“Not Feminists”: Abbie Chatfield Blasts Dom and Ella’s Shocking Interview With MAFS’ Jack – POPSUGAR Australia

Abbie Chatfield has called out reality stars Domenica Calarco and Ella Ding regarding the controversial interview featuring MAFS‘ villain Jack Dunkley on their podcast, Sit With Us.

Here’s what went down: Jack made this cringeworthy comment about Lauren Dunn, telling her TV hubby, Jono McCullough, to “put a muzzle on his woman”. And guess what? Having been through MAFS before, Ella and Dom suggested that producers strategically placed Lauren in Jack’s line of sight at dinner parties just to stir the pot. Dom even said, “They would always put her right in front of you. It makes for amazing dinner parties because we sit there eating the popcorn”.

Abbie Chatfield didn’t hold back when she saw a clip of Dom and Ella’s chat on the podcast’s socials. She called them out for not tackling the misogynistic vibes of Jack’s original comment. She wrote, “Really disappointing to see the victim blaming here, and the allowance for a man to speak in such a dehumanising way about a woman because she … spoke too much?”

“It’s Really Damaging to Post This”

Then, Abbie Chatfield took her thoughts to her podcast, It’s A Lot, where she really went in. She didn’t think Dom and Ella were being intentionally malicious, more like they just didn’t quite grasp feminism and patriarchy. She felt they were stuck at an “entry-level” understanding.

When it comes to having controversial guests on podcasts, Abbie’s stance has shifted a bit. She used to be all for not giving platforms to misogynists, but now she thinks it’s okay as long as you’re ready to challenge them. She slammed Dom and Ella for not being prepared to handle Jack’s comments properly.

“When it comes to getting misogynists on your podcast, I used to have a very strong opinion on this of not platforming them,” she began. “But then you know, throughout being in media and throughout doing the podcast, I do think sometimes you can get people on that you disagree with if you are equipped to explain to them, and hence your audience, why what they did was wrong.”

She emphasised the importance of not backing down from challenging conversations and criticised what she perceived as a lack of preparedness from the Sit With Us hosts.

Throughout her chat, Abbie kept circling back to this question of whether Dom and Ella really understand feminism. She reckons they missed the mark big time in comprehending the bigger picture of patriarchy and feminist principles.

“I don’t think those girls even know why the muzzle comment was wrong. I think that’s the biggest issue,” she continued. “They don’t have an understanding of patriarchy or feminism, and they claiming they do, and they can profit off it and they can get their listeners pretending that they are. But they’re actually not. They’re actually not feminists.”

Dom and Ella are yet to respond to Abbie’s comment at the time of writing.

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