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Scott Cam won't miss Adrian Portelli on auction day. The Block host believes the billionaire businessman's decision to retire his paddle after spending more than $27 million on eight houses will simply pave the way for families to get back in the bidding at long last. 'I won't be nervous about that at all,' Cam said of Portelli calling it a day after dominating the previous two auctions. 'You know we might not get ridiculous prices but we're going to give mums and dads the opportunity to buy one of these houses. 'And we're going to get families the opportunity to buy one. Or holiday houses for people. It's going to open it right up. We want these homes to go to families. They eventually do when Portelli buys them, but this way we cut out the middleman. Let's just get them to the families.' Portelli broke records in 2024 when he snapped up all five Phillip Island properties for more than $15.03 million. The combined total of $5.43 million in winnings also made it the most lucrative auction day for contestants in the show's history. The richlister is now hoping to sell the entire Phillip Island complex to a single buyer after failing to offload the resort in a December lottery. In the previous year, Portelli earned the nickname 'Lambo Guy' when he rolled up to the Gisborne auctions in a yellow Lamborghini and bought three out of five houses for a combined price of $12m. For Cam, with or without Portelli, auction day is always a nerve-racking affair. But he's confident all five houses will draw a crowd this year. 'It's a very trying time for Shelley (Craft) and I,' Cam explains of the unpredictability of auction day. 'It's the only day we get nervous. We want them to win. We never set anyone up to fail. We want them to make money. And they've worked hard, and they deserve it. Actually, sometimes people don't deserve it, but this year, they do.' Victorian contestant Em admits that while she's 'a little worried' to not have Portelli bidding this year, she feels confident in what she and husband Ben have built. 'I think we've created a beautiful house. So, I think there'll be a buyer out there that'll be very interested in this house,' she says. Her South Australian neighbour and fellow contestant Robby agrees, adding: 'With Adrian Portelli not buying houses, it opens it up for everyone. 'Before, when there's some big buyers in the room and Adrian's in the room, they think they have no chance. This might bring it back to how it used to be.' As for Shelley Craft, she isn't certain we have seen the last of the mysterious Portelli, who, history has shown, always enjoys the element of surprise. 'We haven't heard from Adrian, so who knows whether he will be here or not,' she smiled. 'He said he's not coming … but who knows.'
ABC News
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A wild confession: watching my Dad's grief tapes
James Crawley had an idyllic childhood in a coastal village in country Victoria. His parents Richard and Carol were bohemian types who ran a bed and breakfast. Life in the family home was like an ongoing circus, orchestrated by his wildly extroverted Dad, who loved to record family life on home video. In an earlier life Richard was an acclaimed photographer, and he continued to document the beautiful and ordinary moments in the Crawley family as James grew up. His dad was relentlessly positive and so when Carol became very ill, Richard struggled to accept the diagnosis. Some years after Carol's death, at Christmas, James sat down and watched 35 hours of tapes of his father talking to the camera alone about his grief. The tapes were a record of the devastating, surreal and sometimes transformative nature of grief. James then decided to make his own documentary about grief, his charismatic Dad and his family's life before and after Carol's passing. Further information Volcano Man is available to watch on Docplay
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Karl Stefanovic left speechless after Bec Judd's X-rated remarks on live TV
All decorum went out the window on the Today show this morning, with Karl Stefanovic left floundering for words after Bec Judd's X-rated confession. Promoting her new podcast Vain-ish, the Melbourne-based influencer sat down for an interview with Stefanovic and Sarah Abo on the Nine breakfast show alongside her co-host Jess Roberts. The pair are on a quest to banish the smoke and mirrors surrounding cosmetic procedures and treatments, vowing to come clean on their show about what work they get done, while also interviewing doctors to debunk or verify the latest beauty crazes. Talking about some of the procedures they've trialled, from salmon sperm facials to placenta encapsulation, Judd said their next episode would unpack Roberts' recent experience having a yoni steam. Unprompted, Roberts proceeded to say, 'It's where you steam your fanny.' The blunt remark prompted fits of giggles from the pair, as well as Abo, while Stefanovic pulled a horrified expression, stopping short of wading into the topic. It took the father-of-four about a minute to intervene, asking Judd if her husband, retired AFL legend Chris Judd, had ever 'gone for a fanny rejuvenation treatment.' 'No, we left the yoni steam for Jess,' Judd responded. 'Because he (Chris) goes, 'please you've already done the salmon sperm facial, can you not be the one who also steams her yoni publicly.'' Stefanovic cheekily wrapped the interview, saying, 'You had me at yoni.' It comes after another rogue segment made headlines on the Today show last month, with retired NRL player Aaron Woods unwittingly exposing his manhood on-air. Woods had earlier made a bet with Stefanovic vowing to do a nudie run if NSW lost State of Origin game two. And after the Blues lost to Queensland in Perth, Woods came good on his promise, stripping to his birthday suit and bolting toward the water as he dived into the surf, while Stefanovic, Abo and Danika Mason broke into fits of laughter. While a bit of butt action was all in the script, Woods then did the unthinkable, turning around to face the camera leaving the poor unfortunate editors no time to blur his modesty. Cue terrified screams from Abo and newsreader Jayne Azzopardi. 'No! Don't show it!,' Abo howled, as Woods flashed a beaming smile.
