WEBVTT - SHELLEY CRAFT DOING HER BLOCK ON THE BLOCK 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.120 Welcome back to TV Reload. My name is Benjamin Norris, 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:05.600 and on this podcast, I'll be going behind the scenes 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:08.680 with the biggest players in television. As we approach fifty 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:11.920 episodes of the podcast, I want to say thanks for subscribing. 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:14.760 We have so many great shows to choose from, and 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:16.840 I hope to getting around to chatting with all the 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:19.840 networks as we enter the new quarter of ratings. I 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:22.800 think the Olympics has proven that people are still watching 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:25.800 free to wear as well as the streaming services. 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This week, 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:00.360 I watched a preview of the first five episodpisodes of 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:03.160 the Block on Channel nine in preparation for today's chat, 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.840 and I will get into that shortly. However, I'm also 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:08.240 up to date on White Lotus on Binge and I 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:11.360 have some exciting news which involves that show, and I'll 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:13.560 let you all know as soon as I can confirm. 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.440 This week on the pod, I have the delightful Shelley 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.679 Craft to chat about the Block fans versus favorites. I've 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.240 already been watching the series and I can confirm that 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:26.240 this season is the most explosive yet, with some confrontation 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:29.440 and drama that will rifle married at first sight. I'm 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.560 not even joking. Shelley Craft is back for her fourteenth 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:36.399 year as the series hits at seventeenth season. Shelley has 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:39.479 an infectious laugh and a turn of phrase that audiences 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:42.720 have been enjoying for many years. I've actually loved watching 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.959 Shelley's career grow from strength to strength as I've followed 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.520 her since Saturday Disney and who can forget Funniestone videos. 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:51.880 Shelley has been a staple on our screen for as 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:54.920 long as I can remember, and I'm absolutely delighted to 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:58.280 chat with her today. The Block Fans Versus Favorites returns 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:02.600 this Sunday night on Channel and brings three unsuspecting yet 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.760 hopeful couples who will face off with two sets of 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:10.400 very experienced all stars. It's the biggest shakeup in block history. 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:13.280 For the first time, there will be no plans for 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:15.600 contestants to work off. This is going to be an 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.680 insane series. Let me tell you, this year's Blockheads must 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:21.880 not only renovate the Mammoth project, they'll also have to 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.359 design the layout. And I think this is going to 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:27.080 be why the tension is at an all time high. However, 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:31.440 let's get started with Australia's longest standing reality show co host. 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.240 I'd like to welcome to the podcast. It's Shelley Craft. 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:41.200 We've never experienced anything like this, the biggest TV scandal. 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.680 I think people who audition for reality shows are really 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:49.040 really brave. The sack on the Block this year's poll 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.960 made Shelley Kraft. I don't think we're going to see 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:55.720 the market slow anytime soon. Huge things goes to all 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:58.720 the people who voted the Blockheads and the Blocaholic. I 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.120 did think when the produces said, we're doing a cul 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:05.760 de sac that we had bought Ramsey Street. Oh yeah, gee, 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:10.720 that's a beauty. The block really does help people find 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:11.600 out who they really are. 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:13.480 Hey, Shelly, how are you? 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.000 I am so good, Ben. It is lovely to be here, 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:19.240 albeit virtually with you. This is very exciting for me. 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:21.360 I've got all sorts of buttons here that I'm not 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:23.640 allowed to touch, so I'll just sit with my hands folded. 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:27.320 Do you think that the block is just what Australia 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.919 needs right now with lockdowns and COVID restrictions keeping people 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:33.800 at home? Is this the comfort television that we need? 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.760 Oh my goodness, look at without being able to go 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:39.440 outside and create your own drama. Yes, we are going 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:42.720 to bring plenty of drama straight into your launder room 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:44.280 starting this Sunday. 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:47.600 Which I don't think was the intention of series seventeen. 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:51.360 But I might be completely misguided in that idea. 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:52.040 Surely not. 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:53.200 It was going to be a. 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.800 Fun series, I thought, which it is, But there's a 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:57.400 rollercoaster ride coming our way. 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:03.720 It's beat three newbie couples here to make their mark 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:06.480 versus favorites. 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:11.080 Well, COVID has affected every Australian and the production of 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:14.840 the Block was no exception. What sort of restrictions impacted 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:15.920 the filming of this series. 