Despite their best efforts to make friends on The Block, newcomers Maddy and Charlotte have been kept at arm’s length by their fellow contestants.
Breaking down in tears on camera after winning mezzanine/ensuite week, the Sydney sisters spoke of how lonely, and isolated they felt in the competition.
“I just feel very, very uncomfortable,” a defeated Maddy shared.
“I feel quite alone when it comes to the other contestants. I think you have a dream when you come on The Block that you’re going to make lifelong friends and you’re all in this together but I feel quite removed from the group. I feel we’re a bit on the side and that makes me sad,” she added.
While Scott Cam was eager to have a word with the other contestants over their behaviour, the girls were quick to assure him they could handle the situation on their own.
The emotional update comes just days after the girls were put on blast by their fellow contestants after their previous experience with home renovations was exposed.
Upon their arrival on site, Mimi asked the girls about their prior experience after hearing builders talking about it.
Speaking with our sister publication TV Week, Maddy said they “were honest” from the beginning.
“We told her our story of renovating houses – we never lied. If the others had asked about our experience, we would have shared it, but they never did. It’s not on us to tell them the nitty-gritty.”
Unfortunately, Mimi seemingly forgets this exchange has taken place, getting riled up with her fellow blockhead when a video is unearthed by Haydn’s wife Chelsea shining a light on their careers as ‘property flippers.’
While the girls defended themselves as they were confronted, claiming they had never gone out of their way to be deceitful, the other contestants weren’t having a bar of it.
“They’ve lied about what background they’ve got, the experience they’ve got and who knows what else,” Haydn said on camera.
“They told us they were accountants – they didn’t mention they’d flipped houses. They asked for advice on how to do things within a build, yet they obviously knew it all,” he also shared with TV Week.
To make matters worse, Charlotte and her carpenter friend Jack were caught earlier that same week by the other teams sneaking around the other houses to see their competitors progress while they were all out to a dinner Maddy and Charlotte weren’t invited to.
In an unlucky turn of events, however, the duo were caught in the act at House 1 by Kylie and Brad, the former describing their behaviour as “immature” and “suspicious.”
“I don’t want people traipsing through my property when I’m not home. Or without my knowledge,” she complained to the camera at the time.
Given that the other teams have made a point of excluding the girls, we can’t say we are surprised that the girls took advantage of being left out and went for a walk-around.
The developments came one week after their builder Zak controversially quit after a series of escalating disagreements.
Maddy and Charlotte have previously shared with New Idea that while they were competitive, their lives didn’t depend on it.
“We weren’t going to be competitive if it meant creating enemies.”
It is worth noting that the girls have not lied about their past, but simply have not discussed it with their fellow contestants.
