The real reason Samantha Armytage walked away from Farmer Wants A Wife is revealed as details of her bumper Seven contract emerge READ MORE: Ex-Sunrise worker 'mortified' by 'stern email' from Sam Armytage By Kinta Walsh-cotton For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:41 BST, 12 August 2024 | Updated: 02:41 BST, 12 August 2024 e-mail View comments Samantha Armytage shocked fans when she decided to quit Seven and leave Farmer Wants A Wife last week, and now details have emerged of the new contract she turned down. The former Sunrise star, 47, appeared as a guest host on matchmaking reality series FWAW in 2022 before she pushed out Natalie Gruzlewski to become the face in 2023. A source has now alleged that Sam threw in the towel after two seasons as the host because Seven wanted to cut her massive salary, reported Woman's Day on Monday.
'Sam wanted similar money to what Natalie Barr and Sonia Kruger are on,' the insider told the publication. 'Sam was still on breakfast TV money from an old contract and that's just not what you get paid to host one reality show these days. 'She was asking for what Sonia gets paid for three shows.
It wasn't going to happen. Seven just didn't have the money.' They went on to say that Seven also refused to allow Sam more 'creative control' on the reality TV series, which also soured the media personality.
Now, after 21 years at Seven which saw her salary get up to a reported $500,000 per year, Sam's agents are said to be setting up meetings with Nin.