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:18.719 Look, I think last series taught us so much and 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:21.840 as we saw for the Block twenty twenty, we went 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:24.760 into that completely eyes wide open. 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:25.960 And here we were for another series. 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:28.240 And as we saw on that first episode, the countdown 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:31.760 started to lockdown, which was of course Australia's first. We've 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:35.080 all been through many since then, whether it's with friends 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:38.600 and family, interstate, whether it's ourselves in lockdown for a 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:42.160 thousand days. So it was very different starting a production 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:45.680 amidst all that this year with fingers crossed really but 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:47.960 of course, as you say, lots of plans in place 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:51.000 as to what could and should happen, should we need 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.440 to shut production down or let's just try and keep 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:57.480 everyone safe throughout the process. We got through unscathed, I'm 0:04:57.480 --> 0:04:58.040 happy to say. 0:04:58.320 --> 0:04:59.960 Was it a shorter series like I think I was 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:01.960 talking to one of the crew who was saying that 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:04.280 it was almost like not rushed, but they just got 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:06.000 it done faster. Is that right? 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:09.200 It felt very quick compared to last year, There's no 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.479 doubt about that. Having that eight weeks off in the 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.320 middle last year was in one way a bit of 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:17.160 a breather, but it did make the show drag right 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:19.159 out and we were pushing right to the end to 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.279 get it all done before the auctions, which are of 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:24.200 course always live. So this one, yeah, it did seem 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.800 pretty quick, and we had some amazing contestants, so that 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:30.520 always makes it sort of a power along as well. 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:34.039 I think we still did at least ten weeks of reno, 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:37.400 so no, no shorter than before, but after seventeen series that, 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:39.600 you know, they all do start to feel like one 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.159 giant building building site. 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:44.640 Yeah, I can imagine. Well, look, the block location is 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:47.440 a cul de sac in Bronte Court, Hampton, just around 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:49.800 the corner from where I am. This is a first 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:52.200 What makes this location stand out from some of the 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:52.880 other seasons. 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:56.480 Oh look, it's just so quintessentially Ossie, isn't it to 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:58.640 be in a could a sack? I did think when 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:01.160 the producers said we're doing a sack that we had 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.240 bought Ramsey Street. I thought we were going to make 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:06.000 over Ramsey Street. But no, it's our own little cul 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.680 de sac. Some of the neighbors chose to stay and 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:11.800 didn't move out during the process, and obviously didn't sell. 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:15.159 So that's really interesting that we had some real locals 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.560 in the hood while we were working and they got 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:20.400 to see obviously the goings on which sometimes is behind 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.760 you know, as we've done entire apartment buildings, you don't 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:25.560 get to see a lot of the work that's going 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:26.280 on inside. 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:26.720 See. 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:29.320 Hopefully for the neighbors, they had a good time. Hopefully 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:32.040 for neighbors, they're safe in Ramsey Street and everyone's aaka. 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.000 And for us, we got an awesome location in a 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:38.720 great suburb and hopefully come auction day, everyone is rewarded 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:38.960 for that. 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:42.000 Imagine the Channel nine Channel ten crossover that no one 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:42.599 saw coming. 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.280 No, I don't know why I did, but anyway. 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:48.159 Well, look I love it. And another first is contestants 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:51.440 won't have house plans, which is a first. How is 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.599 that going to impact the contestants for better and for worse? 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:58.760 Well, yes, no global pandemic, but no plans either. So 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:02.520 Scotty's crazy idea to just let these. 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:04.440 Guys free ball itt so to speak. 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:07.040 You know, Off they go into their houses and some 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:09.920 of them will grab that with both hands and charge, 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:13.120 you know, and that's probably where our faves come into play. 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:15.840 A little bit having been through the experience so many 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:20.400 times before. For our newbies, you know, maybe their eyes 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:22.880 are bigger than their tummies. Maybe they're just going to 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.280 go all out early and it's going to blow up 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:28.920 in their face. That idea of creating something from scratch 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:34.480 with no guidelines is a little bit of a contentious 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:37.720 issue for new contestants. Will they run out of money? 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:39.880 Will they get it finished? Will they hang in there 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.120 till the end? Will it be a disaster? Will it 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:43.360 be a cracking series? 