I'm ashamed to admit it, but one thought immediately sprang to mind when I saw those photos of Sam Armytage in a tank top... AMANDA GOFF on the open secret among our shrinking celebrities
I'm ashamed to admit it, but one thought immediately sprang to mind when I saw those photos of Sam Armytage in a tank top... AMANDA GOFF on the open secret among our shrinking celebrities
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Nicely fitted blue jeans? Check. A figure-hugging white tank top? Check. A pair of impressively toned arms? Check. Had my eyes deceived me? Was this the same Sam Armytage I'd seen splashed across the tabloids and my TV screen for years?. As she strolled confidently through Sydney Airport on Friday after a fly-in-fly-out trip to watch the Australian Open in Melbourne, I was struck by how... different she looked. In a good way.
![[The former Sunrise presenter, 48, has had quite the glow-up since splitting from her husband, Richard Lavender. She is pictured left in June 2023 and right in November 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/03/94546117-14328213-image-a-9_1737947367938.jpg)
Gone were the 48-year-old's trademark loose-fitting dresses and billowy blouses, replaced by effortlessly sexy denim showing off her newly slimmed-down frame. And I stress denim here because, as any woman over the age of 40 will tell you, we have a long-running love/hate battle with jeans. It's an unspoken rule: we don't reach for jeans unless we're feeling skinny. Light blue jeans, in particular, can be our best friend – or our worst enemy.
![[I can't help but connect Sam's stunning new look with the fact she only last month announced her separation, writes Amanda. (Sam and Richard are pictured after their engagement in 2020)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/03/37450344-14328213-image-m-11_1737947548753.jpg)
Why? Because they are the ultimate barometer of weight loss. Unlike Sam's signature forgiving dresses of the past, you can't hide your body under jeans. Simply put, jeans don't lie. As she strolled confidently through Sydney Airport on Friday, I was struck by Sam Armytage's remarkably slimmed-down look, writes Mail+ columnist Amanda Goff.
![[Chrissie Swan looks like a completely different woman after losing half her body weight in just a few years, coinciding with her split from her partner of 15 years, Chris Saville, in 2021]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/03/94546125-14328213-image-m-23_1737947862053.jpg)
And so it was, a few simple photos of Sam lugging her suitcase at the airport last week had me and my girlfriends all thinking the same thing: is Sam okay?. This isn't a column about Sam's jeans. Instead, I'm talking about weight loss and how it can often be a sign of something else - heartbreak.
![[Jackie O didn't immediately start shrinking after her 2018 split from husband Lee, but following her secret stint at a California rehab centre in 2022, the weight has fallen off - dramatically]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/03/94546123-14328213-image-a-19_1737947723602.jpg)
