The Block’s Scott Cam hits out at AI deep fakes using his image to sell weight loss products: ‘That is not me’

Scott Cam has warned his fans that fake ads are using his image.

The Block host posted on Instagram to complain that AI deepfakes were impersonating him while handing out weight-loss products.

“It has come to my attention that there are a number of counterfeits advertising slimming products,” he said.

‘I’m not! Don’t buy anything you see online like this,” Scott continued.

He jokingly added, “I’m here to tell you that Christmas time is not the time for me to lose weight.”

Scott celebrated his 62nd birthday in style last month.

The Block host, whose special day fell on a Sunday, spent his days off with family and friends in a rural setting to celebrate the occasion.

In a series of Instagram photos, the television personality rode quad bikes in the bush with loved ones.

Further images showed a classic Aussie BBQ loaded with bacon for an alfresco breakfast.

“I had a wonderful birthday weekend with my whole family in the bush,” he explained in his caption.

It comes after reports that Scott is ready to hang up his tool belt and retire from The Block after 14 years as host.

The media personality, who took over as presenter from Jamie Durie during season three of the series in 2010, is said to have been frustrated by the participants in recent years.

Women’s Day reports that Scott has had enough and 2025 will be his last year, but Nine says that’s just not the case.

An insider claims that Scott revealed his retirement plans during the filming of season 20, saying he was only doing “this year and next” on the show.

“Like Jesse [Maguire] and Paige [Beechey] quit the series mid-season, it really shocked him and made him even more determined to walk away in 2025,” they said.

‘Scott holds The Block very close to his heart and he couldn’t understand why anyone would leave his hit series and the very emotional decision they made.

“It reinforced in him the idea of ​​leaving next year on a high to spend more time with his family.”

The source then referenced similar rumors that spread in 2023 about Scott retiring soon, but Nine ‘quashed’ those by signing him to a new deal.

However, the deal would have only lasted two years, leaving Scott to host the 2024 20th anniversary season and the 2025 Daylesford season.

According to the insider, it was all “part of a grand plan for Scott to leave on a high with two different and challenging seasons of the renovation show.”

The Block was originally due to shoot in Daylesford this year, but complications with obtaining council permissions meant the renovation was postponed until next year.

Producers made a last-minute attempt to secure a run-down Phillip Island resort, dropping a whopping $9.5 million on Island Cove Villas.

The insider said Scott was ‘bitterly disappointed’ when Daylesford was put on the back burner as he wanted to host that season ‘and then graciously bow out’.

However, Nine has once again quashed these rumors, telling Ny Breaking Australia on Monday: “Scott Cam has no plans to resign from The Block.”

The Block presenter Scott spoke to Ny Breaking Australia last year about rumors surrounding his impending retirement from Nine’s hit renovation show.

The builder turned reality TV host attended a launch party for the 2023 season of his show and told the audience he planned to stick around for a long time.

‘Two months ago I signed a multi-year agreement with the Nine Network. It was an easy decision because I love this show and couldn’t think of going anywhere else,” he said.

Scott then said that while he had no immediate retirement plans, when that day came in the distant future, he had the perfect person in mind to take over as host.

“I think the only person who could do this is my current co-host Shelley Craft, that’s right,” he said.

Shelley, 48, added that there was no one better suited than her to take the reins when the time finally came.

‘That’s my job, isn’t it? Shouldn’t I go one step further and get a sidekick?’ she joked.

In 2022, Scott again addressed speculation about his future on the show, telling Ny Breaking Australia that he would be on construction sites for decades to come.

The veteran tradie has had a career spanning over forty years and has hosted The Block for the past fourteen years – with no apparent desire to stop anytime soon.

‘I am 60 this year and am physically fit. I’m currently renovating my house because of the mold from all the rain,” he told Ny Breaking Australia at the time.

‘I still have at least ten years left on the tools. I recently told my wife: we still have twenty years of good health to go, so let’s start a twenty-year odyssey of life from January 1.

‘I’ll keep going until I can’t anymore, because I love it. I think I can do 20 years with the tool, and I’ll stop when my body tells me to.”