Samantha Armytage was expected to return to the Today show on Monday, but the TV star has suffered a painful setback.
The Golden Bachelor host, 49, told her Instagram followers on Tuesday that she had fractured her ankle while taking out the rubbish over the weekend.
Sitting on the couch with her foot and ankle in a brace, she filmed herself talking to the camera before turning the lens on her extremely inflamed ankle and foot.
‘One for the foot fetish brigade (of which there are many). Excuse the manky week-old Logies spray tan…’ she wrote alongside a laughing, crying and vomiting emoji.
Samantha also uploaded a video of herself on the couch explaining how she’d ended up in a foot brace.
‘I know what you’re thinking, why is she lying there with her ankle raised above her heart? Well, say hello to my little friend,’ she said, pointing the camera to her foot.
Samantha Armytage was expected to return to the Today show on Monday, but the TV star has suffered a painful setback. The Golden Bachelor host, 49, told her Instagram followers on Tuesday that she had fractured her ankle while taking out the rubbish over the weekend
Samantha said that she had fractured her ankle in ‘a couple of places’ while performing the very mundane task.
‘I wish I had a sexy story for you, but I don’t. I was taking the rubbish out over the weekend one morning and I just missed the bottom step and twisted it,’ she said.
‘And I was wearing runners, I wasn’t even wearing heels, so I have torn all the ligaments away from the bone and part of the bone away.’
Samantha, however, maintained a chipper disposition despite the unfortunate situation.
[There are] a lot of people out there doing it a lot tougher than I am this week, but I am endeavouring to be back on air tomorrow for the Today show,’ she continued.
‘I was meant to be in this week and we’ve just got to work out how to cover the boot. Anyway, any sympathy is greatly appreciated, and I’ll see you in the morning. Bye!’
Samantha was bizarrely burdened with some unwelcome online messages after uploading the stomach-churning photo of her swollen foot.
She shared a screenshot of some of the messages she’d received.
Earlier, Samantha had uploaded a video of herself on the couch explaining how she’d ended up in a foot brace
‘I wish I had a sexy story for you, but I don’t. I was taking the rubbish out over the weekend one morning and I just missed the bottom step and twisted it,’ she said
Samantha’s bulbous tootsie garnered the attention of several admirers, with the former Sunrise host returning to share a screenshot of some of the messages she’d received
One message read: ‘Cute red toes’, referring to her crimson toenail polish.
‘You have beautiful feet but I’m afraid this may hurt your WikiFeet score,’ another warned.
Samantha and Channel Nine star Tom Steinfort look set to become the new hosts of the Today show after their stint on the breakfast program at the start of this month led to a boost in ratings.
Nine has been trialling hosts for the show since Karl Stefanovic left in June, following the fallout from his controversial interview with British far-right activist Tommy Robinson on his podcast. Sarah Abo went on maternity leave last month.
And it seems they found the right fit in Tom, 41, and Samantha as they helped lift ratings by an impressive 60,000 viewers.
According to The Australian, the ten per cent ratings boost has seen Channel Nine bosses eye the pair for permanent appointments.
