Baylen Dupree Says Boyfriend Colin Is Her ‘Backbone’ Amid Tourette Battle, Wants Babies Before 25
Baylen Out Loud star Baylen Dupree has found her match in boyfriend Colin Dooley.
“He’s, like, my backbone,” Baylen, 22, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, January 9, ahead of the premiere of her eponymous TLC docuseries. “Everything that I do, just being around him helps. He understands me somewhat better than I understand myself a little bit, which is kind of the same way for him. I understand him better [than] he knows himself.”
Baylen is battling Tourette syndrome, which is the focus of her Baylen Out Loud series. On the show, she also chronicles her life with Colin. (They have been together since 2022.)
“He goes into Target with me. He comes with me into stores because I’m scared to be alone,” she joked. “My left- and right-hand man!”
Not only has Baylen and Colin’s relationship continued to go the distance, but she is also ready to take the next step.
“[Babies are] still on the brain. Well, not every day, but I want babies before 25,” Baylen said on Thursday, jokingly teasing that “season 2” would feature a potential pregnancy.
While Baylen is not expecting just yet, she is learning to establish her independence and continue managing her Tourette diagnosis.
“I would say that establishing my independence is definitely in each episode [of Baylen Out Loud],” Baylen told Us. “There’s a milestone or some type of achievement or some type of something that I’m learning or trying to grow from in each episode and just kind of trying to figure out life and just figure out myself and just figure out how I’m going to do certain things is definitely impactful.”
She continued, “Hopefully someone else can look at it and be like, ‘I can be independent too. I can do this,’ regardless of if they have Tourette or they’re neurodivergent or not, they can just look at it and be like, ‘You know what? I need to stop telling myself no because you’re the only person that’s telling yourself.’”
Baylen is also hopeful that Baylen Out Loud will inform more viewers about Tourette syndrome.
“I am hoping that people take away a lot and a lot of information from Tourette and a lot of information about tick disorders and everything like that,” she said. “In general, I just want to impact and inspire other people regardless of if it’s the next generation or past generations that may not have too much knowledge on Tourette. Just trying to inspire people to be themselves and just no matter what they’re going through, just keep going through it because in order to grow you have to be uncomfortable.”