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:44.360 Yes? It will. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.520 Well, you know, these all stars are revealed in the 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:48.880 very first episode. For people who probably don't read the 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:51.200 papers and are watching it fresh, you know, Mitch and 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.920 Mark are back, Ronnie and Georgia are back. What makes 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:56.960 those two teams worth bringing back to the competition? 0:07:57.200 --> 0:08:02.600 Yeah, I asked, whose favorites are they? Anyway? Yours? They 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:04.120 make excellent television? 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.920 Yes, if you haven't watched the series before featuring Mitch 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:09.960 and Mark, they were on our Oslo series. 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.280 They had a really tough run. Again. 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:16.000 They were so ambitious with their own plans for their townhouse. 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:19.360 They got in sticky situations with their neighbors, which perhaps 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:22.840 marred their experience on the show. Auction day didn't quite 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.240 go to plan for them, But as I said, they're 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:28.960 great characters and they do make awesome homes and awesome TV. 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:30.600 So they're back for another shot at it. 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:33.000 We are so. 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.800 Honored and privileged to be back on this show. Of course, 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:37.880 we want to win the. 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:38.680 Block out right. 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:40.079 We're competitive people. 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.240 We've come back with a lot more experience, a lot 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:47.760 more insight, so we will play the block game with passion. 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:52.080 Ronnie and Georgia from our elston Wick series, which was 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.319 the first time we'd done homes in a long time. 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:58.400 And again the game really didn't play out for them 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:01.680 the way they wanted it to. They are an excellent couple, 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:03.400 they're wonderful renovators. 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:05.440 They're from wa They got. 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:08.880 A lot of heart, and I think their hearts perhaps 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.120 got in the way a little bit the first time around, 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.600 and they didn't enjoy it as much as they could have. 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:17.080 And it wasn't until after the auction and perhaps you know, 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:18.199 months or weeks. 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:21.200 Later, that they realized they'd really missed half the essence 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:24.920 of the show about enjoying the ride and having a 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:27.520 wonderful experience. So I know that they're back to redeem 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:30.800 themselves and to have fun this time round. Coming into 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.040 the season as an All Star, the pressure is on 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:34.200 your back to do well. 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:35.160 We're here to wins. 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:38.360 We're going to produce amazing rooms. We're going to be efficient, 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:40.360 We're going to try and be on budget, so you know, 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:42.240 game players. Yeah, cool, we'll both. 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:45.320 Then, do you think that there's an unfair advantage to 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:47.439 those two teams returning to the show. 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:48.960 On day one? Probably? 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:54.240 Ben, yes, on day twenty six, forty two, and seventy nine. 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:56.400 No, no advantage at all. 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.440 Look, they do know in some regard what's coming, what 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:01.840 they don't or all those twists and turns that are 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:05.160 build can bring, and that's different every single time you renovate, 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.600 whether you've done it once or a thousand times. What 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:13.200 they will bring is serious competitive energy and edge, and 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:16.640 that certainly I believe makes our new teams have to 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:20.000 step up really quickly. So instead of having those weeks 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:22.680 to find their feet and bed in, they really need 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:24.600 to be on their game from day one, and I 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:26.480 see that as a positive, not as a negative for 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:29.080 our new teams. They just don't agree with me yet. 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:30.640 Well, this is a good question for you. I mean 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:32.520 you've been on the show for so long now, who's 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:35.360 been your favorite couple ever? I mean, you've seen some 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:37.560 real characters joining the show in I think it was 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.480 twenty eleven when you joined. Do you have a favorite thing? 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:42.560 Oh, no, you can't have a favorite. How do you 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:44.000 choose between your children? 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:45.000 That's just good. 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:46.360 It's a tough question. 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:49.480 I've got my phase that I love to watch, and 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:53.719 I've got people who've created amazing homes and my favorite renovators. 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:55.920 I've got the people that I'm excited to see when 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:58.520 I turn up to work, you know, every week. Yeah, 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:01.120 so it's all very, very different. But we are as 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:04.240 cliched as it sounds. You know, one big block family, 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:06.520 and you're always a part of that, whether you want 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:08.600 to be or not. And some of our contestants and 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:12.600 family members, like the crazy Uncle, choose not to deal 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:17.120 with us anymore, but most happy to be a part 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.400 of the family and come around for Christmas every year. 