‘Family Feud’ Contestant Accused of Killing Wife Joked With Steve Harvey About Marriage
Former Family Feud contestant Timothy Bliefnick, who has been charged with killing his estranged wife, joked about regretting his marriage on the show three years ago.
According to a press release from the Quincy Police Department in Illinois, Bliefnick was arrested on Monday (March 13) for shooting his wife Rebecca in her home before a family member found her on February 23, 2023. Bliefnick’s attorney has denied the accusation.
Following the arrest, fans rediscovered a clip of Bliefnick on an episode of Family Feud in 2020, where he joked with host Steve Harvey about regretting getting married.
“What’s the biggest mistake you made at your wedding?” Harvey asked, to which Bliefnick responded, “Honey, I love you, but I said ‘I do.'”
The live audience reacted with gasps and laughter before Bliefnick added, “Not my mistake, not my mistake… I love my wife. I’m gonna get in trouble for that, aren’t I?”
Bliefnick and Rebecca got married in 2009 but had been separated for several years and were going through a divorce at the time of Rebecca’s death.
Rebecca Bliefnick Facebook
Speaking to Fox News, the man’s attorney Casey Schnack said the Family Feud comment was merely a joke and not relevant to Bliefnick’s separation from his wife.
“It’s a game show. A silly answer to a silly question on a silly show doesn’t make one a murderer,’ Schnack stated.
According to the arrest report, detectives arrested Bliefnick at 8:24 am on March 13 “for a no-bond warrant for two counts of first-degree murder and home invasion for the murder of Rebecca Bliefnick.”
The report adds that the accused was taken into custody “without incident” and that he was “transported to the Adams County jail where he is currently lodged.”
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It's never anyone else's fault when YOU decide to overshare
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True that!
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No one knows what the questions will be but some I'll take a x on lol but it was his own made up mind to commit murder. I wouldn't said that about my husband separated or not lol wow
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They are asked what they thought the majority of audience members would say.
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Well i just want to know was it up there STEVE and if so how many other ppl thought it 💭 hmmmm?
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People suck I’d what I think
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How?! "Man who murdered his wife joked about marriage", Pretty cut and dry! Not sure how you got that it sounded like there was a confession. I suppose in a way it was though. It doesn't preset what his actions were to be but it definitely sounds like there is a lot of disdain there. He was still married and he said saying, I do was a mistake and not just the marriage itself! That's deep!
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True I said the same thing lol
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Well sometimes game shows go over board with personal questions.some contestants may find offensive they wont show it on air but I bet when they get home they will argue about it.. keep game shows funny not personal.
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It wasn’t a personal question. The whole point of the game is to figure out what the most popular answers are from the show’s survey. No way you can blame the show for this lunatic killing his wife.
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That’s up to the contestants to make it personal
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Well I watched the Clip .He didnt say I murdered my wife.He said im sorry I said I do...How is that Response to saying I killed myvwife...No it wasnt...But your right persional Thangs shouldnt be asked ...
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You misunderstood.The clip was from three YEARS ago, it’s not a confession about what he JUST did. The clip just shows that he said he regretted marrying her.
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Crazy how he didn't say her murdered his wife THREE YEARS BEFORE his wife was murdered.
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Shouldn’t give personal answers
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