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EXCLUSIVE: The Block 2023 contestants Leah and Steph open up on the latest Blockhead feud

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Forget the houses! A TV insider says The Block producers have been patting this yearโ€™s contestants on the back for outdoing their fellow Nine stars from Married At First Sight by delivering the juiciest first week drama yet!

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โ€œIf this is how weโ€™re going to be week one, I donโ€™t know how weโ€™re going to be week 12,โ€ admits Leah, 32, who is already embroiled in a feud with fellow Blockhead Steph, 27.

The drama has already begun for Blockheads Leah and Ash.

(Image: Nine)

Kristy, 34, confirms to Womanโ€™s Day there are โ€œa few hiccups along the wayโ€ that caused her to have โ€œmoments of wanting to leaveโ€.

We hear that instant friends Kristy and Leah have labelled Steph โ€œsmart and sneakyโ€ as a catfight kicked off at the start of this yearโ€™s competition.

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โ€œSteph did everything calculated,โ€ Kristy tells Womanโ€™s Day.

โ€œI did have my reservations [with her] in the beginning,โ€ agrees Leah. โ€œI prefer everything to be upfront and I wasnโ€™t quite getting that from her, so I did find it really difficult.โ€

โ€œThen she was sort of coming off as quite competitive, so naturally in The Block environment, you just start questioning everything. There were a couple of things that I thought, โ€˜Oh, I think she might be playing a game and being a bit sneaky.'โ€

Leah says one of Stephโ€™s strategies was trying to psych her out!

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โ€œShe would know things about my room before I even shared them, but sheโ€™d say things like, โ€˜Oh, so youโ€™re doing Venetian plastering. Um, did you know you canโ€™t get that done in a short amount of time? It takes 10 days.โ€™

โ€œIt just came off in a rude way,โ€ Leah shares.

โ€œSteph did everything calculated.โ€

(Image: Nine)

Steph, though, says the other Blockheads feel threatened by her architecture background.

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โ€œI deflected on the show and said, โ€˜Oh, no, I donโ€™t think people would be intimidated by me because weโ€™re just young kids,โ€™ but I grew to know that people were definitely intimidated by me,โ€ she tells Womanโ€™s Day.

Steph insists she had more important things to focus on than the drama with her castmates โ€“ like renovating!

โ€œWe always felt like we were behind the eight ball, that some people who were in front had time to, like, gossip!โ€

โ€œWe were just like, โ€˜What?'โ€ says Steph, who also battles with her builders as the competition goes on โ€“ and ends up sending them packing!

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Kirsty and Brett are hoping to keep The Block entertaining.

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Unlike Steph, Kristy says she made it her mission to drum up drama on Charming Street.

โ€œI could see things play out prior to them happening, so I would kind of like drop a bomb and run away,โ€ she says.

โ€œI was just entertaining myself and trying to make it as fun as possible.โ€

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And her husband Brett is here for it! โ€œOther seasons Iโ€™ve watched Iโ€™ve found rather boring, so if bitchiness comes across, great,โ€ says Brett, 34.

โ€œIโ€™d rather watch that than some of the more simple seasons Iโ€™ve seen in the past.โ€

โ€œLook at last season, the biggest thing to happen was tiles not showing up! Thatโ€™s boring,โ€ he says.

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