article_snippet.sent: Armytage and Sunrise vehemently deny the claims of the petition, with a Seven spokesperson telling Daily Mail Australia: 'Regular members of the Sunrise audience or anyone who has seen the clip in full will know that Sam was taking a dig at Sam.' '
article_snippet.sent: Sam frequently jokes about the fair skin that runs in Sam family and difficult it can be to manage in extreme environments.'
article_snippet.sent: Still, a comment made during a Sunrise broadcast last month wasn't recieved well by many viewers, who took to social media to express social media displeasure and to accuse Sam of making a 'racist' remark.
article_snippet.sent: It was started by Melbournian artist Jay Fifth, 27, who told Daily Mail Australia: 'By Sam and the show not recognising, acknowledging and rectifying the statement, Armytage, producer Michael Pell or a representative from Sunrise are telling Australia this is acceptable when it is not.'
article_snippet.sent: The 27-year-old, who is himself of mixed descent with a Jamaican mother and a Polish father, added on the site that 'the "good on Samwas inappropriate, extremely offensive and very racist.'
highlights_snippet.sent: A Seven spokesperson said the comment was Sam 'taking a dig at A Seven spokesperson' 