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:22.439 Imagine that. Imagine if you had like a big reunion 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:25.679 with all of these people over so many seasons altogether. 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:26.920 Now that would be chaos. 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.320 Oh it would wouldn't it be amazing? We need one 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:32.320 gigantic apartment block and they all get all get an 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:35.480 apartment each, all fifty of them all back at once. 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:37.400 You know what is lovely though, is a lot of 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:39.760 the teams are great friends. A lot of our Melbourne 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:43.000 teams have gone into business with each other, the Interstate teams, 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:46.079 the Queenslanders catch up a lot and work together a lot. 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:49.760 There's so many crossover shows now which feature past Block 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:53.200 contestants that are now hosting their own forms of Reno shows, 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.520 so that I'm really proud of that. You know, Scotty 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.440 is the building background as well as TV, and my 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:03.120 background always been TV. So to see contestants come from 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:07.000 all different walks of life and also embrace television as 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:09.440 their new home, that makes me feel really good too, 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:12.120 because I feel like I have done my job as well. 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:14.640 And the show has twins Josh and Luke, you know, 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:18.360 who are not unfamiliar with television, coming from Channel nine's 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:23.400 second series of Love Island Australia. We were on Love Island. 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.079 I clocked pretty quickly. I was like, I know these 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:28.160 two Love Island. 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:30.199 You too, I knew it. 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:34.000 I was like, I've seen these blossore, I've seen a thought. 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:34.480 You know. 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:36.679 She was a big fan of the show and she 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:43.040 knew who we were the winners. Anna and Josh quick question, 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:45.800 did you watch Love Island? Did you already know the boys? 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:46.839 No? I didn't look. 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:48.640 I'm a bit out of the demographics, so that's probably 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:50.520 not so bad to say. But Channel and I love 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:52.679 the idea, loved the show, just can't start that late. 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:54.520 I didn't know them. 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.760 At all, and I think that was probably a good thing, 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:58.280 because not in Scottie. 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:00.720 I don't think he's a love viewer. 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.839 But the boys really wanted to prove themselves is more 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:06.160 than just some you. 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:10.560 Know, hunks of reality. Yeah, you know, and they're really 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:12.800 out to do that from the word go. 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:16.360 You know the promos, Yes, they did have to do 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:21.600 the traditional Trady thing shirts off, but from this point on, yeah, 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.840 they are contestants like the rest, and we show them. 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:25.480 A lot of respect. 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:27.240 Then well, the boys coming out of the water in 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:30.040 episode one, I have actually seen the first five episodes, 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.080 so I'm just going to say episode one worth the 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:35.040 price of admission, evenough it's frank because iss on freeware television. 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:36.560 But the boys coming out of the water is pretty 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:38.840 It's something to watch. I'll tell you something. 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:42.200 Out of a James Bond film and dress there or something. 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:46.600 I'm here for it. I'm here for it. You know 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.720 what shows your guilty pleasures? Then on the box? I 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.920 mean I'm imagining. Yes, you and Scottie Cam didn't get 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:54.800 together and watch Love Island, but there's got to be 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:56.800 something that's a bit of a guilty pleasure for you 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:58.000 to watch. That's not the block. 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:01.120 Oh look, Scotty and I have a very different viewing schedule. 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:04.679 I would imagine can you imagine. 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:04.760 What he watches? 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:05.400 Can you imagine? 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:07.480 No, I can't even imagine what he watches. I did 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:09.360 watch him on Who Do You Think You Are? Though, 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.120 and I had tears in my eyes the whole way 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:12.439 through that. 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:14.120 There was a lot about Scotty I didn't know, and 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:15.520 that he didn't know about himself. 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:17.040 So that was a good one. Who Do You Think 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:19.440 You Are? Look, I'm a bit of a binger, I 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:21.880 must say. When I'm sitting in the sauna or have 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:23.080 five minutes in the kid. 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:25.760 Pickup line, you know I'll bang out some stand a 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:27.200 bit of the bowl type. 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:30.120 That's my guilty pleasure as far as you know. Obviously 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:32.960 we've been watching the Olympics. The last couple of weeks, 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:36.200 So it'll be great to see some reality back on. 