The Block's Scotty Cam 'I'M ABOUT TO BE A GRANDDAD!'

The handyman and host is adding a new skill set to his already busy workload

- Sarah Templeton

Beloved television host Scott “Scotty” Cam is something of an expert on fatherhood. With three children of his own, he also takes on an unofficial “dad” role each year to teams on the hit renovation reality show The Block Australia.

Dubbed “Block Daddy” by a contestant in the first episode of the recent season, Scotty’s been a shoulder to cry on and a guide for teams for more than 14 years.

But fans might be surprised to hear that the jovial host, 62, can run on a short fuse.

“I’m actually a very short-tempered person,” he tells the Weekly on a recent visit to New Zealand. “My wife Ann is very proud of how I conduct myself on the show because I don’t blow up like I sometimes do at home! I treat the contestants like my children, basically.”

He and his wife of nearly 30 years have three kids – Charlie, 28, and 24-year-old twins Bill and Sarah.

“And that’s the exact demographic of Block contestants. So I’m a father figure to them during their TV time. My job is to pat them on the back when they deserve it and give them a poke in the ribs when they’re being painful!”

The key to success on the show? “Resilience,” he says. It’s a quality he tries to hammer home with contestants and his own family too.