After weeks of wondering, Kylie and Brad shocked fans as they appeared at Auction Day after leaving The Block right before the end of the season.
Taking home $650,000 after selling their home to Block bidder Adrian Portelli, Brad told Channel Nine it was “worth it, 100 per cent.”
What happened between Kylie and Brad?
After months of escalating tension on The Block, Kylie Baker left the show for good before the final week was complete.
The mother-of-four first dramatically left Phillip Island to fly home to Cairns, after discovering her husband had behaved inappropriately with fellow contestant Mimi.
What was the ‘flirtgate’ scandal?
Kylie and Brad’s troubles have largely stemmed from what has been dubbed ‘flirtgate’.
This happened when Kylie overheard Brad making inappropriate comments to fellow contestant Mimi.
“My biggest problem – the entire time we have been together, you have never flirted with me like that,” Kylie said to Brad at the time.
“In our entire relationship. So you can only imagine how that makes me feel.”
While Brad was apologetic, Kylie didn’t have a bar of it, telling him that he had “annihilated” their relationship and that when filming wrapped she didn’t want to live with him in their family home anymore.
“This is us being separated. We’re officially single people,” she added.
Are Kylie and Brad from The Block still together?
With her neon green hair, no-holds-barred attitude, and brutally honest nature, it was clear from the beginning that Kylie would be one to watch this season.
While initially criticised by viewers and judges for her desire to design her house around the colour black, her attention to detail and confidence in herself has seen her and her husband Brad quickly become top contenders this year.
But as the weeks progressed, cracks began to show in her headstrong facade. From losing out on room wins to threatening to quit after being pranked by producers that former contestants Ronnie and Georgia would be replacing Jesse and Paige, and lashing out at newcomers Maddy and Charlotte – it was a challenging time for Kylie.
Speaking together on A Current Affair prior to Auction Day, Kylie and Brad confirmed they were reunited and appeared happy during the interview.
“We’re still here and we’re going to keep going,” Brad said. “We definitely learnt some things along the way about how much we can actually do no matter what else has happened or going to happen.”
Kylie jokingly wondered if she had “learnt anything”, with Brad laughing and adding “she wouldn’t admit it if she did”.
“I just stuck to my guns and we just have to see the ending be the ending,” Kylie said.
However, things were not always looking so happy for the couple. The same week their official onscreen break-up aired Brad broke his silence over the ‘flirtgate’ scandal, telling the Daily Mail that he would not confirm or deny if he and Kylie had resolved their differences and gotten back together.
“I obviously can’t say. I never said we’re together, or not.”
He also revealed that the couple were undecided if they would attend auction day on November 6 or not, telling the publication that it “wasn’t ruled out.” They also did not confirm whether they would attend the auction to A Current Affair.
Prior to this, it was reported in September that the proud parents of four were taking a break from their relationship following their time on the renovation reality series.
Speaking with our sister publication Woman’s Day a month prior to that, multiple sources confirmed that Brad had moved out of the family home in Cairns, Queensland shortly after season 20 began airing.
A source close to production backed up these claims when speaking with the Daily Mail, sharing that Team Green had been having a hard time watching the show back, and seeing how they treated each other.
“The Block really shows the dirt under the fingernails when it comes to the dynamics between these new contestants as they navigate the trials and tribulations of building a house over 12 weeks,” they shared at the time.
It’s not all doom and gloom, however, with the couple reportedly working on their relationship and trying to rebuild from the ground up.
“They have been going through a tough time and what their relationship status will be when the show ends is undetermined,” an insider also shared with Woman’s Day.
“They don’t feel comfortable talking about anything that goes down yet because they are dealing with the aftermath.
“It’s going to be hard to relive that nightmare when it plays out on screen – there are wounds that have not had time to heal.”
Fast forward to October and a new photo shared on Kylie’s personal Instagram account seemed to shed light on the current state of their relationship.
An additional photo of the couple posing with fans at Kilcunda Ocean View Hotel that same month has also seemingly confirmed that they are happily back together.
Curiously, controversial The Block builder Zak, who dramatically quit the show earlier this season after a series of disagreements with Maddy and Charlotte was also in the picture with them.
Earlier this season the couple found themselves at the centre of a texting scandal where Kylie stormed off after discovering texts exchanged between Brad and their tiler that “had a dig” at how grumpy she could be.
While the texts in question were relatively harmless, Kylie took great offence, swearing numerous times at her husband on camera: “You talk sh** about me you get cut. I don’t f****** care,” she told him as he tried to apologise and explain.
To make matters worse, Kylie then took Brad’s phone from him, rendering him unable to continue contacting the trades they needed for the renovations.
But their fight was quickly resolved, Kylie revealing to Scotty Cam the next day that while she was now back on speaking terms with Brad because “it’s The Block and I need to get things rolling”, she was still “not happy” with her husband.
To this, Scotty responded: “You need to go easier on him,” which surprisingly Kylie agreed with!
“He is working very hard, he just hasn’t been the most positive husband in regards to what he says to other people about me.”
