‘Family Feud’ Contestant Convicted of Murdering His Estranged Wife Speaks Out in First Interview: Watch

Timothy Bliefnick, the Family Feud contestant who was sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife Rebecca Bliefnick earlier this year, is speaking out for the first time.

In a new CBS special of 48 Hours, titled The Game Show and The Murder, Bliefnick speaks with correspondent Erin Moriarty about his cringey comment made on the game show that garnered national attention as well as his plan to appeal his conviction.

"No, I did not murder Becky," Bliefnick tells Moriarty in a preview. "The idea of, of murdering someone, let alone the mother of my kids ... is not any part of who I am."

Bliefnick was arrested in Rebecca's murder on March 13 and found guilty in May of first-degree murder and home invasion on Feb. 23. 

Bliefnick and members of his family appeared on Family Feud that aired in 2020. It had been taped in 2019.

"What's your biggest mistake you made at your wedding?" host Steve Harvey asked Bliefnick during a round of the game show.

"Honey, I love you, but, 'said I do,'" he answered, adding: "Not my mistake, not my mistake — I love my wife. I'm gonna get in trouble for that, aren't I?"

In the CBS special, Bliefnick tells Moriarty he was just joking that day in 2019.

"It wasn't said with any malice or bad intentions," Bliefnick says of his on-air comment. "It was supposed to be funny."

While Bliefnick maintains his innocence and plans to appeal his conviction, prosecutors Josh Jones and Laura Keck say the evidence speaks for itself.

"The detectives followed the evidence exactly where it took them," Jones says in the special. "And there was one inescapable conclusion, that it was Mr. Bliefnick."

At one point while talking with Moriarty, Bliefnick gets emotional. Asked what he was thinking at that moment, he tells Moriarty his children.

48 Hours: The Game Show and The Murderer will air Saturday at 10 p.m. EST on CBS.