Married At First Sight veteran Jono McCullough has revealed his support for a surprising Melbourne candidate in the 2025 Federal Election on Saturday, despite not living in the electorate.

The reality TV star, 40, who lives in Palm Beach, Queensland with partner Ellie Dix, has shared images of himself to Instagram supporting his co-star Tim Smith, who is running as an independent for the seat of Melbourne. 

Jono appeared to have jetted down to Victoria to help his TV pal, 52, hand out How To Vote pamphlets to constituents, which advised them to ‘Vote 1 Tim Smith’. 

And it seems Jono wasn’t the only MAFS star to fly into town to help, as fan-favourite Tristan Black also shared images and video of himself helping Tim out amid voting. 

‘To all the political campaigns today, everyone deserves a shout-out. This shizz is hard to do! Be nice to the people handing out the pamflets [sic],’ Tristan, 31, captioned one image of Jono enjoying a beer. 

It comes just a few weeks after Tim performed a dramatic citizen’s arrest early last month in Melbourne when he chased down a teenage boy allegedly armed with a machete.

Married At First Sight veteran Jono McCullough has revealed his support for a surprising Melbourne candidate in the 2025 Federal Election on Saturday, despite not living in the electorate. Pictured with partner Ellie Dix

Married At First Sight veteran Jono McCullough has revealed his support for a surprising Melbourne candidate in the 2025 Federal Election on Saturday, despite not living in the electorate. Pictured with partner Ellie Dix

Police arrested a 14-year-old boy, who allegedly attempted to carjack a woman with another teenager, after Tim managed to detain the youth when he ran, reported Seven News.

In shocking footage captured by CCTV, the reality TV star could be seen sprinting after the two youths in Prahran after he heard the commotion while standing outside his campaign office on Chatham St.

Tim was standing at the intersection of Chatham St and Chapel St when two black-clad individuals raced past him.

The TV star-turned-budding politician, who is running as an independent for the Melbourne seat in the federal election, immediately took off after the pair.

Further clips saw Tim keeping the alleged machete-wielder detained until police arrived to arrest him.

Tim later claimed on Jacqui Felgate’s 3AW Drive he was first alerted something was wrong when he heard nearby screams while talking with his campaign manager.

‘I was out the front talking to my campaign manager and then we heard some screams. Some guys came by, one with a machete, and I gave chase to the one with a machete,’ he alleged.

‘They were waving them around. As I was running behind him he kept yelling, “I’m gonna cut you,” but he wasn’t stopping.’

The reality TV star, who lives in Palm Beach, Queensland with partner Ellie Dix, has shared images of himself to Instagram supporting his co-star Tim Smith, 52, who is running as an independent for the seat of Melbourne

The reality TV star, who lives in Palm Beach, Queensland with partner Ellie Dix, has shared images of himself to Instagram supporting his co-star Tim Smith, 52, who is running as an independent for the seat of Melbourne

And it seems Jono wasn't the only MAFS star to fly into town to help, as fan-favourite Tristan Black, 31, also shared images and video of himself helping Tim out amid voting

And it seems Jono wasn’t the only MAFS star to fly into town to help, as fan-favourite Tristan Black, 31, also shared images and video of himself helping Tim out amid voting

Tim went on to claim the teenager burst into tears when he realised he was about to be arrested, but the reality star wasn’t moved by the display.

‘He was young. When they have a knife in their hand they’re very confident. But once that knife’s gone the tears start,’ Tim said.

‘But how’s that lady gonna feel? That’s traumatic. His tears don’t do anything for me.’

Tim added he felt no fear for his own life when chasing after the boy, saying he was far more ‘annoyed’ with the wave of youth crime which has struck Melbourne in recent months.

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