WEBVTT - CHARLOTTE & MADDIE - THE BLOCK - CHANNEL NINE 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:01.720 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.760 --> 0:00:05.000 TV Reload, the podcast Last Deep Their Life. Hey guys, 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:07.120 welcome back to TV Reload. I want to thank you 0:00:07.160 --> 0:00:10.800 for clicking and downloading on today's episode with Charlotte and Maddie, 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:13.600 who have swooped in to save the day on Channel 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:16.799 nine's The Block. After Jesse and Page exited the show 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:19.480 due to some mental health issues, the New South Wales 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:23.079 Sisters were called in to replace House one with only 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:25.880 a day's notice. Can you imagine the girls have been 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:28.240 shocked with the pressure of the show and how little 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:31.280 the others have really welcomed them to Philip Island. But hey, 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:33.559 they are still doing their best at this stage and 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.839 it's really anyone's game on who wins At auction. I 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:39.839 will ask about the casting process, how far along they 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:43.320 were originally, who they told before leaving, and what jobs 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:46.559 they had turned down to relocate to Philip Island. You 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:49.680 will get to hear us unpack their relationship with Jesse 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.479 and Page and if they've actually met in real life, 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:55.640 as well as what changes producers allowed them to make. 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:59.040 You will hear about the relationship with Kylie and what 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:02.560 produces ask them to keep as a secret, we will 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:04.600 even get to find out about them being the youngest 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:07.440 blockheads and if they think that this will now inspire 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:10.760 younger people to apply for the show. There's actually so 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:13.520 much to unpack, with some fantastic secrets along the way. 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:15.840 So guys, sit back and relax as we unpack the 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:20.600 wonderful world of the Block which is now on Channel nine. Hi, girls, 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:22.240 how are you both good? 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:23.200 How are you here? 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:26.120 I'm good. I just feel excited for the two of you, 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:29.000 the youngest contestants to have ever been picked to do 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:32.640 the show. Do you think that maybe you've paved the 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:34.600 way for more young people to get picked to be 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:35.199 on the block. 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.200 Gosh, I guess I haven't really thought of it like 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:38.360 that before, but I hope so. 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:41.440 And like maybe it's changed people's perception of, you know, 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:43.319 what age you should be to go on this show, 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:46.039 because so far, you guys have arrived late and you're 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:49.440 still doing very well. So anyone who's ages to whatever 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:51.560 that word is, they probably need to shut them mouth. 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:54.200 I think it just proves that, like you can't judge 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.680 the book by its cover, And of course there's young 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.680 people that maybe might not be as hard working or 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:01.840 haven't had, you know, life experience and stuff. But at 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.240 the same time, there are a lot of young people 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:07.560 that work really hard and would be amazing candidates. 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:09.160 I think that a lot of people were watching it 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:11.360 now thinking well, I want to be eligible for that 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:14.960 kind of cash. Yeah, for sure, you were late to 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.400 the party, and if you guys know when to thing 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:20.080 about reality TV, you would know that it's a bad idea. 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.920 It's a bad idea to arrive late because of an 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:26.680 established clique. How do you feel about arriving six weeks 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:27.080 into it? 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.919 I think we were a little bit naive coming in. 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.200 We just kind of assumed that people would take us 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:35.320 under their wing, would be kind, would you know, show 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:36.919 us the ropes embrace. 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:37.760 Yeah. 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:39.880 I think we just thought, you know, we're young, and 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:41.720 they know what it's like to be in this position. 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:43.639 For surely they'll support us. 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:46.120 But yeah, that obviously wasn't really our experience, which was 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:49.160 really sad but a bit disappointing. But I guess we 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:53.200 just had to stick together and do our best despite it. 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:56.440 You know, being late is really hard on reality shows. 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:59.040 It's like turning up to high school midyear with the 0:02:59.080 --> 0:02:59.920 wrong school uniform. 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:01.880 Julie yeah. 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.040 We literally felt like we were the new kids at 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:04.880 school for sure. 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:07.840 When you're even a day late. I think in reality 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:11.280 TV this is my it's like if you if you 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:13.840 arrive at day late, it's like a week late. If 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:16.239 you arrive a month late, it's basically like a whole year. 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:18.359 So that sort of equation means that you guys sort 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:21.000 of turned up a year into filming? Does that mean 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.040 five years? It turns out I can't speak and I'm 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:24.600 bad at maths. 