Timm Hanly: It was ‘difficult’ to keep my relationship with Briana a secret during BIP

Timm Hanly had to keep his romance with girlfriend Briana De La Motte under the radar during his stint on Bachelor in Paradise.

But now the show is over, the 28-year-old has nothing to hide.

‘It was harder to hide it than it was to put it out there,’ he told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday. ‘Briana’s been hidden for the last few months. She deserves to let the world know that we are together and in love.’

‘It’s natural when you love someone to want to everyone to see it,’ he added.

Timm had to keep his romance off social media for months until the show had finished airing, due to his contractual obligations to Channel 10.

He was linked with Brittany Hockley while on Bachelor in Paradise; however, the pair split shortly after leaving Fiji together just a few episodes in.

Soon after the season finale, he enlisted Briana to be the face of his new clothing range, Front Runner.   

He wanted to show his girlfriend how important she was to him, and said the decision to involve her in the project was a ‘quick and easy’ one.

‘It’s important for your brand to have a face and people to know who the founder is, and what the founder stands for,’ he said.

The pair have had an on-off relationship for seven years.

Speaking about the success of his new range, Timm said he was surprised by the overwhelming number of orders and was not prepared for it.

‘The fear was that it was not going to go well. That was the nightmare,’ he said.

Timm Hanly’s new range of Front Runner clothing will be released September 1.