Insider close to The Block's Alicia defends her character: 'Thoughtful and generous'

However, former Big Brother winner Benjamin Norris has come forward to defend Alicia’s character, saying she’s a “wonderful person”.

“I’ve actually met and now know Alicia. She is a wonderful person. I get that people react to what they [see] on TV, but believe me when I say Alicia is kind, funny, thoughtful, generous and [a] great person to know,” Benjamin wrote on a popular Facebook group.

“I say this with love guys, you are watching a constructed reality show. You don’t know these people. They are reduced to moments that are designed to polarise you. I guarantee you all, Alicia is someone you would like. They edit out some people’s poor behaviour and make the others look like meanies. It’s just how these shows are made.”

When a fan pointed out that Alicia claimed she never opened her mouth to say anything bad, she was caught when producers found footage of her whipping out some “snide remarks”, Benjamin replied. “It’s a competition-based reality show. You don’t remember everything you say. Plus I think they were just speaking their truth at the time.”

The Block fans react to Alicia’s behaviour

Benjamin’s declaration about Alicia received hundreds of comments on Facebook, with the majority of them disagreeing with his opinion.

“You can’t edit out what comes out of her mouth. You are blinded because you’ve met her. She is a piece of work. Are they editing out the bits where Britt and Taz are nasty? No, because they are not those type of people. They don’t have it in them,” one fan fired back.

“Well, she has you fooled! Keep going by her rules and doing what she says and you will be fine [with] her! But if you say the word ‘no’, disagree with her or don’t follow her rules, watch your back! She will turn on you and it won’t be fun,” a third chimed in.

However, there were some fans who came to bat for Alicia and supported Benjamin’s comments.

“Honestly, I really like her on The Block! There are no contestants that I don’t like this season. Humans have flaws… that doesn’t make them bad people,” a fan pointed out.

“I honestly don’t see what all the fuss is about. I see pretty much everything Alicia says as ‘tongue in cheek’. If I had consistently produced quality rooms compared to those that won, I’d be bloody fuming. And we know the producers incite the contestants to give ‘salty’ content and create the drama,” another remarked.

“It’s all scripted by the producers of the show to create more drama so more people will watch. It’s a numbers game, pure and simple now. All reality shows are the same. Whoever gets the most viewers win,” a third wrote.

“I absolutely love her energy and her laugh. You can tell she is fiercely loyal and an amazing mum and wife… I don’t think she means any harm whatsoever,” another said. “It’s such unrealistic pressure and I feel for all of them.”

Now that Britt and Taz have also won the baking challenge on The Block, the animosity amongst the contestants is surely going to grow. Fingers crossed there aren’t any other snide comments from Alicia.