WEBVTT - Marty Fox - THE BLOCK - TV Judge 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:04.520 TV Reload the podcast Past Deep the Mine and welcome 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:06.600 back guys to TV Reload. As you may know, my 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:09.320 name is Benjamin Norris and this is your podcast to 0:00:09.360 --> 0:00:12.080 get all the inside goss on the popular TV shows 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:15.000 you may be watching from around the world. Undeniably, our 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:17.640 TV sets are a major part of our home entertainment, 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:20.360 and yet very little is known about how our favorite 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:23.120 shows get made. 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On today's pot, 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:44.880 I have Marty Fox, the new Judge of the Block 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:48.440 twenty twenty three Australia will sadly see long standing judge 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:51.480 Near leave this series this Sunday nine, and we will 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:55.160 get introduced to White Fox, real estate agent and CEO 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:57.960 of Marty Fox, who will join SHANEA. Blaze and Darren 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:01.040 Palmer as they critique the scores of this year's houses. 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:03.680 The Block is a huge show for Channel nine and 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:06.080 this series is one of the best series in terms 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:09.440 of contestants. So how will Marty Fox go and what 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.399 sort of a judge will he be? Well, you guys 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:14.240 are going to get an exclusive look at Marty Fox 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:16.240 today and you'll get an idea as to how that's 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:18.760 going to go down. This season of The Block is 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:22.080 set in a family friendly Melbourne suburb of Hampton East. 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:25.000 The new series features five houses designed and build in 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:28.479 the nineteen fifties and located on the applely named Charming Street. 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:30.880 I will talk to Marty about his addition to the 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:34.080 show and what preparation he put into joining the series. 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.040 We will find out what Scotti Cam said to Marty 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:39.440 as he joined the show and how that affected his 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:42.440 time on camera. Marty will share his thoughts on Shana 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:45.600 Blaze and Darren Palmer as he sizes up his new 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.800 work colleagues. Plus, we will get plenty of exclusives from 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:51.240 behind the scenes of the Block, which will premiere this 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:54.440 Sunday night, the sixth Jolyfe at seven thirty on Channel 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:56.320 nine and you will be able to catch up on 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:58.720 nine now if you fall a little bit behind. Anyway, 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.200 Let's bring Marty into the PO podcast and guys, I 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:03.920 really hope you enjoy this fascinating look at the new 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:05.559 series of the Block twenty twenty three. 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:09.119 Hey Ben, Hey buddy, how are you. I'm good as 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:10.000 your morning been. Well. 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:12.320 I'm excited to be talking to you because I do 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.680 this thing. When I'm about to put someone on the podcast, 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.080 I then do as much research as I can find 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:19.799 about someone, and I become a little bit obsessed with them. 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:21.600 So then by the time they get on the public 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:23.480 by the time they're on the podcast, I feel a 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:24.600 little strange. 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:27.919 You know. I what have you been digging up? Mate? Everything? 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:30.760 I'm only joking. I've just been watching a lot of 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.320 a lot of your moments as well in the first 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:35.880 few weeks, which Australian audiences are about to see. Are 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.760 you excited to be on this show and to see 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:40.400 how audiences are going to respond to you? 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:42.880 Yeah? Well, I think you know, coming from running a 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:45.960 business where you're in charge of obviously all your creative 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:50.080 and editing and direction, it's a very different experience to 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.320 just potentially do what you do or perform however you 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:54.880 want to call it, and then just sort of sit 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:57.280 back and have faith that what you've what you've been 0:02:57.280 --> 0:03:00.760 able to put out resonate. So it's a very different experience. 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.400 You know, it's a mix of emotions. It's you know, excitement, 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.880 anxiousness all sort of wrapped into one. It's pretty cool. 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:08.960 Well, it's an exciting job to get. I mean, it 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:11.000 would be quite a coveted role to try and pick 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:12.600 up on a show like this. It's one of well 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:14.640 it is Channel Line's biggest show of the year. You know, 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:16.720 audience has met you. And I think it was Harry. 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:18.520 Was it Harry and Tash's Brighton Property? 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.560 Yeah, I think that was maybe twenty twenty or twenty 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:24.440 twenty one around then now twenty twenty, I think Harry 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.079 in Tash or twenty one. Can't remember that. It was 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:30.240 the Brighton one. And it was a very funny time 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.480 in real estate. It was an essential service. You weren't 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.760 allowed to open for inspections. You had social distancing and 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:40.280 it was a very very hard time to actually engage 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:43.640 and connect with buyers and vendors and auction property. So 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:46.000 it was it was quite surreal, but it was an 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.720 amazing experience at third hand, get behind the scenes and 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:49.880 see how the block really worked. 