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:39.000 Sunday one hundred percent. You know, look, in episode one, 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:42.120 we have our first block argument for twenty twenty one, 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:45.600 being Josh and Luke and Christi. The confrontations on the 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:48.760 show haven't ever sort of reached that conflict that we're 0:14:48.760 --> 0:14:51.280 probably used to seeing on you know, Maths and other 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.320 reality shows. Do you think that this season of the 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:56.200 block will reach Maths level of drama? 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:57.520 Oh not. 0:14:57.640 --> 0:15:00.720 I don't think anything is quite like Maths's and Guilty Pleasure. 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:04.560 Let me tell you, it's very different. It's a very 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:08.920 different type of drama. There's so much that goes on 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:12.120 on a building site day to day, and so many pressures. 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.160 Not saying that doesn't happen in personal relationships, but we've 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:19.160 got personal relationships plus a construction site, plus a TV show, 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.200 plus Keith and Dan storming around all day telling you 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:25.080 that you've copped something up. So yes, I think our 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.960 drama is perhaps a little bit more family friendly than 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:29.760 Maths drama. 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:31.120 You work fully? 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:35.640 What about to go down human beings? 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:37.000 Or are we animals? 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:37.440 Rude? 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:40.080 Rich slot flow like the trash? 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:41.920 They don't fight these things because you get dirty and 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:42.520 they love it. 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:45.040 But you were the cause of this. 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.680 I want to speak to the producers. You don't call 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:49.480 the shots break. We call the shots. 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:51.440 The biggest TV scandal. 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:56.160 How dare you say that this is the biggest cheating 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:58.320 scandal in TV history? 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:01.600 But yes, drama nonetheless. 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:02.880 Will you find yourself in the crossfire? 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:03.400 You know? 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.600 Is this a turning point for the show? You know, 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:07.800 having a little bit more conflict And were you shocked 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:09.920 to be in the line of fire when that happened? 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:10.120 Oh? 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.640 Am I just getting old and grumpy? Am I finally 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:14.000 speaking my truth? 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:15.480 Ben? This is all? 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:18.560 I loved it. I was like ghost Shelley, I was. 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:22.160 I kind of felt like you were speaking what I 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:22.680 was thinking. 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:24.640 I hope so, And look, I hope I do that 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:26.880 every week, but I'm usually coming from a little bit 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:29.720 more of a kind of position. I suppose this one 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:33.440 just caught me so off guard and caught everyone off guard. 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:39.240 We have never experienced anything like this in seventeen series 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:39.760 of the Block. 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:43.520 It is just plain out of control. 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:47.200 And so I thought, if I'm ever going to speak 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:49.160 up about something, this is this is it. 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:51.200 This is just well it was a. 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:53.360 Yeah, as you say, a turning point for me as 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.520 far as what I'm prepared to show myself on air. Yeah, 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.200 I was just dumbfounded by the whole thing. Speechless, I'd 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:01.920 have to say for a while there as we're Scotty 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.760 and the whole production team, which I still had to 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.239 stop for a moment and catch our breath at our 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:10.080 thoughts and how do we all move forward from this? 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:12.399 But you'll see all that play out on National Telling. 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:14.600 Well, there's an explosive teaser to the rest of the 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:18.160 season that happens mid first episode, which you know sort 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:19.960 of sets a lot of it up. Was there a 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:22.320 moment when you were filming and you were thinking, Oh, 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:25.240 I can't wait for this to be executed on television. 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.080 I can't wait to see how this plays back. 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.480 Because I float in and out, I sort of rock 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:33.560 up on a Wednesday afternoon and I fly home usually 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:36.159 on a Friday afternoon, a lot of the drama that 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:39.200 happens at the beginning of the week has played out 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:40.960 and is sort of put to bed by the time 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:41.640 I turn up. 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:43.520 So often when I say, oh, how have you been 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:44.240 going this week? 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:46.840 So much has happened and there's water under the bridge 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:48.880 that I don't really get filled in until I watch 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:51.040 it on air and go, oh my god, if someone 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:53.359 had told me that went down this one I was 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:57.720