The Block 2024‘s Jesse Maguire has called out former contestants Eliza and Liberty Paschke over a video they posted to their YouTube channel.
The Block 2023 runners-up have a YouTube channel on which they share videos of their reactions to episodes alongside last year’s winners, Steph and Gian Ottavio.
During the episode that aired on Sunday, September 8, Jesse and Paige made an angry call to their The Block Shop supplier at 1am. The sisters and Steph and Gian shared a video of the scene, and it was clear that they were on the supplier’s side.
“Jesse and Paige are having a phone call with Nadia from The Block Shop, who is an angel, helpful, lovely,” Eliza says in the clip. “And, look, you see, 1am phone call, that’s rude.”
The sisters shared a short clip of their watch party on their Instagram account, and Jesse criticized them in the comments section.
“Great that you’re encouraging hateful comments to flow from Facebook pages to your Instagram account! Appreciate the support,” he wrote.
Fans react to The Block’s Jesse’s comment to Eliza and Liberty
Several fans replied to Jesse’s comment and defended Eliza and Liberty.
“Think you’ll find people ARE supporting YOU! Surely you can see the reasons for people’s reactions when you’ve watched it back?” one follower wrote.
Another called out Paige over the phone call she made to The Block supplier.
“I hope Paige apologised to all the people she was so rude to,” they wrote.
Why did Jesse and Paige leave The Block?
Jesse and Paige announced that they had quit The Block during the episode that aired on September 9 due to Paige’s mental health struggle.
“We just wanted to come and have a chat with you guys because we’re not going to keep going,” Paige explained to her co-stars Kristian and Mimi.
“I just haven’t been myself at all, I’ve really mentally struggled,” she continued.
“She’s been crying for help for the past week, but I’d chosen to ignore it because of how much I wanted to stay here. But, I think I’ve come to the realisation that I need to put her first,” Jesse added.
Jesse and Paige were replaced by sisters Maddy and Charlotte from Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Nothing like a bit of behind-the-scenes drama!
The Block airs on Sundays at 7pm and Mon – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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