One line during last night’s final of The Block has seen host Scott Cam accused of ‘casual sexism’.
The 55-year-old host made a remark to contestants Bianca Chatfield and Carla Dziwoki during their live auction.
As their apartment reached a bid of $2,982,500, Scott joked: "Not bad for a couple of single girls, aye!"
The Block fans on Twitter leaped on the comment, labelling it sexist.
Is it me or does Scott Cam come across as a bit of a sexist? #9TheBlock
— Paul Gee (@paulygoo) October 28, 2018
He sure does. He can't believe a couple of single gals can function without a man let alone renovate an apartment!
— Susan (@NovaStar77) October 28, 2018
#9theblock just some casual sexism there scott
— Ren Lin (@RenLin) October 28, 2018
Casual sexism from Scotty,what else do we expect???? #9TheBlock
— Proud Pie Jo (@joferguson9) October 28, 2018
Still, while his words were a little poorly chosen, we have no doubt Scott did not intend to cause offence.
Bianca and Carla's north-facing penthouse sold for $2,991,000, taking home a profit of $301,000.
The show's 'villains' Sara and Hayden took the top spot on the show, walking away with a $545,000 profit.
Top Comments
And I suppose there would be no "uproar" if he said ...not bad for a couple of single blokes".... grow up.
Its why anyone with a brain takes no notice of "Social Media"
There wouldn't be because you would never hear that comment made about men.
The fact that it was a casual comment he made without really thinking makes it worse.
It shows he has an ingrained belief that single women are generally not successful financially and that now they have earned some extra money this makes them stand out from the sea of all other single women just waiting to snare a man... *insert eye roll*
Really unimpressed.
The fact that you read all of that from what he said shows how far people will go to read bad things into what people say.
The fact that you don't think what he said was bad, shows you are part of the problem.
You don't really have to go far at all to reach that conclusion.
Why not just say what it was? An off the cuff sexist comment meant as a joke.