Edwina Bartholomew responds to Samantha Armytage controversy.

by Mamamia Team February 16, 2016

Sam Armytage’s colleague and co-conspirator in that now-infamous Kristin Davis Sex and the City skit on Sunrise Edwina Bartholomew has addressed the furore on her Instagram account.

Bartholomew echoed Armytage’s piece for News Ltd, taking issue with ABC journalist Virginia Haussegger calling the morning TV star “daft”, a “mindless bimbo”, and “ditzy”.

“It was not her idea. It was not my idea,” wrote Bartholomew. “But we all did sit there and follow through with it. Do I regret that? Hell yes. Am I making excuses? Hell no.”

Read the full post, below.

Much has been said about that god awful Sex and the City skit last week. Most of the criticism has been unfairly directed at my colleague and friend, @sam_armytage It was not her idea. It was not my idea. But we all did sit there and follow through with it. Do I regret that? Hell yes. Am I making excuses? Hell no. I expect to be criticised in this job – I write back to a lot of it because I want you to know I read it and register it. However, I never expected to be referred to as a ‘dumb chick’ or a ‘mindless bimbo’. You can read Sam’s response to the criticism on news.com.au. Link is in my profile. PS Does Sydney Uni offer refunds on Masters degrees?

A photo posted by Edwina Bartholomew (@edwina_b) on Feb 14, 2016 at 9:55pm PST

Haussegger took issue with the Sunrise hosts’ playing along and “winding up the ditzy dial” on breakfast TV, even as smart and insightful women’s voices on TV are disappearing, in the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday.

Armytage responded on News.com.au, saying Haussegger calling her and her colleagues out for the stupid skit was “bullying”.