He was dumped from the new season of Married At First Sight last year after producers discovered his misogynistic, racist and homophobic TikTok videos.
But on Monday, Simon Blackburn didn’t appear to have a care in the world as he sat shirtless in the garage of his Melbourne home smoking a cigarette.
The disgraced groom showed off his extensive tattoo collection while relaxing in a camping chair wearing nothing but a pair of baggy grey shorts.
Taking it easy: Disgraced Married at First Sight groom Simon Blackburn didn’t appear to have a care in the world as he sat shirtless in the garage of his Melbourne home on Monday smoking a cigarette after he was dumped from the show for his misogynistic, racist and homophobic TikTok videos
His collection of tattoos includes a roulette wheel on his left leg, a clock face and three large portraits of female faces on his right leg, arm and torso.
Simon’s face remained expressionless, only raising a smile once as he FaceTimed a friend.
At one stage, he stood up and walked barefoot around the garage while staring blankly ahead of him.
Inked: The disgraced groom showed off his extensive tattoo collection as he sat in camping chair wearing nothing but a pair of grey shorts
Tattoo collection: His tattoo collection includes a roulette wheel on his left leg, and three large portraits of women’s faces on his right leg, arm and torso
Bored: At one stage, he stood up and walked barefoot around the garage while staring blankly ahead of him
It comes just days after Blackburn made astonishing claims that it was his on-screen Married At First Sight wife Jessica Seracino who was a ‘nightmare’ on set, saying: ‘She completely lost it, and should never have been on the show.’
Blackburn, who is in his thirties, had already filmed his wedding and honeymoon with Seracino when she discovered his offensive videos in October, after noticing ‘red flags’ about him within just 24 hours of tying the knot.
‘Jessica was extremely uncomfortable with him,’ an insider previously told Daily Mail Australia.
After waking up on their honeymoon, Seracino asked her friends to do some research on Blackburn, and a quick Google search revealed his unsavoury online footprint, including hateful videos and tweets.
‘There were a series of homophobic and misogynistic tweets and TikTok videos. Something was not right,’ the source added.
Giddy: He did, however, raise a smile when he FaceTimed someone on his phone
Gone: Simon was dumped from the new season of Married At First Sight last year after producers discovered his misogynistic, racist and homophobic TikTok videos
Love: Daily Mail Australia revealed on Monday that Simon is now dating Melbourne socialite Kate Rutherford
‘Jessica was in disbelief and that’s when she alerted producers, who were just as surprised.’
Blackburn was then ‘immediately asked to leave’ and Seracino was sent to another hotel until producers matched her with a new groom. 3
‘When unacceptable social media content was discovered in relation to Simon Blackburn we immediately took steps to remove him from the program,’ a Nine representative told Daily Mail Australia.
‘Simmo is happy in love for the first time in a long time. Kate ticks all his boxes and more importantly she gets along with his son,’ a source told Daily Mail Australia
Who needs Kate Rutherford (pictured) and Simon made their romance official by filming TikTok videos together just weeks after they started dating
‘We won’t be making further comment.’
One shameful TikTok video showed Blackburn making misogynistic comments about a woman he previously dated.
He claimed she would ‘sit on YouTube all day’ instead of making money and called her the C-word repeatedly.
One video, which has since been deleted, sees Simon and Kate lying in bed facing each other as they lip-sync the lyrics to a song before sharing a kiss
Wild claims: Blackburn made astonishing claims that it was his on-screen Married At First Sight wife Jessica Seracino who was a ‘nightmare’ on set, saying: ‘She completely lost it, and should never have been on the show
Another video saw him discussing how he matched with a woman on dating app Hinge, who later texted him to say she didn’t think she was his type.
He then boasted of not dating women ‘over 60 kilos’.
Blackburn did not respond to Daily Mail Australia’s request for comment at the time, but appeared to address his exit from the show by sharing a post on his private Instagram profile that was captioned: ‘Leave the past in the past.’
He also asked people to stop messaging him about the videos because he was suffering from Covid-19.
Red flags: Blackburn had already filmed his wedding and honeymoon with Seracino (pictured) when she discovered his offensive videos in October, after noticing ‘red flags’ about him
Meanwhile, Daily Mail Australia revealed on Monday that Simon is now dating Melbourne socialite Kate Rutherford.
The couple made their romance official by filming TikTok videos together just weeks after they started dating.
One video, which has since been deleted, saw Simon and Kate lying in bed facing each other as they lip-synced the lyrics to a song before sharing a kiss.
‘Simmo is happy in love for the first time in a long time. Kate ticks all his boxes and more importantly she gets along with his son,’ a source told Daily Mail Australia.
Gone: Blackburn was ‘immediately asked to leave’ MAFS once his sick videos were discovered and Seracino was sent to another hotel until producers matched her with a new groom
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