After the Engagement Announcement, Fans Wonder: Are Baylen Dupree and Colin Dooley Still Together?
Fans got to know Baylen Dupree, a young woman living with Tourette syndrome, and her now-fiancé, Colin Dooley, on TLC’s new reality show Baylen Out Loud. In Touch breaks down how they met, when they got engaged and if they are still together today.
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When Did Baylen Dupree and Colin Dooley Start Dating?
The couple first met via a dating app in November 2022 and quickly hit it off.
“Love at first sight,” she gushed about their connection.
Colin noted that Baylen was very transparent about her neurodevelopmental disorder on her profile. “I didn’t actually know if she was telling the truth or not,” he shared in a sneak peek of the reality series. “People make jokes all the time on dating apps.”
While feeling the mutual attraction, Colin admitted that he “knew nothing” about Tourette syndrome and it was ultimately a “learning curve” for him. Fans of the show see the couple laugh together and work through their relationship issues like any other couple would.
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Colin Dooley Was Candid About The Process of Getting to Know Each Other
Baylen, who was diagnosed just before her 18th birthday, regularly experiences coprolalia, or “involuntary (outbursts) of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks.”
“When we went on our first date, I was just thinking in my head like, ‘How am I going to make this work?’” Colin said in a July 2023 Seen.tv clip. “’I really like this girl, if she was constantly ticking 24/7, am I going to be able to talk to her? Is she going to be able to talk to me?’”
According to the Tourette Association of America, the condition is characterized by sudden, involuntary movements and/or sounds called tics which can range from mild/inconsequential to moderate and severe. Tics can be motor, vocal/phonic or both.
