Married At First Sight Australia’s Timothy Smith may have made waves while on the show but it seems he was left overwhelmed with the show of support he’s received from fans, after admitting to being a drug trafficker.
Timothy, who is married to wedding celebrant Lucinda on the popular E4 show, left fans shocked when he revealed in a recent interview that he had been convicted of being a drug mule. And now he’s joined social media platform TikTok, he was able to publicly show his gratitude for the support he received from fans around the world, following his shocking revelation. Timothy, 52, told his fans: “I just want to reach out and say thank you so much to everybody… the response has been incredible. And just everyone’s well wishes and very, kind words.”
He added: “I’m getting through the messages and I really appreciate when people share their story and whether it’s something I said or something that they’re going through. And I’ve had some just incredible stories that have come through and I’ve read them all. I appreciate it. I’m trying to get back to everybody.” He continued: “It may take a little while, but, yeah, look I’m not the expert in life. Trust me far from it and I just said to somebody today we’re all on this journey together, and just, try and get through it.”
He went on to say: “Look I’ll have a lot more stuff coming over the next couple of weeks. Just, I’ve got a few things coming up, clearly.” Tim made headlines following his explosive interview on A Current Affair where he admitted he spent a year behind bars after he was caught using a helicopter to illegally smuggle large amounts of marijuana from Canada to America.
He explained: “I was a helicopter pilot in North America that did something really stupid.” Tim was being paid to take flying lessons for the sole purpose of trafficking drugs. He added: “It’s something I’m not proud of. I’m definitely not proud of it, but it doesn’t define who I am and I’m not the same person I was 17 years ago.”
The reality TV star said he would earn more than £80,000 per trip. Delving further into his past exploits, he admitted: “I would take off from a little unmanned airport and I would fly up a valley into a creek where I would meet a four-wheel-drive… within a minute, the helicopter would be loaded.” But his luck soon ran out as he was caught by police in Los Angeles when he returned after visiting his sick mother in Australia.
Unfortunately for Tim, it wasn’t his prison sentence that created his trauma, which viewers have seen him trying to deal with on the show, it was when his mother and younger brother died while he was locked up. Timothy’s mum passed away after losing her battle to cancer and his brother died after taking his own life a few months later.