The Block star Tanya Guccione has come out swinging after having two points docked from her and husband Vito's latest room reveal due to their involvement in a cheating scandal.
The Melbourne makeup artist, 39, said that while she was 'super apologetic' for using a leaked photo of the show's production schedule to gain an unfair advantage, she stressed that she and Vito were not the only cheaters in the competition.
In a bombshell interview with Woman's Day on Monday, Tanya claimed 'everybody cheats' at some stage during this season, and the fact some teams were unwilling to 'own up' to it led to tension on the building site.
Defiant: The Block star Tanya Guccione has come out swinging after having two points docked from her and husband Vito's latest room reveal due to their involvement in a cheating scandal
Without naming names, she said: 'A lot of people weren't willing to own up to stuff and that's where the conflict lies.
'It's hard to point the finger, when some people will probably deny it to their dying day. At some point, everyone cheats.
'Kirsty [Lee Akers] cheated because she took the furniture, the boys [twins Luke and Josh Packham] cheated because they were using their builder to paint...'
She also pointed out that the returning 'Faves' teams - including Mitch Edwards and Mark McKie, and Ronnie and Georgia Caceres - had the ultimate advantage because they'd taken part in The Block before.
Claims: The Melbourne makeup artist, 39, said that while she was 'super apologetic' for using a leaked photo of the show's production schedule to gain an unfair advantage, she stressed that she and Vito (right) were not the only cheaters in the competition
In the aftermath of the leaked production schedule scandal, the Gucciones and the Packhams were each docked two points for the latest room reveal on Sunday.
This effectively ruled both teams out of winning the challenge.
During the episode, furious host Shelley Craft said: 'I'm upset for all of you because this is not what The Block is about. [I've got] this ill feeling.'
When Vito protested that he was the victim, the interior design guru snapped: 'Yeah but you were the cause of it, Vito!
'So you got to take some responsibility for that, mate.'
The cheating scandal unravelled last week after it emerged someone had taken a photo of the production schedule and leaked it to the contestants in week one.
After suspicion initially fell on Love Island twins Josh and Luke, Tanya finally confessed to producers she was the first person to see the photo.
Controversy: The cheating scandal unravelled last week after it emerged
