Another couple walk off The Block
More drama on reno show after flirting scandal, as couple walk a week from the end. Minor Spoilers.
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Minor spoilers:
A second couple has walked off The Block this season, and it isn’t clear if they will return for the Auction.
Cairns-based couple Kylie and Brad have departed, with incensed Kylie, vowing never to return.
It follows a tumultuous time for the couple after Brad was embroiled in a ‘flirting scandal’ with fellow contestant Mimi, telling her he would follow her only OnlyFans if she had an account.
A week earlier Kylie quit, only to return days later to complete final renovations on their property.
But last night infuriated with judges’ scores she walked out on filming before host Scott Cam had completed.
At one point she said, Alright, let’s wrap it up.
“What’s that?” Cam asked.
“I said, wrap it up,” she replied.
“Kylie, I’m not going to wrap it up, because this is part of the deal, unfortunately,” Cam insisted. “We’re reading out feedback, and it’s the last feedback you’re going to get from these judges on your house. So I’d really appreciate it if you didn’t tell me to wrap it up.
“I really couldn’t care,” she added, before whisperin “I f***ing hate this guy,” which is probably the first time that’s been directed at the show’s own host on air. Ouch.
After walking out Kylie took to walking barefoot on a Phillip Island road during the night, which prompted producers to send a car to find her.
“She is legging it, barefoot, down the middle of the road. We need a producer and a car, now!” producers exclaimed.
But she threatened to “break the f***ing camera” if the crew continued filming, and added, “I’m going to start running if you keep following me.”
Eventually she was coaxed into a car with Brad, and continuing to drive away from the site.
“I don’t want to come back for auction, I don’t want to come back and have to deal with it. I don’t. I literally don’t.”
This week the remaining contestants will renovate rooms on the site clubhouse, joined by former Blockheads, for a hefty reduction in their Auction reserve. Cam will tell cast that Kylie & Brad are not returning.
At this stage it is unclear if they will participate in the show’s auction to be filmed this Saturday.
Earlier in the 20th season Jesse & Paige quit the series citing mental health, forfeiting any potential Auction winnings, replaced by Maddy & Charlotte Harry.
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5 Responses
I don’t know if I’m remembering correctly but in the first seasons hosted by Jamie Durie didn’t a lot of the contestants continue on with their day jobs?
All this drama, but whenever I check in it’s just a mass of beige houses this year.
You would think this is a poor indictment on the show this season, but I bet the producers are absolutely loving the drama and headlines.
A far cry from its beginnings, very sad to see the show focus more on relationship breakdowns than renovations.
There was always a mix of both… lots of door slamming in S1 and tantrums. But there is more airtime now so we see a lot more of it, and also more extreme. I have no argument if it feels like the balance has also shifted.