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:51.600 Well, yeah, so you'd been on the show before, so 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.640 you kind of had some idea of, you know, how 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:55.240 it was all going to go what it was going 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:57.280 to look like. But did you think back then that 0:03:57.360 --> 0:03:59.480 you would get tapped on the shoulder and be asked 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:01.680 to come back as a judge and to be in 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:02.320 this kind of role. 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:04.800 Now, Look, I don't think it was something that I 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:08.000 thought would happen, But I think with anything, particularly with 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.800 how my life has panned out and how I hope 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.200 it will continue to any opportunity that I get, I'd 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.240 just give it one hundred percent, and I care, and 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:17.520 I work hard, and I make sure I understand the 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:20.800 subject matter. And when you are an expert in a field, 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:23.640 things come your way. And it was probably just quite 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:25.839 natural how it all panned out, being tapped on the 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:28.760 shoulder and being asked to partake in a show that 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:31.120 a show that I've watched so many years, that the 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.880 judges have been doing it for so long. It's an 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:36.080 honest to actually be tapped on the shoulder and be 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.040 part of it. It's a really cool experience. 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:40.480 I kind of feel like when I was watching your 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.359 introduction with Scotty Cam introducing you and we get this 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:45.440 little clip of you, I was like, you kind of 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.920 are what I think what a lot of Australian men 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:50.440 would like to be. You've got the nice car, you're 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:54.760 a handsome man, you're well spoken, you're very intelligent, You're 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:57.680 all of these things. Has that been sensationalized in a 0:04:57.680 --> 0:04:59.839 way for television or is this just really who you are? 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:01.880 Well? I mean I don't really try and be anything. 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:04.040 I was raised by pretty young parents that were you know, 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:06.800 didn't come from much or I always had a lot 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.760 of love. I've always been much been the same ever 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.320 since I being a young kid, always worked hard, always tried. 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:14.720 But you know, with those things that you mentioned, also 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.760 comes eyeballs and bullying and things that you know, just 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:19.440 most kids shouldn't have to go through it. So I 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.280 had a pretty simultuous upbringing as a kid and seven 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:26.240 different schools, multiple countries, you know it. It wasn't the 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:29.440 normal type of upbringing, lived in so many different homes, 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:30.839 so it was just one of those things. I've just 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.360 always been true to myself and always been a very 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.000 very family orientated person, which is probably why I've got 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:39.400 three kids now at thirty six. But I really don't change, 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:41.760 and coming on to the show, I knew that it's 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:43.560 something that's out of my control. But what I can 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:47.280 control is my opinion and how I present and how 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.120 I can help these contestants feel better homes, and ultimately 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.400 I just stay true for that, which was just being me. 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:55.520 It's so interesting, isn't it When you think about growing 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:57.839 up and those really hard times in your life and 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.560 you think, God, you know, this is awful. However, when 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:03.479 you get to where you are now and I feel 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:05.200 like this is as well as an adult, I look 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:08.160 back and I think, had I not have had those experiences, 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.800 I wouldn't have worked out that coping mechanism and a 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:13.200 lot of that allows you to have empathy for other 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:15.839 people and have understanding. You know, you look back and 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:17.400 you think, well, I guess it's kind of a part 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:18.680 of my journey and I'm proud of it. 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:20.640 And also builds and you've said that so well, but 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:23.880 it gives you dry. It gives you that purpose to portion, 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.080 to challenge yourself and to really understand that at the 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:28.960 end of the day, if it's meant to be, it's 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:32.000 up to me, and it's up to you as the 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:34.719 individual to control your own mind and to push forward 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:37.360 and to really just be true to yourself. And I 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:39.480 just think that if you do that, everything else will 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:40.160 sort of stuff out. 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.400 I also really love Neil and I think the judges 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.000 have been great on the show. But you know, there 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.800 had been fans looking for a different perspective, and I 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.599 think you will definitely bring a unique perspective to this 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:52.839 series being a real estate agent. I think the show 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.880 started originally with one judge being a real estate agent. 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.680 What do you think that you will add to that dynamic? 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.000 Considering that Neil steped out to this season and you've 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:01.960 come in, I. 