking for \u2018the one.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course I\u2019ll find love again,\u201d she laughed. \u201cI mean, I\u2019m keeping my options open.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am fine,\u201d Sam added, before assuring fans. \u201cDon\u2019t worry about me, I\u2019m having fun as always.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will find love again for sure. I\u00a0don\u2019t know when. When the time is right, he will arrive. And I\u2019ll be very good at choosing this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sam\u2019s comments come just days after she spoke out about dating as she nears 50.<\/p>\n<p>She made the honest remarks during an appearance on GOLD with Jonsey and Amanda, after Amanda Keller admitted she thought people needed to see \u201colder people pashing off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPashing off and sex isn\u2019t just for young people,\u201d she added before Sam agreed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I\u2019m 50 next year. I hope that everything doesn\u2019t just stop at 50,\u201d Sam admitted. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d she continued. \u201cWhether you\u2019re 16 or 60, you still get butterflies when you see a man you\u2019ve got the hots for.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, none of us prepares for getting old. I look in the mirror now and I think, \u2018How did I become 49? I still feel like I\u2019m 18!\u2019 And you hate to think that that stops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/samantha-armytage-and-barry-myrden-68f829d37a496.png\" alt=\" Samantha Armytage and Barry Myrden attend the 65th TV WEEK Logie Awards at The Star on August 03, 2025 in Sydney, \" class=\"wp-image-1309108\"  \/>3: Samantha Armytage and Barry Myrden attend the 65th TV WEEK Logie Awards. (Credit: Getty)<\/p>\n<p>Sam\u2019s comments come after she and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/entertainment\/the-golden-bachelor\/the-golden-bachelor-bear-myrden-tv-past\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Bachelor Bear<\/a> continue to squash<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/entertainment\/the-golden-bachelor\/samantha-armytage-and-golden-bachelor-romance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> rumours surrounding their relationship.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a cozy debut at The Logies, fans were quick to notice the pair\u2019s apparent chemistry, but following the show\u2019s debut, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/lifestyle\/golden-bachelor-barry-bear-myrden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">61-year-old Golden Bachelor<\/a> has been quick to set the record straight. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was sensational. She was great,\u201d he told<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15211317\/Golden-Bachelor-Samantha-Armytage-weight-loss.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> The Daily Mail<\/a> of Sam\u2019s hosting gig. \u201cI used her as a mentor the whole way through. She said, \u2018follow you heart,\u2019 which I did.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s to be expected,\u201d he said when asked about the romance rumours between the pair. \u201cLet\u2019s just say they are rumours .\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Golden Bachelor Australia airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 7.30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golden Bachelor Australia host Samantha Armytage has opened up about life following divorce during a candid conversation with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,37505,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-233836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-samantha-armytage","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}