Sunrise host Sam Armytage, a popular target for paparazzi photographers, has taken to Instagram to vent about a gross invasion on her privacy, and share a photo of a drone she caught buzzing above her Bondi property.
In the post, Armytage fumed about “pervy, stalker, weirdo paps hovering ANOTHER drone in my backyard.” She said that she planned to call the police and threatened “a fight” to outlets who might choose to run these particular shots.
Last month, Armytage spoke to The Daily Telegraph about life as a paparazzi target, saying: “It has meant I have to readjust dramatically. It’s taken me a while to learn to deal with that and accept it. I still don’t enjoy it, but I accept it now.”
In December of last year, Armytage took action against The Daily Mail, for an article whose original title was ‘Sunrise host Sam Armytage dares to bare with granny panties showing a visible line as she steps out in Sydney‘.
When contacted by Armytage’s representatives, the Mail changed the headline and issued a small apology, however, she returned fire, demanding the article be taken down, and an apology be issued from both the outlet and writer.
An attached letter read, in part:
Ms Armytage is at a loss to understand the reasons why Daily Mail Australia has chosen to publish this article, which represents a gross invasion of her privacy.
Ms Armytage accepts that she is a public figure and it follow that she is subjected to a great deal of media attention, including by way of rumour and innuendo, such as the misinformation as to whom she is ‘dating’ which is also referred to in the article.[But Armytage] retains a reasonable expectation that intimate, private information which is not known by and is of no interest to any other person would not be the subject of media exposure and comment.
Source: News Corp.
Photo: Don Arnold / Getty.