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:04.839 Just think it's more along the lines of you know, 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:08.600 for fifteen years, every single day it was meeting by 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.400 speaking to sellers, getting homes prepared to sell that will 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:13.480 have the biggest appeal in the marketplace, to drive the 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:16.320 highest sale rust, to bring the competition, all of those things, 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:18.880 and then outside of work, it was all the renovating 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.760 and slipping that Charlton and myself had done over the years, 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:24.680 which you know, in ten years to near fifteen renovations 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:28.520 is just absurd and their real life situations. When you 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:30.760 buy and sell property in a city like Melbourne, the 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.400 losses or the games can really make or break you. 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:35.880 And when you stream so many together that have been successful, 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.600 you build credibility and then the customers come to you 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:43.320 and it's those sorts of experiences that build that knowledge 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:47.280 of what a buyer really wants. And I think bringing 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:51.600 that perspective and also bringing my fair but firm personality 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:55.360 to the table is something that I think hopefully the 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:58.440 contestants took something away from and it's helped them along 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:01.240 that journey. As a judge meant to judge, you're meant 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.760 to give your opinion, whether that be good or bad, 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:07.440 to hopefully help those people on their journey. So for me, 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:11.280 nothing personal, all about value and if they get value 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:13.920 amazing If they take it personally, I'm sure by the 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:15.880 end of it, so they'll see that the messaging was 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:17.400 pretty clear and pretty honest. 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:19.200 I want to ask you a little bit about some 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.600 of that in a second, But I also was curious 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:23.320 to know when you get a phone call like this 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.120 asking to be on a reality TV show like this, 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:29.680 and you would have some serious conversations with producers. What 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.400 sort of questions did you have, Like, did you have 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:34.600 questions that you wanted to bring to the table about 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:36.200 how it was all going to work? Or you know, 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:37.560 I would love to have been a fly on the 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:38.520 wall for that conversation. 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:42.720 Honestly, there's one conversation that sort of really there's actually 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:45.120 two conversations that have burned in my memory bank, and 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:47.160 one of them was at the very start, I was 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.760 able to see Scotty, who I've watched for so many years, 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:51.480 and looked up to him and I just said, Scotty, 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:53.640 can you give me some advice? And he just told 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.280 me a sign and he said, Marty, how old are you? 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.120 And when we started filming, I was thirty five And 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.680 I said, mat, I'm thirty five. Why And he said, well, 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.800 you've been practicing this for thirty five years. I said 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:05.760 what do you mean by that? He said, just be 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.280 Marty Fox and then he walked off and it made 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:10.679 me feel really comfortable, and I thought that was just 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:14.440 some awesome advice, just the words of wisdom from slotting. 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:18.080 And then the next one was just how authentic, sort 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:21.760 of unproduced the judging is in terms of when I 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:23.880 went to that first room and I walked over with 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.560 Darren and Shana, and you know, we were just sort 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.280 of getting to know each other. This is literally in 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:30.120 the first half an hour of being on set. And 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:31.800 I looked at Sarreen, I looked at you and said, hey, 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.240 so who's going to go first? And they both just 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:37.200 shrugged their shoulders and it was just like, holy shit, 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:42.240 this is really organic. It's off cut. It's totally off cuff, 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.520 and that is what I've loved about it. The trust 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:49.720 that the executive producers put into the crew and the 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:54.280 judges and the hosts and everyone. It's quite unique. It 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:55.280 really is reality. 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:57.880 It's interesting. You know, I do a lot of this. 0:09:58.000 --> 0:09:59.800 I talk about a lot of TV shows, a lot 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:01.560 of reality, and I get to meet a lot of 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.520 the producers. And when you go on a set tool 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.480 like I did when I met you just the other week, 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:09.160 you get a really good glimpse as to how the 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:11.480 dynamic is working. And that happens across a lot of 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:14.440 these shows that I've worked on and covered. And the 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:16.760 block is at the top of the list, well around 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:18.199 the top of the list. Just in case any of 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.760 these other producers are listening. But it's definitely around the 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.160 top of the list of shows that has a really 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:27.560 good vibe during the filming. It's the producers are all 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.080 quite succinct. I don't know, did you feel quite comfortable 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.120 just fitting yourself into that environment when you got there. 