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:26.160 Not an ideal situation. 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:28.760 How did you get the call to do this show? 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:31.160 Like as in who made that phone call to you? 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:34.040 When you were asked to come in and replace Jesse 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:34.519 and Page. 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.280 We got the call from the creator of the show, 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:41.560 Julian and a producer actually, and we were it was 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:43.840 Easter Monday and we're just doing our thing. I think 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:45.760 I was cooking a hot cross fun and Charlotte was 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:48.720 cleaning and yeah, they were like, a couple has dropped 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:52.320 out and we'd love you to be here tomorrow. 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:56.240 If you can, and we were like okay, and next 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.920 minute we were down in Melbourne the next day and. 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:00.960 How do you get sort of put your life on 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:04.000 pause like that? Did you just ghost everyone, including your 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:05.640 family and your jobs, like what happens. 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:07.560 Oh, it was extremely chaotic. 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:10.360 Okay, there was definitely people that probably got ghosted because 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:12.800 we didn't have time to tell everyone about it. 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:14.880 It was like a like a process of elimination. 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:16.240 It was like, Okay, we'll deal with the people that 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:18.680 need to know right away, like work commitments, all that 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:22.039 kind of stuff, and then everyone else will slowly get 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.120 to And so even when we were down in the block, 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.120 oh no, I forgot to tell this person I can't 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:28.240 babysit for their kids on this day. 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:30.320 I'm so sorry. 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:32.800 It's kind of a long story, but I'm actually in 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:33.599 philp Island. 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:35.720 So yeah, like it was a bit chaotic. 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:37.599 Could you tell people you're on the block? Did you 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.240 say sorry, I can't babysit your kids for pocket money anymore? 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:42.000 Some of them we said it was a work trip, 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:43.719 and then later on they find out we're on the block, 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:44.080 and I was like. 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:45.320 Yeah, that was a work trip. 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:48.400 Thing. 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:50.400 Yeah, well, we didn't know what we could. 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:52.080 And couldn't say, and so for the people that didn't 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:54.080 really need to know, it wasn't life or death. It 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:55.800 was kind of like, I'm sorry, we've actually had an 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.920 unexpected opportunity. We're not here, but I guess for the 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.080 people that need to know, like our parents and immediate 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.880 family and close close friends, it was like, so sorry, guys, 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.520 to ditch you all for ten weeks, but we're off. 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:09.960 I just want to know about the hourly rate of babysitting. 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.360 Is is it more all lucrative to go on the block? 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.920 Is there hourly rate better than the babysitting daily rate. 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.680 Well, we're not guaranteed any money on the block, so yeah, 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:22.400 maybe very well, babysitting amazing. 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:24.680 So keep the babysitting club going. You know, how far 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.040 had you gone in the initial stages of the audition 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.919 process with Lucky before you found out your word selected 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:30.600 for this season? 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:30.840 Like? 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:34.160 Had had you had phone calls? Like was there a 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.680 zoom call or something? Did you make it through the 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:38.880 process and get quite close and then get cut off? 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:39.560 Like what happened? 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:41.760 Yeah, we made it through the final round as far 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:44.200 as we're aware. That was the final round just before 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:44.800 they started. 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:47.200 So we did like the home visit, and we also 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:49.920 did like a in person video, I mean an interview 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:51.640 that was videos and then do. 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:52.520 We have other calls? 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:54.440 I think we had a phone call or something like 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:57.400 that and had at least police checks and all that 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:57.880 kind of stuff. 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:00.400 So like we had gone got like relatively in the. 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:02.560 Process and it was yeah, we got to know that 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.159 literally just before they were going. 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:07.120 Down to film, So yeah, we were very far into 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:07.839 the process. 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:11.000 Did you guys wait to see what Jesse and Paige 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:13.160 had done to make up your minds on what was 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.240 going to happen with the theme? Because I got imagine 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:18.279 through the casting process that ask you it's in Philip Island, 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:20.320 you know, are you going to do Seaside, You're going 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:23.719 to do Colonial? Are you going to do Grandma's House? 