The Block's Kylie Baker shares sultry snap as longstanding rumour is finally put to rest
The former reality show contestant, who walked out on the show and her partner in 2024 after Brad's flirting scandal was exposed on-air, posted a steamy picture to Instagram on Thursday featuring a telling detail.
'I've noticed you around #night #naughty #mummy #uptonogood,' the 37-year-old captioned the sultry snap, which showed her wearing a floral-motif lace top.
However, it was the person in the background, whose face was shielded by Kylie's hand, who had fans speculating that Brad, 32, is back in her life.
'Get out of the way. Show us the good looking roosters behind ya ey @_bradleybaker_ ,' one person wrote in the comments section.
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In the final weeks of The Block, fans watched on as Kylie and husband Brad's seven-year marriage imploded on-air in what came to be known as the 'Flirtgate scandal'.
During the show, the Cairns-based tradesman told fellow Blockhead Mimi he would 'follow' her adult subscription account if she had one, a comment that Kylie overheard.
Upon hearing the remark, Kylie stormed off to her room, and all hell broke loose behind the scenes.
Kylie quit production and flew home to Cairns to be with four kids with Brad, leaving a giant question mark on the show's finale.
At the time, Brad said he believed his marriage was 'done' and that he had 'single-handedly destroyed my family' with his actions after Kylie suddenly abandoned the series.
However, the couple later returned for the auction of their Block build and rekindled their relationship, before sparking rumours of a separation yet again.
Since the show's ending, fans have been speculating as to whether the couple have got back together or not, with various posts and comments alluding to the possibility that they have.
Mimi, whose husband Kristian was also a contestant on the show, later revealed that she thought the incident was blown out of proportion, according to Pedestrian TV.
'I personally felt comfortable in that situation,' she confessed at the time, adding that it 'was not anyone's intention' for Kylie to leave the show.
Kylie has also threatened to tell-all about her time on The Block, accusing her co-stars of throwing her 'under the bus' during the flirtgate scandal.
In November, she shared a photo of herself grinning at the camera and captioned it with some telling words
'That day when your 'friends' throw you under a bus,'' Kylie wrote.
She also added the hashtags '#friends #please #revenge #tellallsoon #haha #seeyousoonb***hes'.
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