Dumb Blonde - Baylen Dupree: Endometriosis, GLP-1s & What NOT to Say When You Meet Her

Episode Date: July 7, 2026

Internet favorite and TLC's Baylen Out Loud star Baylen Dupree-Dooley joins Bunnie alongside her husband, Colin Dooley, for a conversation that's funny, emotional, and guaranteed to change the way you think about Tourette syndrome.Baylen gets real about married life, navigating endometriosis while dreaming about future babies, and why GLP-1 medications have helped her with so much more than just weight loss. She also opens up about living with bipolar disorder and OCD, including the exposure therapy that literally had her rubbing horse shit on her hands to overcome her fear of germs.Then they dive into Baylen's Tourette syndrome journey—from years of misdiagnoses and being told she'd never fit into society to becoming one of the internet's biggest advocates and landing her own TV show. Baylen and Colin break down what people still get wrong about Tourette's, what life with tics actually looks like behind the scenes, their wildest fan encounters, and how they keep faith, communication, and date nights at the center of their marriage while balancing military life, reality TV, and everything in between.This episode will make you laugh, teach you something, and probably change the way you see Tourette syndrome, chronic illness, and mental health. Baylen is living proof that you don't have to fit into anyone else's box to build an incredible life.Baylen: Website | IG | TTColin: IG | TTWatch Full Episodes & More: YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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What's up, you sexy motherfuckers? Welcome to another episode of Dunblon. Today's guest is one of the internet's most recognizable faces, a reality star, most importantly an advocate, and one of the funniest people you'll ever meet. Baylon Zyfrey, welcome to Dumb Blonde. Thank you so much for having me. I am beyond excited to be here. Thank you so much.

You look so beautiful. Thank you so much. You have like this new bride glow to you. Thank you. Yeah, I love it. What does it feel like being a wifey now? I love being a wifie. One of the things that I've realized is the hardest.

So this is just so simple is I have no idea how to write my new name when we are at like restaurants. I'm like paying or like I'm going to shop somewhere and I'm like, oh, I have no. I need to practice. I need to practice. But I love it. It feels like we've been honestly married for like a long time just because we choose each other every single day regardless of fights or tears or laughs or excitement or love. Like we choose each other every single day. So it's always really been like that as soon as we started dating.

And we've just kind of kept going with it. It's paid off. I love it. And you guys have been together how long? Collins here, by the way. We're going to bring him in in a little bit. We've been dating for four years. Four years.

And you guys were dating before the TV show even started, right? Like you guys had started dating right before then? Yes, we started dating right before then. So as soon as we started dating probably like five months. after that, three months after that I started a TV show. So he's been a part of it the entire time. I love it for you guys. And congratulations. I know I told you guys whenever you first walk in, but I have to tell you publicly also, I'm just so excited for you guys being married. And I think you guys are the cutest couple. So I know this is a deep subject to jump into just off the bat,

but I was so excited about hearing you speak about and advocating for women who have endometriosis. that is something that's dear to my heart because I'm going through that with my IVF journey. And I feel like so many people need somebody like you to look up to to talk about these things. Can you tell me about your journey with the endometriosis? My journey, so when I was about an eighth grade, so I was like probably, I'm not going to do the math and embarrass myself. It's okay, sister. I can't add shit either unless it's funny. So I was really young and I figured that I was having.

having like a lot of pain with my periods. They were, they were like two days, which was like very normal, but they were very, um, painful. And, um, to the point, like, it would get like, like, I couldn't walk, like, because I'd be hunched over. Um, I was extremely, also had extreme constipation to the point where I'd be in the hospital. Um, um, I've had to miss school because of it. Um, but I was, clinically diagnosed when I was in eighth grade. And I got on birth control and I skipped the placebo. That's what the placebo pills that basically regulate your period for me to get my period,

it makes endometriosis worse. So I just skip it. So I haven't had a period since then, which has been forever. But also at the same time, it's prevented a lot of pain. And when I just went in for looking at the endometriosis specialist, we go on. the show when you get to see me go and see an endometriosis specialist because we do want kids. We want kids in the future and it's very, very important to us. I have a big family and he's the youngest kid in his family, so he's always wanted to be a young dad. And it's always a dream of ours to have kids, but there's always the reality of the possibility

of not being able to have kids. And the most important thing is that we've had those conversations and we've come to a realization that we do have options and there is ways to come about it, but they're also so hard and so expensive and so, like, exhausting probably on your body and what it does to, like, female organs and things like that. But I was clinically diagnosed and then I was re-diagnosed on the show because the only way to truthfully find out if you have endometriosis

is through, sucking dick is through going in and getting the surgery for, it to find actual proof. She said that 80% of women that come in with endometriosis to get an ultrasound done to find out if they have it, it doesn't come up on there because they actually need the surgery to go in and find the lesions and the scar tissues and the old cysts and the cysts that are built over top of it. So the journey has been long finding out what's been going on, but it's also been so hopeful and so like reassuring that like I'm not just making up this pain or I'm not just feeling it and it's not like if it was something else like I just didn't want to go in thinking that like I was making this all up right like it would be great to know if like

