An attraction to bad boys, dates set up by Jules Sebastian and advice from Nicole Kidman: Sunrise’s Samantha Armytage, 43, reveals how she nearly gave up on love before getting engaged to Richard Lavender
Sunrise star Sam Armytage just announced her engagement to boyfriend Richard Lavender.
And the 43-year-old has revealed how she almost gave up on love before meeting the handsome Bowral businessman, 60.
In a newly resurfaced interview with Tea with Jules from 2014, Sam was personable and warm as she revealed her struggle to find the one.
Journey: Sunrise’s Samantha Armytage, 43, reveals how she nearly gave up on love before getting engaged to Richard Lavender, 60. (Both pictured)
‘I’m hopeless with men,’ Sam said. ‘If there are 29 great guys in a room and one d**khead, I will pick the d**khead every single time.’
Sam went on to say she was attracted to the mysterious bad boy types, admitting she was a bit scared of her own judgement.
The breakfast show host even confessed that her mother once told her she has worse taste in men than the late Princess Diana – which she reluctantly agreed.
Unlucky with men: ‘I’m hopeless with men,’ Sam (pictured) said. ‘If there are 29 great guys in a room and one d**khead, I will pick the d**khead every single time’
Elsewhere in the interview, host Jules Sebastian called Sam a ‘man magnet’ after the pair went out and Jules was trying to set her up in a hotel bar.
‘You were trying to set me up that night in the Gold Coast in a hotel bar,’ Sam said during the chat. ‘It was so dodgy,’ she added.
Sam said she interviewed Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman when she was 39, saying she was inspired after she met ‘soulmate’ Keith Urban at 39.
‘She said she met Keith when she was 39, I turned 39 later that year, and I said that is great inspiration that you can find your soulmate at this age,’ Sam said.
Beauty: Elsewhere in the interview, host Jules Sebastian called Sam a ‘man magnet’ after the pair went out and Jules was trying to set her up in a hotel bar
‘She sprinkled the fairy dust and said you will find your man.’
Sam announced her engagement to horse breeder Richard on Sunday, June 21, sharing two photos to Instagram of herself in the arms of her fiancé, with a diamond ring on her wedding finger.
When she returned to Sunrise the following Tuesday, she told co-host David ‘Kochie’ Koch that Richard had proposed on the spur of the moment in the paddock of his rural property in the NSW Southern Highlands.
Inspiration: ‘She said set met Keith when she was 39, I turned 39 later that year, and I said that is great inspiration that you can find your soulmate at this age,’ Sam said.
Over the weekend, the couple hosted a small get-together at Richard’s farm to celebrate their upcoming union.
Just five days after announcing her engagement, Sam put her North Bondi home on the market.
After purchasing the property for $2.15million back in 2014, she has now listed it with a $2.8million price guide.
Samantha and Richard confirmed their romance to WHO magazine in November. They are yet to announce a date for their wedding.
Here comes the bride: Samantha and Richard (pictured) confirmed their romance to WHO magazine in November. They have yet to announce a date for their wedding