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:25.400 Or whatever it was that they kept saying about Jesse 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:28.640 and Page. What happened in regards to that, Like when 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.120 it came to the theme, did you try and watch 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:33.440 to see what maybe Jesse and Paige had done before 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:34.279 making a decision. 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.400 Well, we had no idea. We didn't know who had left. 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:39.280 We were just told a couple had left, any be 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:40.839 here tomorrow and we just said yeah. 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.599 So we walked in, never seen the house, some sid pictures, 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:45.560 didn't know their style, didn't know the couple. 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.640 So yeah, we had no idea about Jess page himself 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.520 or knew was that. Yeah, the couple had left it 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:53.880 with the mental health and that was it. 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:55.800 What did you think of what had been done? Like? 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.599 Is that like turning up at someone who's baking a 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:00.360 cake for you and you're like, turns out, I'm like 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:03.159 toasta tolerant, I only want ice cream cake? Like what 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.400 happens with walking in and seeing what someone's done before you. 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:09.640 Yeah, it's an interesting experience because, like, obviously, all the 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:11.920 other couples had, you know, a couple of weeks to 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:14.040 prepare before coming to the block, to have mood boards 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:16.800 and visions, and they could create a style that they 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.160 wanted to, you know, adopt for the house. 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:21.880 But obviously, coming in late, we really didn't get that opportunity. 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:26.480 We're literally seeing it for the first time mid like 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:27.240 a week. 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:29.160 So yeah, we just had. 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:31.600 To run with it and try and make it our own, 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:33.600 but at the same time not too much our own, 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:35.680 because then the house would look really disjointed. 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:38.280 So, well, you're doing well, I mean, which is always good, 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.520 But I was curious to know have you had chance 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:42.840 to I just want to have them on speed up. 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.480 Were you able to talk to them? Why you continued building. 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:47.880 No, we actually had no contact. Well we didn't have 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.600 the jumpers their socials or anything. So no, we had 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:53.480 no contact wow to start with. But we have we 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:54.360 have met them. 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:56.920 Now, what do they have to say about what you've 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:57.800 what you've done? 0:07:57.800 --> 0:07:58.000 Now? 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:00.680 Are they like you've followed ours and you've done a 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:03.400 good job. If they've given you any feedback on what 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:05.040 you managed to do once they left. 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:08.360 Yeah, they've been really positive, reportive, which has been lovely 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:10.760 and so I mean, I don't think anyone's going to 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:12.320 come to your face and be like, oh, I hate 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:14.560 what you did at the house, but to our face, 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:17.160 they've been really lovely and supportive, and so that's yeah, 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:18.680 we appreciate that. 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.240 That's amazing. I think that's always really good. Did you 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:23.800 ask if you could do over any of their rooms? 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:25.600 I feel like that's what I would want to know, Like, 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.280 did you see one of their rooms and be like, oh, dear, 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:30.520 they've put up that painting that's really grading on me. 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:32.280 Are you able to ask if you could do over 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:33.640 any of that stuff? Or do they just tell you 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:35.400 they had to leave those rooms that had already been 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:35.960 squared off. 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.400 Well, it's kind of against block rules to like just 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.400 go and change your room unless be presented, unless there's 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:43.560 a readier room. And so we couldn't just come in 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:45.679 and just rip off the wallpaper and do things like that. 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.760 And plus we did not have the time or the budget. Unfortunately. 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:51.480 I would have loved to have made some of the 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.360 rooms my own, but like didn't even have a second 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.240 I was already running behind schedule for the rooms that 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.560 we were doing, let alone redoing others. 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.160 And so that's a negative. That's a negative, goes right up. Yeah, 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:03.679 could not go back and do any of those rooms. 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:05.719 Just close the door, you know, you know, when you've 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:07.160 got a room in the house you don't like, or 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:09.120 you put your junk in, that's what you do. Just 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:11.480 close that door and pretend it doesn't exist. 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.600 We're just embracing it. Yeah, are beautiful. 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:16.400 You would have needed to make some sort of quick 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:18.800 decision making. So how did you decide who was going 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.040 to build and who was going to shop? And like, 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.480 maybe we haven't seen it flipping around a few times 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:25.160 before those show because we're, you know, only up to 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:27.800 what we've seen. But I can imagine being sisters that 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:30.920 you know, you would have had some sibling rivalry you know, 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:32.880 maybe you'd be like, I'm better at this and you're 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:34.880 better at that. How did you make that decision? 