‘I'm finally noticing the red flags': Ex-Sunrise host Sam Armytage's cryptic relationship post after breaking silence on post-divorce love life

Samatha Armytage has shared a cryptic post about 'finally noticing the red flags' after her high-profile split from her husband Richard Lavender.
The ex-Sunrise presenter is enjoying time off in the Cotswolds, England, between filming Channel Nine's new dating show The Golden Bachelor.
In recent Instagram photos of her travels, Armytage can be seen perched on the steps of a backyard with a red mini golf flag in the background.
She took to the caption with a very tongue-in-cheek quip, saying she had only just started to notice red flags at the age of 48.
"She's gone country... Cotswolds-style," Armyatge wrote.
"A fabulous dose of friends & fam & fresh air & dogs & tweed & THE biggest roses I've ever seen."
"Plus, at 48, I'm finally noticing the red flags (as evidenced by my face in pic four or was that the cold steps?)
"Love a bit of mini-golf in an English paddock, ummm sorry, field."
Armytage's friends and followers tactfully held their tongues on what appeared to be the latest clue about her love life and instead wrote words of praise.
"Ignoring the red flags and focusing on my peonies," said one person, referencing the flowers in the post.
"No red flags. You look stunning," another person said.
It comes as Armytage continues to share thinly-veiled clues about her dating life in the media and with her more than 250,000 Instagram followers.
'My love life is pretty quiet, not much to write home about there, but the show's love life is fantastic,' she told The Daily Telegraph's Confidential in May.
'I am living vicariously through my show at the moment.'
The Golden Bachelor is a new twist on the popular Bachelor dating franchise and will see a group of older Australians competing for the hearts of Barry 'Bear' Myrden, a widower in his 50s from Manly in Sydney's Northern Beaches.
Despite Armytage's admission about her quiet love life, it doesn't mean she's not open to finding love again.
The TV host herself recently shared a cryptic quote suggesting she was ready to move on.
"Don't be afraid to start over again; you may like your new story better," she wrote on Instagram in April.
That same month, she was spotted arm in arm with a new "wingman" at the 2025 Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
Fashion designer Jonathan Ward took to Instagram to post a photo of himself beside the former Sunrise host at Royal Randwick, along with the caption, "Very special to be the guest and wingman for my gorgeous friend Sam at the Autumn Carnival Derby Day Royal Randwick @sam_armytage #royalrandwickracecourse."
Armytage announced her split from Lavender after four years of marriage in a statement to the Daily Telegraph last December.
'Yes, Richard and I have separated," she said.
"All breakups are hard, but it's somewhat lessened by the fact it's amicable, and we wish the best for each other.
The move shocked some industry insiders after the TV host told Woman's Day she quit hosting Seven's flagship Sunrise program to live at Lavender's 40-hectare estate in NSW's Southern Highlands in 2021.
It is understood Armytage has since returned to Sydney's eastern suburbs.
She sat on the Sunrise couch alongside David Koch from 2013 until 2021.
The combination of Armytage and Koch saw Sunrise consistently take the lead in the morning TV wars with its rival Today on Channel 9.

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