Look who’s back! Adrian ‘Mr Lambo’ Portelli turns up to The Block set in Melbourne

Adrian Portelli has promised ‘no more dummy bids’ when he made a surprise visit to The Block in Melbourne on Thursday.

The 34-year-old, dubbed ‘Mr Lambo’ on last season of the construction show after arriving on auction day in a yellow Lamborghini, made a special appearance on set for the upcoming season which is currently filming on Charming Street in the Hamptons. East.

Portelli arrived in a sleek black Bentley instead of his signature Lambo and was given a designated parking spot on the property.

The millionaire real estate investor did not provide details about his TV appearance, but will take part in a “top secret challenge” that will involve “potential real estate buyers”, according to the Announce sun.

Portelli shared a few behind-the-scenes moments on his Instagram, saying he “liked to shake things up.”

“I got an invite this year, I think they know I now have the money to buy a house, so no more dummy bids,” he said in a video.

“Let’s buy a house.”

Portelli’s appearance on the streets is just the latest in a string of scandals rocking the Channel Nine hit franchise.

Residents living around ‘The Block’ were recently upset after a makeshift McCafe across the street suddenly stopped serving free coffee.

The McDonald’s McCafe is built on the front porch of a house directly across the street from the houses being renovated for the series.

The stall had been there for seven weeks, handing out free drinks to merchants and residents alike – until last week when the Macca’s benevolence suddenly ended with the neighbours.

The controversy came on the heels of reports that neighbors are still angry over access to their homes being blocked by those working on the show.

Portelli first made headlines last year after appearing on Channel Nine’s The Block when he placed a record-breaking bid for the house being renovated by contestants Omar and Oz, sparking accusations it was a ‘dummy bid’ to raise the price. to drive up.

He denies the allegations.

He was in the news again last week after posting pictures of himself posing next to the race car he just hauled into his high-rise apartment.

A first look at the McLaren Senna GTR 57 floors up. A huge thank you to everyone involved for making this absolutely surreal moment possible,” he wrote.

But community reaction to the stunt was immediate, with Portelli defending his performance on The Block and attacking Greens leader Adam Bandt who criticized him on Twitter for the crane stunt.

“Labour gives this man a $9,000 tax cut while people starve on $52 a day,” Bandt wrote.

Portelli did not hold back his reaction.

“Who the hell is this guy trying to use me as a political tool to sympathize with,” he wrote with a red circle around a photo of Mr. Bandt.

Portelli lashed out at those claims and criticism his daring crane stunt had drawn.

“First, my name was publicly thrown out, implying I was a dummy bidder who couldn’t afford The Block house,” he wrote.

“I even suggested that I was friends with the contestants because of my ethnicity.

“Now (sic) people are crying because I have too much money. MAKE A DECISION PEOPLE.”

He bought the luxury penthouse last month in a sale that broke the record for the city’s most expensive apartment when it handed over a whopping $39 million.

However, Portelli stated that he only wants to use it as a ‘weekender’.