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.880 We kind of just know where our strengths and weaknesses lie. 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:40.240 And it just kind of made sense that Charlotte would 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:44.080 stay on site. She's like really practical, really yeah, she 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:46.120 just has a gift when it comes to understanding the 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:49.280 building world. And and then it just made more sense 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.120 that I would go shopping because we can't have two 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:53.040 people on site. 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:55.840 So yeah, we kind of been unspoken. There wasn't really 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:58.240 any right, Yeah, no rivalry at all. 0:09:58.240 --> 0:09:59.600 It was kind of like, Okay, we know where our 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:02.439 strength is lie, and let's just put each other in 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.680 where our weaknesses are. But let's just split and do 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:07.800 our thing and then come back together and figure it 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.160 out to you know, the bit that we don't understand 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:11.200 and or not very good at. 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:13.679 I wonder whether I'd be the page of the group though, 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.400 where it's like she went shopping to Chadstone and instead 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.280 of coming back with paining to or whatever she should 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.120 have come back with, she came back with shoes. Did 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:22.520 that ever that cross your minds? 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:24.400 I would have killed her. She did not. 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:29.120 There's no way in the world, you catch me doing that. One, 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.839 I didn't have the time. Two, I'm not about to 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:34.880 go and spend my own money on fancy shoes when 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:36.600 you know, I'm barely even having. 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:39.719 The time to shower. Looking stylish was not my priority. 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.600 But no, the fact that she found time to do 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:45.280 that and present her room props to her but no, 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:47.600 absolutely not, that would just stress me out even more. 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:50.280 We should also talk about the teams that are there. 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:53.480 Kinlie seemed to give you a pretty frosty welcome. I mean, 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:56.400 that's probably the best way to describe her response to 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:58.840 your arriving was that the deal is that sort of 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:01.800 how you came across. Because I was a little bit curious. 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:04.040 I kept seeing sort of in the back of footage 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:06.120 the two of you sort of standing next to Kylie 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:08.400 at times, So I wondered whether or not that sort 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.440 of frosty reception she gave you was accurate. 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:13.679 Yeah, what you stay on TV was our experience when 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:15.120 we initially met her. 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:17.679 Yeah, she was not thrilled to see us. 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.240 But at the same time, while that obviously was a 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:23.600 frosty encounter, we always you know, made an effort and tried, 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:25.920 and we wanted to break down those walls. 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:27.640 And you know, get to know her. And I don't 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:28.440 know how. 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:30.760 Much she enjoyed us trying to do that or if 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.079 it was received well, But at the same time, we 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:36.400 weren't going to get on that same level and treat 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.760 her the same way she was treating us. So yeah, 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:42.520 we yeah, we made our mission to like continue to 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:44.200 be kind and make an effort. 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:46.760 Did she respond well to that some time? 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:47.160 Okay? 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.120 Yeah, I mean there was definitely a few moments where 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:52.960 I felt like, you know, she was telling me about 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.200 her kids and her life back at home and that 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:57.079 kind of stuff, and that was nice to get a 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:58.240 glimpse into her world. 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:00.199 But yeah, no, there was obviously the other time. So 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:03.720 she was just not thrilled by our existence on the block. 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.440 I mean, their little wins, aren't they. When you're trying 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:08.320 to relate to someone and they start telling you about 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:11.360 their children, that's like, okay, we're getting somewhere. 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:11.720 Yeah. 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:14.640 No, And I genuinely cared about her and Brad and 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:17.000 wanted them to do well, and you know, wanted to 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:20.000 build a relationship with them. So it was really important 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:21.840 to me to you know, find out a bit about 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:24.360 her story and who she was, and you know who was. 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:26.640 The most welcoming, Like who do you think when you 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:29.640 got there? Was like willing to get to know the 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:30.720 two of you, Me and. 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:33.319 Courtney and Christian kind of took off a round on 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.920 a little tour and they said hi first, and the 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:38.199 rest of them we had we didn't really see apart 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.400 from whether it was either very quick encounter, but we 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:41.960 hadn't actually seen them until. 