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.640 Absolutely. I think it's because of how long the team 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:38.640 has been together. You know, you've got body in shower 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.080 that have got an amazing synergy, You've got the judges 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.520 that have worked together for so long. The uniqueness in 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.880 the fact that it's a reality TV show that doesn't 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:47.800 just have one winner. So like if you think of 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:51.520 a dating show or a competitional art survivor or any 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.320 of these other types of shows, there's one winner. Now, 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:56.640 what this show gives you is this show gives you 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.920 the opportunity. Nothing is granted, nothing's given on a platter, 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:03.559 but you were given this opportunity to have ten winners. 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:07.120 You've got everyone on set filming week in, week out, 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:10.560 day by day that has the opportunity to be a winner. 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.360 And I think that's what draws this energy. That's what 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:16.280 draws that amazing energy. It's the time that people have 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:18.960 spent with each other on set over the season and 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.600 then for each season, the fact that you can actually 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.000 have ten people walk away as winners. I don't think 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:27.599 there's another reality show that has that level of contribution 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:28.559 to people's lives. 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.560 It is interesting because you think about how successful this 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.439 show is and how we've had this on our screens 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:38.120 now for twenty years. There isn't a format that's like this, which, 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:41.160 as you're saying, you know, there are things that are 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:44.360 making an appointment television. Yes, we have the fact that 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:46.640 not everyone, you know, everyone does have the chance to win, 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:49.440 but also no one knows how this show is going 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:51.440 to end. All of this leading up to the auction, 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:54.640 even the people working on this show have no idea 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.599 how this is going to go, and that's making this 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:01.400 show so vibrant still twenty years. You'd be surprised why 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.360 other shows haven't tried to follow a very similar kind 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:04.800 of idea. 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:07.760 Ran Yeah, well, I think it's because the actual subject 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:11.239 matter is so intriguing, you know. So it's like sports, 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:15.559 it's competitive, it's team orientated, it can fluctuate week by week. 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:17.760 You can't just have a clear front runner because it 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:19.880 just doesn't just doesn't pan out that way. There's too 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.199 many variables and so many decisions that need to be 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:24.440 made in such a short amount of time under the 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:28.200 directive lack of sleep, and there's just so many things happening. 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.280 It almost can't be replicated. And it's probably why the 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.040 ingredients of this show have been able to circulate around 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:36.600 the world to other countries because it is so hard 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.480 to replicate. And it's probably why I'd say it has 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:40.960 to be up there with one of the most successful 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:42.880 TV shows in Australian TV history. 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.199 It is because and you know, I think it comes 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:48.280 down to, you know, the producers aren't really aren't really 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:51.120 trying to influence or sensationalize anything. You know, it is 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:54.040 just what it is. What you're watching on screen is 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.920 how it goes. And I think that's really fastfully. 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:58.360 You bang on it. But this just the position of 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:03.280 an incredibly well preched do editing teams and then a 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:07.280 bunch of situations that are incredibly unproduced and that's the magic. 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:11.160 It's the combination of two that creates this incredible energy. 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:13.520 That's what it is. If you're giving people the chance 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:17.880 to be themselves and then you're pasting correctly. Your team's 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:19.880 been doing it long enough where they understand what they're doing. 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:22.160 It's magical' that's why you can put it down. 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:23.880 To We did discuss this a little bit before, but 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:26.320 I just was wanting to know when you get there 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.440 and you're thinking about what sort of a judge you 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:31.880 really want to be, did you try and think about 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.120 that or did you just think, Okay, Scott has told 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:35.720 me to turn up and just be myself. I just 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:37.920 have to be myself or did you have any other 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.880 influences as Oh, I'm going to be the not to 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:43.240 use Australian idol, which is different to this show. But 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:45.240 I'm going to be the nasty judge or I'm going 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:47.920 to be the fair judge. I'm with the conversations within 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:49.760 yourself about how that was going to work. 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:52.960 Nah. I would start the day I'd break you with 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.640 the kids I'd normally do it's in session. I'd drive 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:57.720 over to my mum's house and lives around the corner. 