Monday 8 August 2022 11:19 AM Scott Cam and The Block contestant left furious as Elle Ferguson and Joel ... trends now

It's been billed as one of the most shocking moments in Australian reality TV history. 

And on Monday night, viewers finally got to see the moment The Block host Scott Cam tell the stunned Blockheads that fellow contestants Elle Ferguson and Joel Patfull decided to quit the show. 

The host, 59, was pulled aside by two executive producers who revealed to him the glamourous influencers decided to leave after just 48 hours of being on-set. 

After being told the astonishing news, Scott informed the other contestants about Elle and Joel's decision to leave. 

'Last night I gave you all an opportunity - an out - if you thought you couldn't cut it on the show that you could leave if you wanted to,' the fuming host began.

'I didn't think anyone would drop an opportunity like this, but I've just found out that Joel and Elle are on their way to the airport.'

He added: 'They have left their show. They didn't say goodbye, they didn't say thanks for having us. They just left.'

'Apparently The Block is not on brand for them.'

All the remaining contestants appeared shocked, with Sharon Johal saying: 'It was a bombshell.'

'Things played out, we did see in the media things about Joel’s family but we knew that happened before they got onto The Block because he had told us,' she said.

The pair reportedly left after Joel's mother broke her coccyx and fractured her wrist during a fall at her home in Adelaide.

Following their exit, Elle, 36, shared a photo to Instagram of the pair's suitcases at Melbourne Airport. 

'Wherever you are in the world, whatever you are doing, family always comes first,' she captioned the image. 

But Scott has since disputed their reason for leaving, insisting that they didn't tell producer

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