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:43.560 A bit later on a couple of days later. 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:45.520 And then were you able to be like are you 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:49.120 crew or you contestants we're competing against? Like how did 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:52.000 you know that they were? They were other people that 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:52.880 were you're up against. 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:55.040 Honestly, a lot of people came into our house on 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:57.839 that birthday and everyone was introducing themselves and I literally 0:12:57.880 --> 0:12:59.040 said to and I said what do you do? 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:00.720 And I think it was Christian who came up and 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:02.439 he was like, I'm Christian. I was like, who are you. 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:03.720 He's like, I'm a contestant. 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:06.280 I'm like, oh, okay, out of my house. 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.079 Plumbers and all these people coming. So they'd be like Hi, 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.000 I'm Bob and you'd be like, oh okay, Bob, what 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:12.640 do you do? And they're like, well, I'm the electrician, 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:14.560 You're like great, nice to meet you. And so I 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:16.840 guess it was the same thing with like Charlotte meeting 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.240 like the contestants, but all she knows they could be 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:21.599 plaster and so that was pretty fun me. 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:25.840 So the builders and the tradesman, right, they have been 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:28.000 a huge storyline this year. You know a lot of 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:29.960 them being flipped out. I mean, you go slip houses, 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:33.600 but this season of block people of flipping builders like left, 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.920 right and center. Why has that been more common this 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:38.920 year more so than any other year? 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.320 I think actually every other I know, like last year 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:42.880 there was a couple of builders that changed too. So 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:44.920 I'm not really sure if it's just a new thing 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.200 or like it's a lot being a block builder. 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:49.440 They work very hard, so it hops off to all 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.000 the builders on the block. But yeah, I don't know 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.840 if maybe Philip Island it was harder. Yeah, the travel 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:57.000 was really hard for a lot of the builders, especially 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:58.319 if they weren't a lot of trade. 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.120 Right, And so I think, like huge commitment to move 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.319 away from your family or have these long days where 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:05.560 you can't go home or you're driving long hours, And 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:07.920 so I guess like maybe and look to be honest, Like, 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:09.839 you really rely on your build team and if it's 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:11.719 not a good fit, like, it's just not. 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:12.160 A good fit. 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.560 And it doesn't necessarily mean that you know they're bad 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:16.520 people or anything like that. It just means that you 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:18.920 need to find someone that you feel comfortable with, I 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.560 feel safe with, and. 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:22.440 That you feel like you came together. Yeah, be a 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.720 team because you so heavily rely on them. 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:26.640 Did you ever is it in new contract that you're 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:28.240 not allowed to ask them to stay over? Because that's 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:29.560 what I would do. I'd be like, you've done such 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:31.520 a great job today. Can I make you some dinners? 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.640 You know you want us some cookies and milk? Do 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:35.160 you want to sleep on the couch? Are you allowed 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:35.680 to do that? 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:37.480 That would probably be frowned upon, And I'm sure it 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:40.280 is maybe in the contract. But they kick out all 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.120 got a kick out trade. Well, she was one of 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:45.600 the issues where they kicked out very early. No one 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:47.000 of they would have treads on a Sunday. 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:50.360 She's here. They left for Saturday night and most weeks 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:52.120 bet their like five today. 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:54.400 Yeah, otherwise I would have been like one hundred percent. 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:56.440 We have so many bedrooms in this house, stay over. 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:59.800 But so was Yeah, I'd be making them spag bog. 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.400 I'd be like, you know, here, have a glass of wine. 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:03.760 I mean only if they did a good job. 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:10.280 I didn't have making bad While I was out, I 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:11.800 didn't have time to eat that you're not going to 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:12.520 have time to eat. 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.320 I often hear though, the people lose weight while being 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.520 on the block, and I think that's wild because you know, 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:19.080 people had to have drink. I mean, you can order 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:20.800 your own food, you can bring your own booze. You know, 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:22.800 there's a lot of chances for you to just be 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:23.880 the total pigs. 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.440 We did not eat like them. We were so anxious 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:29.120 all the time. So on edge that like to DNA, 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:31.640 I was like, stuff you all are eating? Yeah, I 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:33.640