‘I’ve lost trust’: Foreman Dan’s heated clash with Block contestant days into new season

The Block’s foreman Dan has declared he’s “lost trust” with one of this season’s contestants, after a tense altercation just days into the competition.

The Block’s foreman Dan has declared he’s “lost trust” with one of this season’s contestants, after a tense altercation just days into the competition.

Dramas arose during Tuesday’s episode of Nine’s reno show, with all teams midway through their first room reveals of the season – bathrooms.

But there is confusion from Dan and The Block’s site manager when Han, one-half of West Australian couple Han and Can, explains that she’d helped apply a second “working coat” of waterproofing to their bathroom, before the first coat had even dried.

Han (left) was given a clear instruction by Dan (right): No waterproofing until their licensed waterproofer was back on site.

Dan patiently explains that the coat won’t be up to code, and that the girls’ waterproofer will need to return to site to apply a proper second coat. When Han asks if she can get started before he arrives, Dan is firm: While she can assist if needed, a licensed wateproofer needs to be in control of the job.

Cut to five minutes later, and cameras catch Han doing exactly as she was instructed not to – forging ahead with the waterproofing herself.

News travels fast on The Block, and soon Dan is back at house two, this time visibly incensed.

Dan catches her in the act – and he’s not happy.

“What are you doing? You can’t be waterproofing,” he tells her.

“I just asked you, like, five minutes ago: You’re not allowed to waterproof. If I give you an instruction, you can’t disobey it.”

Dan declares he’s “lost trust” in Han for what he sees as a clear attempt to go behind his back: “You’re not a licensed waterproofer; you’re not allowed to waterproof. You’re allowed to help waterproof, if the waterproofer is in there.”

Han (left) and partner Can.

A tearful Han gets comforted by her partner.

Soon he’s on the phone to the site manager to report the infraction.

But a tearful Han insists that she didn’t mean to disobey Dan’s instructions – in her first week on The Block, she says she’s feeling overwhelmed and finding it hard to absorb all the new information and building site rules.

“Dan shut me down … told me that I wasn’t allowed to touch anything. He thought I was being dodgy … that hit hard,” she says.

“I’m disappointed in myself, because I didn’t listen … I’m really trying. I feel like I just got told off by my parents,” a tearful Han says as her partner Can rushes to comfort her.

He might’ve had a stern word, but it seems Dan is a slightly softer touch than The Block’s previous foreman Keith: Han and Can receive no penalty for this week-one rule-break.