Married At First Sight’s Timothy Smith has touched the hearts of fans with a deeply personal revelation about his late brother.
The reality TV star, 51, took to Instagram on Monday to share a reflective moment during his journey back to Melbourne.
Tim opened up about the tragic loss of his brother, Dave, who passed away at the age of 30.
Tim began, ‘Look, Dave left us when he was 30. He suffered from mental health [issues], which I believe he suffered all of his life and just couldn’t get on top of him, couldn’t get [rid of] his demons.
‘And people have asked how, how you move on from it. Look, it’s been, it’s been 16 years, but a day hasn’t gone by that I don’t think of him.’
Married At First Sight’s Timothy Smith, 51, has touched the hearts of fans with a deeply personal revelation about his late brother
Tim, 51, opened up about the tragic loss of his brother, Dave, who passed away at the age of 30. (Tim, right, pictured with brother Dave, left)
He continued, ‘I certainly talk to him. If you’re driving past me in the car and you see me talking sometimes on the phone, sometimes I’m actually talking to him and just tell him I miss him. I love him.’
Smith continued: ‘I wish he was here. There’s a part of you that will never get over it, but we all. It’s not that we move on. We learn to live with it.’
Tim also mentioned how different people cope with such a profound loss, referring to a well-known actor who experienced a similar tragedy.
‘Look, it’s been, it’s been 16 years, but a day hasn’t gone by that I don’t think of him,’ he said
‘It was one of the Hollywood actors. I think it was Billy Bob Thornton lost his brother and if you’ve actually talked and talked to people that have gone through that, that sort of a thing. We all deal with it differently. There’s no easy or right way of doing it.’
He concluded his heartfelt message with some words of advice, acknowledging the complex nature of grief.
‘The advice that I give out is just the advice that that.’
Timothy first revealed the extent of his loss during his MAFS wedding day where he married Lucinda Light, 43.
Timothy admitted to Mel that he often hides his emotions and his heart in order to stop people from hurting him, having experienced heartbreak and loss throughout his life.
Timothy first revealed the extent of his loss during his MAFS wedding day where he married Lucinda Light, 43
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