In a touching moment during the episode that aired on August 19, The Block 2026‘s Sev opened up about her struggle with alopecia and revealed that she wears wigs on the show due to hair loss caused by the condition.
“I wear wigs… because I’ve got a hair thinning issue, and also alopecia,” she told host Scott Cam during the episode.
“I’m fully aware that I’ve got a condition, it’s probably just going to get worse, so I’ve got a couple of little balding spots coming through, so it just gives me so much freedom and I hope that women can be more comfortable and put the whole hair thinning stigma to the side,” she added in a producer-led interview.
While Sev’s openness was warmly received by viewers, with many flocking to Instagram to praise her for sharing her story, she told Chattr in an exclusive interview that she was anxious about discussing her alopecia on national TV, particularly as some people in her day-to-day life didn’t even know she wore wigs.
“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m going on national TV, and like there may be a few times where I’m going to have to slap a different wig on, like when I’m going into a challenge, or when there’s going to be cameras everywhere. So naturally, it was going to come out, so I sort of knew that there would be a conversation piece around it at some capacity,” she explained.
The interior designer explained that she found it easier when Scotty was quizzing her about it, but when she had to open up emotionally about her condition in the producer-led interview, she found it a lot harder.
“Having Scotty Cam talk to you about it, it’s a little bit more of a frank conversation. So you know, it was just like direct questions, and that was easy. But when I think about my journey and what I’ve been through, it’s a lot harder… It meant that I had to be braver than I already thought I was — and vulnerable,” she said.
The Block’s Sev reveals beautiful response to sharing her alopecia journey
Sev told Chattr that once she came to terms with speaking about her condition on national TV, she began to realise how sharing her story could be inspiring for others going through the same thing.
“I thought, ‘Okay, well maybe I’ll just sort of promote my creativity with it and show that I am proud’. And with that, a few people were like, this means a lot to me, and that’s when I started hearing that it could be more impactful to be brave and transparent about it. And so, hopefully, even if it’s just one person that it gives a little bit of confidence to, then that will be a special piece for me.”
Sev added that it makes her emotional to think about the impact she could have on others by sharing her story on national TV.
“It was just awesome that they gave us that platform to talk about it and sort of bring exposure to it, and hopefully it’ll help many other people, whether male, female, them, whatever, because it affects so many people in different ways. So yeah, I really appreciate the opportunity to be able to speak about it and hopefully can continue to do so without crying. It was special.”
The Block airs on Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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