The presenter then backtracked, and said: "No she's not, I just love that term."
Samantha, 42, took the name-calling in the joking manner that it was meant, going on to give a serious answer to the viewer's question.
"We're fairly much, what you see is what you get because there's no time for BS at that time of day," she revealed of the Sunrise team, which also includes David Koch and Mark Beretta.
"And we're all fairly straight shooters, that's why they put us together as a team.
"So, are we as nice as we appear? We don't always appear to be nice."