I didn't have a really really really severe case of endometriosis but I also wanted to know like I really don't want to be making something up I really don't want to be like feeling something that's completely wrong or maybe I'm like over exaggerating or be over dramatic or wind it up or anything like that. So to go in and like actually get reassured on my symptoms and everything that's going on and that there is a possibility of us having kids, but it's also like nobody really knows the possibility of anyone having kids until you try to have kids. And that's kind of the best advice she gave us. And obviously we're not trying to. trying to have kids right now. We just got married. We're trying to enjoy our married life a little

bit. But I think it's amazing that you are being so vocal because young girls actually really need to know about this because as I was growing up, I used to have to like miss school. I remember my first period when I was, I think it was like 12 or 13. And it was the most horrific cramping that I had ever had. And then that followed me all the way up until I was finally diagnosed with endometriosis. And I mean, you can ask my team. I have to take days off. We schedule my schedule around my period because we never know how bad it's going to be. But do you know one thing that I have found that has really alleviated my symptoms with endometriosis is microdosing a tiny bit of trisepatide.

Have you ever microdose like GLP ones or anything like that? So I'm actually, that's a great question. I'm on a GLP one right now. I've been on it for about a year. the medication that I take for my bipolar makes me excessively gained weight. So when I first took the medication, I gained about 30 pounds in about three months, 20 to 30 pounds in about three months. It was rough, especially since you have the entire internet and everyone commenting

and everyone saying something and everyone calling me whaling. I've never heard that one before. So it's just kind of, it's hard to migrate. going through like body problems and then also trying to be a social media advocate at the same time because you want to like tell everyone to feel confident and feel good and love yourself and you only have one you. God only gave you one you. So it's the only show the only home you have and then you go around and you feel insecure too. But we're also all human and we all can't be perfect. I know what it's like to try to navigate that as I was going through IVF it put weight on me.

and people, you know, would be like, oh, she's bigger than her husband now. And like it's, and you're literally trying to make a baby with your body. And it's like people just have no respect. The internet is just so crazy. But I've learned that it's just miserable people who have nothing better to do than just comment on other people's lives. So you can't ever let that get to you. No, but my neurologist was telling me because she's the one that prescribed me,

the GOP one for the increase in weight gain. And where was I going with this? The gLP ones helping with endometriosis. Yes, she brought up about how the inflammation that goes on with your body, the GOP one helps reduce that. And like with endometriosis, it's that. It's inflammation. So I've definitely seen the increase.

Like I've periodically like gone off of it like for certain things and certain reasons. And when I do, I'm like immediately I need to get back on because I don't. You can feel a difference. I can. It's like insane. And I'm like obviously not doing it for a trend. I'm not doing it to fit in. I'm not trying to do it to be skinny.

I'm doing it because, well, I actually need it. It's like pain management. Yeah. My stomach would for like after I did the IVF from my, you know, you have to pump yourself full of like estrogen and all these hormones. So the endometriosis is just fed off of that. My lower stomach would like pooch out. Be belly.

Yeah. And it looked like I was like three months pregnant and it would not go away. The only thing that took it away was taking was microdosing the GLP one. And I think that more people need to know about that because it's not just for weight loss. Like we're really trying to like get our bodies in check and in order and that and getting the inflammation down is probably the number one thing that you could do for your body. It's not just about losing weight or taking a shortcut. It's about literally trying to help yourself and help yourself feel better. y'all know I'm always looking for little ways to update my home and recently I decided to refresh my patio with some new outdoor furniture.

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I never realized until I was actually diagnosed with OCD how many different types of OCD there are. What exactly is your OCD? My OCD is a lot of negative, intrusive thoughts that then build up to like things happening that spiral into like death. I've started realizing I have a lot of fears with like, okay, if I leave the house today, then and I get in a ride chair or an Uber, what if I get in a car accident and then my leg breaks are like I'm dead? Like I can't leave the house. I can't leave the house today. Maybe I'll try tomorrow. I'll go for a walk. Maybe the walk I'll be fine. Maybe I won't trip. Like it's very, very intricate. It used to be for a small period of time, germs. I wouldn't even

drink out of my husband's drink at the time. Like it was, I wouldn't do sweaty hugs. I wouldn't do handshakes. I'd rather go in for a hug than a handshake because in my hands like your hands are like probably one of the dirtiest parts of your body. I wore gloves to my meat. I wore gloves to my and greets. Yes. Yeah, because a sweaty hand, I'll think about it all night. Yes. If I touch a sweaty hand or if I hug somebody and they're sweaty. Or immediately, like I had to like immediately go shower afterwards or like I would only scrub my hands like a repetitive amount of times. I do everything in threes, which I've been to ERP therapy for. It's definitely helped, but it's definitely something that like you have to do when you're ready because it's so motivationally driven by

yourself. Like there was one point where my ERP therapist was telling me she's like, and we work with a lot of people that have the fear of throwing up. And how we build up to that is, well, we watch videos of people throwing up. And then exposure therapy. Yes, like we're going through everything. And then she's like, we practice. And I was like, what? I was like, what? Okay, this sounds, this isn't sounding normal. But okay. But I did do exposure therapy, especially for the horse for the wedding. That was still up in the air. Aw.

