SAM & NAT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE CAMERAS STOPPED ROLLING...

Fan insisted the tension was palpable. Now, insiders tell us what really went on

 

It wasn't just the hot studio lights making everyone sweat as Samantha Armytage sat down on the Sunrise sofa to chat with her TV replacement Natalie Barr on April 12. Fans were quick to claim they were picking up on some tension between the former co-stars.

AWKWARD ENCOUNTER

"She looks SO happy to be there," one viewer commented sarcastically of Sam, who was appearing on the brekkie show she quit in 2021 to promote the new series of Farmer Wants A Wife.

Indeed, while Sam declared, "back on the couch... it's nice to be back" as she joined Nat and co-host Matt Shirvington - with two of this year's farmers, Dustin and Bert - some viewers suggested her smile seemed a little forced.

Nat, of course, admitted in 2021 she and Sam "got along very well in the office, for sure" but weren't friends when they worked together on the Seven show.

"The truth is we didn't really see each other outside the office," the mother-of-two revealed after Sam's departure.