On Sunday night Scott Cam found himself under fire when he referred to judge Shaynna Blaze as a b***h after she scored some of the teams ‘harshly.’
And now the 54-year-old host has defended his actions saying his intentions had been misconstrued.
Speaking to Hit 105’s Stav, Abby and Matt with Osher, the lovable host said: ‘It was poor judgement, I’ve apologised. Sometimes I’m an idiot.’
‘I would never call Shaynna that, it was a joke!’ The Block’s host Scott Cam explains why he called female judge Shaynna Blaze a b***h on prime TV
Continuing, Scott said: ‘I obviously said that in complete jest and I said it to get a rise out of the contestants… I’ve rung Shaynna and apologised.’
‘We’re fantastic friends, we’ve worked together for a lot of years. We’re great mates. She’s incredible, great designer, great person – she’s certainly not “that” – I did it in total jest.’
Twitter users were up in arms following Scott’s comment on Sunday.
‘We’re fantastic friends, we’ve worked together for a lot of years’ Scott immediately regretted his words to Shaynna and apologised to the star
‘@ScottyCam9 there are no excuses for calling @ShaynnaBlaze a “b***h”. You owe her an unconditional apology. #theblock #familyshow,’ wrote one unhappy viewers.
Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail directly after the incident, Scott regretted his words.
‘I’ve called Shaynna today and whilst my comments were said in jest I do regret saying that because it’s disrespectful and not how I feel about Shaynna at all,’ he said.
‘I respect Shaynna enormously & the fact is that as judges, Shaynna, Neale & Darren have a tough job’ Scott, who has hosted 11 season of The Block, praised his co-stars
‘I respect Shaynna enormously & the fact is that as judges, Shaynna, Neale & Darren have a tough job of critiquing rooms/spaces and someone will often feel hard done by if they don’t receive the scores they are hoping for.’
Scott echoed these sentiments on radio on Tuesday when he said: ‘Seriously, I would never call Shaynna that, it was a joke and it was poor judgement.’
The Nine Network also apologised to viewers on Sunday in a statement.
‘Scott and Shaynna are great mates and there was no hurt or insult intended by anyone however we do apologise if that was how it was interpreted,’ it said.
‘Someone will often feel hard done by if they don’t receive the scores they are hoping for’ Scott explained his comments were a joke and credited The Block’s judges for doing a tough job