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The Block was ‘the biggest mistake of my life’, says contestant Sara

WE’VE never seen a tantrum quite like this on The Block. Sara and Hayden have explained last night’s shocking outburst - but what they did next will have Block fans fuming.

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August 26, 2018 - 8:30PM
Sara gets upset at 'unfair' judges (The Block)

NOBODY can say she didn’t warn us.

Block contestant Sara made repeated threats during the past week of the show that she’d “walk off The Block” if she and husband Hayden didn’t win this week’s bathroom challenge.

They’d invested a jaw-dropping $75k into their room — including an eye-catching brass bathtub — but money can’t buy taste, and the judges awarded them a last-place score of 22 during Sunday night’s room reveal.

In an interview in today’s issue of TV Week, 31-year-old flight attendant Sara says the feedback “just broke” them.

“It got to the point where if I’m going to be constantly insulted on national TV, I’d rather spend time with my family and daughter,” she said. “It ripped my heart out.”

There were attempts to soften the blow, though: Host Scott Cam relayed that judge Shaynna Blaze had offered to mentor the pair with some much-needed styling advice, an unprecedented move on The Block. After approval from their fellow competitors, they begrudgingly accepted the offer.

It was after judging was finished that the real drama began.

The couple were shown on set getting microphoned up for a post-judging interview, when Sara warned the crew: “Make it quick — I’m not coming back. Dead f**king set. I’m f**king over this.”

Sara and Hayden‘s interview doesn't last long.
Sara and Hayden‘s interview doesn't last long.

Then the screaming started — all directed at one of the show’s producers.

“AGAIN, last? Even after EVERYTHING, LAST. You’ve GOT to be kidding me. This is F**KED. IT’S F**KED, IT’S F**KING EMBARRASSING NOW,” she yelled, all the while panting heavily.

Sara vents her frustrations.
Sara vents her frustrations.

Hayden, heavy-lidded and clutching a can of beer, appeared more resigned.

“Three weeks in a row, you know?” he sighed wearily.

They have … different ways of dealing with stress.
They have … different ways of dealing with stress.

“F**k ‘em. I don’t want to DO this anymore. F**k this! I’m going mate! I’m over it! I’m not coming back. Here — take your f**kin’ mics,” said Sara.

“I don’t want to do this if we’re going to constantly come last and be embarrassed on national TV — why would I want to be here?”

With that, Sara left the building — but cameras followed as she sat in the gutter outside the studio, the producer consoling her.

One way to react to a low score: Crying in the carpark.
One way to react to a low score: Crying in the carpark.

“We’re being made to look like absolute fools. That bathroom did not deserve to be last. DID NOT. DESERVE. TO BE LAST. I’m f**king walking. I don’t want to do this anymore,” she threatened as Hayden followed her out of the building, carrying a bag of their stuff.

“Guys, come on … don’t do it,” the producer pleaded.

“You know what? This was the biggest mistake of my entire life,” Sara told him. “We don’t want to be here anymore. I’m done. It’s embarrassing.”

Sara says she's out of the show.
Sara says she's out of the show.

Hayden appeared to try and get a message to the judges via the producer: “Tell them to f**king change their tune, man,” he begged.

So do Sara and Hayden actually follow through with their promise? In a teaser for this week’s episodes, we see they do return to The Block — but perhaps not to stay.

“I can’t do it to myself mentally, so … I will have to call it quits,” Sara tells the cameras.

Speaking to TV Week, Sara confirmed that she and Hayden do return to The Block - and in a move that may have viewers seeing red, revealed that they in fact turned down judge Shaynna Blaze’s offer of a meeting.

“Shaynna wanted to have a meeting, to kind of get us back on track. To be honest, the way I was feeling the night of the reveal and the morning after the reveals, I just wasn’t interested.”

Viewers watching the meltdown last night took to social media to vent about the couple:

In a radio interview with hit105’s Stav, Abby and Matt this morning, fellow Block contestants Jess and Norm both nominated Sara and Hayden as the most “annoying” team on the show.

“I just find them a little bit selfish. She goes off all the time, and I just don’t handle that,” said Norm.

— The Block airs 7.30pm Monday to Wednesday and 7pm Sundays on Nine.

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