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.559 We'd have a cup of sea and with after about 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.040 how the really was that I'll be heading down to 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:06.120 Charming Streak to be a duds on the block. I 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:10.600 was in autopilot. I didn't want outside noise and I 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.320 figured if I tried to do something that was not 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:16.560 Marty Fox, then I would come on stuck. And I 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.599 believe that the Australian public is smart enough to know 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:21.680 when someone's being someone that they're not. It was just 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:23.920 run the gortlet of saying it as it is and 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.960 just being me, and it's either celebrated or it's not, 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:31.320 and whichever way it goes, I'm content with because I 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:32.600 was just being true. 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:35.880 I was really pleasantly surprised. I'm about two weeks into 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.640 watching the show, so for Australian audiences listening to the 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:41.160 podcast now, I am a little bit ahead and I 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:45.120 can give people the confidence with you that I believe 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:48.800 they will be pleasantly surprised because you do come in hard, 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:53.360 but in a good way, very very likable. In watching 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:56.040 this show, I don't know how that lands with you. 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.880 Maybe it's a strange, strange thing for someone to be 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:01.800 giving that information back, but yeah, I was really impressed 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.760 with how hard you were, but also how that seemed 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:05.400 to work for you. 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:09.040 I've confused people pretty much my whole life. From a distance, 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:11.720 they may have an opinion. They may see the cars 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.080 or the houses, or the success or whatever it might 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:16.000 be that throws their nose how to join it for 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:18.080 whichever reason. I don't know why. It must be their 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.600 own insecurity, But at the end of the day, I 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:24.400 just I'm consistent. I like to have fun. I've got 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:28.480 a lot of interests outside of real estate, outside of property, 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:31.880 outside of business. I really love people. You know, you 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:34.160 don't get into property. You don't get into property because 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.840 you love property. You get into property, particularly real estate, 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:39.840 because you love people. So I get energy from meeting 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:43.680 new people, understanding what people's lives are, where they want 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:45.400 to go, what they want to do. And that's also 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:47.440 why I love building a business. I like helping people 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:50.640 get better at their profession, which in turn gives them, 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:54.040 I believe, a better life and hopefully financial freedom by 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:56.560 the end of it. So you know, for me, it's 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.040 quite nice to hear that you know, you've heard some 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.920 harshness or directness, but at the same time, you don't 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:04.280 mind having a chat with me, and you probably want 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.440 to go get a copy. At some point, I was 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:07.400 really truous so fun. 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:08.680 I knew you were going to be the other day 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:11.200 that I turned up and I was excited to see 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:12.760 you and I and I had this moment I don't 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:14.440 know if you remember talking to me, but all of 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.720 a sudden, I just got overwhelmed by the whole experience. 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:19.440 I was just like, this guy is just like he 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:21.640 is on television. It's kind of a little bit hard 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:24.400 to believe in some way, and I just all of 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:26.480 a sudden felt overwhelmed and just walked away from you. 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:28.240 I think I was in mid sentence. I don't know 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:31.080 what happened. I had a brain Moun's function. It's you know, 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:32.920 sometimes you watch people on television news. 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:36.320 Surely to Charlotte when I met her, and she really 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.640 didn't like then. It took it took two or three days. 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:42.080 But we're ben gether eighteen years now, so it's worked 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:44.040 with her. But it's funny even if I think of 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:46.040 some of my best mates, but there was always like, 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:48.080 you know, a couple of weeks where they were unsure 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.680 and then bangs where we're on. So yeah, sometimes I 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.520 sometimes I can get read the wrong way. But by 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:56.480 the end of it, people come around, which is great. 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.360 Who's been your influences though? That's what I was thinking, Like, 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:00.880 I was watching a bit of it, and I was thinking, 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:02.560 you know, this could a little bit of lux listening 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.000 with you know, Gavin or I don't know that there's 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:07.240 just so many I was thinking, is it your parents? 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:09.360 I don't know. I'd just love to know what your 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:12.920 influences are in terms of style and how you want 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:13.199 to be. 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.280 Honestly, my influence really is, you know, the and this 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:18.600 is what a lot of people say, the five people 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:20.920 that you spend the most time, which really do influence 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:22.359 who you've become. And you know, I spend a lot 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:25.200 of time with my mum, with my dad, with my grandparents, 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:28.919 with my wife, with my kids, with my team, So 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:31.919 you know, a lot of it is based on the 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:35.240