The Block viewers have called out Adrian ‘Mr Lambo’ Portelli for bidding $100,000 against himself during Sunday night’s auctions as the country faces a cost-of-living crisis.
The self-proclaimed ‘billionaire’ bid $4.2million on sisters Eliza and Liberty’s property and then made the odd move of bidding against himself – which has never happened on the show before.
Many fans of the show have now criticised Adrian for outbidding himself by putting in an offer of $4.3million and winning the auction.
‘Someone just casually outbidding their own bid by $100,000 meanwhile the rest of us are struggling to buy groceries,’ one person wrote on X.
‘The bids this season are making it hard to watch, it’s not competitive just a splash of cash. Makes me sad but also feel a bit sick lol #theblock’
The Block fans have criticised Adrian ‘Mr Lambo’ Portelli for bidding an extra $100,000 against himself ‘while regular Australians struggle to buy groceries’
Another commented: ‘Adrian Portelli outbidding himself is such douchebag move lol #TheBlock.’
‘Why is Adrian Portelli outbidding himself. I don’t understand #TheBlock,’ a third said.
Another wrote: ‘I don’t understand why Adrian kept bidding against himself on house 2. The auctioneer dragged it out, just loving the spot light a little too much.’
‘I’m kind of sad Adrian outbid himself twice on the girls house and didn’t put that money to a little extra bid over at Leslie and Kyle’s #TheBlock It would have been nice to see them get a little more. The girls were good with the $800,000,’ one said.
Adrian also purchased House 4 for $5million, with Steph and Gian walking away with $1.65 million profit plus prize money of $100,000.
Fans of the show have criticised Adrian for outbidding himself on sisters Eliza and Liberty’s property
Despite helping two teams net a combined $2.7million in profits, Adrian wasn’t done showing off his deep pockets as he swooped in to scoop up Kyle and Leslie’s home.
House 1 had a reserve of $2.97million, and there was hope as Danny Wallis had not yet bought a house, and neither had celebrity bidder Dave Hughes.
However, Kyle and Leslie’s house struggled to make the reserve with the auction absolutely crawling before Adrian jumped in, taking the price to $3.1 million.
The self-proclaimed ‘billionaire’ bid $4.2million on sisters Eliza and Liberty’s property and then made the odd move of bidding against himself – which has never happened on the show before
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