<p id=”par-1_31″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/tlc/?swcfpc=1″>TLC</a>’s newest star is a 22-year-old TikTok sensation. Baylen Dupree is sharing what it’s like to be a young woman with Tourette syndrome in her new reality series <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/tiktoker-baylen-dupree-star-new-tlc-show-baylen-out-loud.html/”><em>Baylen Out Loud</em></a><em>. </em></p>
<p id=”par-2_42″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/billie-eilish-lifelong-medical-condition-makes-easy-things-lot-harder.html/”>Living with Tourette’s</a> – which causes uncontrollable tics – can be a challenge for Baylen. Fortunately, she has the support of her family and friends. She also has her boyfriend, Colin Dooley, whom she calls “the world’s best boyfriend” and her “medicine.” </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-colin-and-baylen-have-been-dating-since-2022″>Colin and Baylen have been dating since 2022</h2>
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<p id=”par-3_39″>Baylen and Colin have been dating since 2022. The couple met on a dating app, and it was “love at first sight,” she told <a href=”https://people.com/who-is-colin-dooley-baylen-dupree-8772895″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a>. But Colin admits there was a “learning curve” as he familiarized himself with Tourette’s. </p>
<p id=”par-4_38″>“I’m still learning,” he said in a video for Seen.TV on <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuoxviyMS2J/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Instagram</a>. “To this day, I’ll still ask Baylen questions. I never had any idea that Tourette’s could be, like, vocal, hitting yourself, or just like, phrases, sentences.” </p>
<p id=”par-5_67″>Colin takes his girlfriend’s tics in stride, though they can cause some awkward moments, such as when she blurts out that she’s pregnant during a conversation with his parents that’s shown in the trailer. Baylen quickly clarifies that she’s not expecting. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t want a family. She told <a href=”https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/baylen-out-louds-baylen-dupree-calls-boyfriend-colin-her-backbone/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Us Weekly</a> that she’d like to have kids with Colin in the next few years. </p>
<p id=”par-6_26″>For now, Colin is a huge supporter of his girlfriend. In December, he was thrilled to share the first trailer for <em>Baylen Out Loud </em>on <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/colin_dooley24/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Instagram</a>. </p>
<p id=”par-7_24″>“We have been waiting so long to share this surprise! I am so proud of Baylen and how far she has come!” he wrote. </p>
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<p id=”par-8_33″>Baylen is dreaming of a future with Colin, but the couple doesn’t have an easy road ahead. He’s a member of the military, and his career could take him away from his girlfriend. </p>
<p id=”par-9_25″>“I am <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jerry-mathers-leave-it-to-beaver-proud-have-served-air-force.html/”>in the United States Air Force</a>,” he explains in the trailer. “And I have a relocation coming up. I could end up anywhere.”</p>
<p id=”par-10_63″>Baylen can’t imagine not having Colin around. “I don’t want him to leave,” she tearfully says. But going with Colin would be a challenge. Baylen still lives with her parents, who aren’t sure she can manage living independently. And activities like flying on a plane can be a difficult for Baylen. But she says Colin’s support is a vital part of her journey. </p>
<p id=”par-11_40″>“He just understands me so well,” she told People. “He distracts me from a lot of the things that consume my day and my time … It just really helps just having someone there who gets it and understands me.”</p>
<p id=”par-12_14″>Colin might be a huge support for Baylen, but it’s not a one-way relationship.</p>
<p id=”par-13_12″>“The biggest misconception is that she’s a burden on me,” he said. </p>
<p id=”par-14_11″><em>Baylen Out Loud </em>airs Monday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on TLC. </p>
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