Blocking The Judges - Lisa & Ribz Fight Back

The bold pair are standing their ground

- Marilynn Mclachlan

She may not be Lady Gaga, but bolshie The Block contestant Lisa Ridout was unapologetically “Born This Way”.

“If you ask my mother, she reckons I came out demanding attention and running the show,” the feisty mum-of-three laughs.

With her pink hair and bold opinions, Lisa, 37, is doing just that – particularly when it comes to the The Block judges Jason Bonham and Lizzie Whaley.

“Viewers don’t actually see the whole story,” she explains. “The judges are really harsh and quite nasty to us, but when they give their feedback to other contestants, they give them lots of advice. That’s why I get so p***ed off and why I’m not going to bother listening to anything these guys say, because there’s nothing for us to work off. They’re just nasty, so I just give it back.”

And she does it in spades, even announcing that she wouldn’t listen to “that little bald man”, in reference to Jason and scrunching up the suggested wallpaper for the kid’s room design challenge.

“I suppose there’s a bit that’s been edited to make me look a certain way,” says Lisa. “A lot of people on social media are going on at me. Everything I’ve said I have said, but it is the situation I’ve been put in and stuff like that makes me look like I’m a complete and utter b**** – which isn’t far from the truth!”