The Block: El’ise Bothe reveals she struggled with her dyslexia during the show
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The Block’s El’ise Bothe reveals she struggled with her dyslexia during the show after host Scott Cam accused her of ‘blowing the budget’
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El’ise Bothe has been very open about the obstacles she has faced living with dyslexia and the progress she made overcoming them.
But it all came to a head during her stint on the The Block back in 2019 after Scott Cam accused her of going over budget in a scene fans dubbed as ‘disgraceful’.
‘I got really upset because I am so proud of what I have achieved,’ she told Daily Mail Australia.
El’ise Bothe, 35, (left) has been very open about the obstacles she has faced living with dyslexia and the progress she made overcoming them. (Pictured with husband Matt Bothe, 41)
The Texthelp ambassador, 35, went on to say she triple checked her budget so she wouldn’t be put in a position of embarrassment because of her dyslexia.
Unfortunately, all her caution didn’t prevent Scott, 59, from making El’ise watch as he handed out money to those contestants who remained within budget.
El’ise became choked up as she reflected on how old wounds from growing up with undiagnosed dyslexia were dredged up on national television.
But it all came to a head during her stint on the The Block back in 2019 after Scott Cam accused her of going over budget in a scene fans dubbed as ‘disgraceful’
‘I knew that I was right. I knew that I had my budget under control,’ she said.
Despite it remaining a sore point, El’ise has moved on to bigger and better things as she fights to help others who struggle to live with the learning disorder.
She has teamed up with Texthelp during their Words Can’t Hold Us Back campaign as they release new research revealing almost a quarter of the 2,000 Australians they surveyed struggled to understand documents critical to every day life.
‘I got really upset because I am so proud of what I have achieved,’ she told Daily Mail on Friday
The campaign aims to raise awareness of the literacy challenges Australians face while highlighting the solutions available to overcome these barriers.
El’ise told Daily Mail she is particularly ‘passionate’ about Texthelp’s Read&Write program.
She said: ‘I can actually not feel stupid in front of my kids and my kids don’t feel like they’re inadequate when they’re in the classroom because they can actually listen and hear back with this program.’
Despite it remaining a sore point, El’ise has moved on to bigger and better things as she fights to help others who struggle to live with the learning disorder. (Pictured: El’ise and Matt with their children Baxter, 11, Charlize, nine, and Maverick, eight)
El’ise had issues with her self-esteem in school growing up as she struggled with her academic work despite excelling creatively and athletically.
‘I would read a piece of paper and the words would jumble,’ she said. ‘My experience of being at school and being in class was horrific. I felt like the stupidest kid there.’
El’ise shares Baxter, 11, Charlize, nine, and Maverick, eight, with Matt Bothe – the eldest two have been diagnosed with dyslexia while Maverick has not.
She has teamed up with Texthelp during their Words Can’t Hold Us Back campaign as they release new research revealing almost a quarter of the 2,000 Australians they surveyed struggled to understand documents critical to every day life