So did you have to go and shake sweaty hands and hug sweaty people for your exposure therapy? Or how did that work out? So my exposure therapy specifically was around horses. Okay. I was petrified of horses. And a part of me, I did it for him because he wanted one at the wedding. And I needed to get familiar with being around a horse. And then another part of me, I wanted to do it because horses are so,

therapeutic and beautiful and just perfect for people that are neurodivergent and I've always wanted to feel that way so when I went through the therapy like we got close to the horse I got to touch the horse I got to brush the horse I got to ride the horse I got to build that and then um I also played with its shit really yes I did yes I did okay you I need to we need to be depth about this. So why are we fondling turds? What is happening? Because I have the fear of germs. So I had to rub shit on my hands. Without gloves on? Without gloves on, I had to get it in my, like, she's like scraping it underneath my nails. And I look at her. This was, I'll fucking die. I don't know if it was in the episode. I have no idea, but there was a part of it that was cut out when I

asked her. I said, so how often do you get sick? And she's like, I'm not going to answer that question right now. And I was like, okay. Well, you're like, this is supposed to be therapy. And we can't, we canceled the therapy the first time because she was sick. So I was like, okay, there's a pattern here. There's a pattern here. And she has you putting turds on horse shit under your nails. Yes, it was, you have to be like very, very motivated to do it because at first I was like, I'm not doing this. And then I was like, I got to get old. I like, I like, I wouldn't even be able to like eat sandwiches with my hands because my hands were infected and contaminated. And by germs so I wouldn't be able to pick up the sandwiches or like eat chips and dip.

So I was just like and maybe I'll just do it and maybe it will do something. And it did do something. I did the hardest thing I possibly could have ever imagined and then I never have to do it again. And now all of those fears are gone. But it's definitely shocking. Like you sit there and you're like, probably not. Yeah. Like I had to leave. You're a better woman than I. Yeah. I had to leave the therapy. I was like, I don't think I can be doing this anymore. But you did it. And like how fucking cool is that? Like I'm so proud of you because I don't think people who don't battle OCD don't realize how huge of like a triumph that was for you because I I'm I will pet horses. I'll hang out with them. I'll write them. I'm not touching their shit. And especially getting it under my nails, there's no fucking way. Like not happening. It was it was it was an interesting experience. And especially with everyone just watching me do it. I was like, wow, this is. I'm like, okay. Girl, my hat goes off to you, sister.

Well, let's switch gears. Let's talk a little bit about your family because you guys seem incredibly close. Okay, Kate. Double hate. And so who's the funniest member of your family? Berkeley, my oldest brother. Yeah.

No, he seems like it. He's stand-up comedian. Yeah. Funniest person in the room. Also, you would never guess the most quiet. Like, also, like, very sticks to himself. Like, quietest person, biggest stage fright. We'll never do stand up.

We'll never stand in front of crowds. Never do anything like that. But he's the funniest person. I mean, he's the funniest person. I love that, though. Who do you think the favorite child is out of you guys? Me or Svenlin. She answered that quickly.

So she's like, me or Svenlin, you said? Svenlin, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I could see that totally. And what's a family story that gets brought up at every holiday, whether you like it or not? Oh, my gosh. I love asking questions that make people think.

I know there's got to be one. There's so many, but I can't think of any right now. Like family, because Thanksgiving's different every year. It's always like at different places. And so it's always like different with the people that are there because sometimes you can't say something.

So I just, I don't know. We can circle back. We'll circle back to that. If it comes to you during the interview, just interject and we'll put it in. Let's move on to understanding your story a little bit. I know you have spoken about your journey so many times, but for people who possibly could have never, you know,

come across you on TikTok, let's talk about the journey of when you first started noticing symptoms of your Tourette's and what that experience was like for you. I started really knowing that I was different than everybody when I was probably, like I knew that I had ticks when I was younger, but I didn't know that until I was older. I didn't know what I was really experiencing. I thought everyone did what I did.

And also at the time, it was so less complex that it was just hard to tell. And I also at the time had like a lot of learning disabilities and things like that. Like I was at the time like trying to, I got held back. So there was a lot going on at that stage. What was the question? We're talking about when you first started experiencing the symptoms. So like how old were you when you, like when you were younger? What were your ticks like, though, that you had noticed as a child?

They were a lot of neck movements. And then as I got older, I started realizing that I always like used to flex my like I still do. I always used to flex my thigh muscles. And I always felt like I had to do it. And I had to keep going until like the urge went away. But I never really knew what that was until I was old. and I found out when I learn what ticks are because they're so complex and you have no idea kind of what they can be or how they can manifest. But I was around the age of 15 and I had this throat

clearing tick that sounded like my throat was closing. And I went, I had a cardiologist at the time and I went to the cardiologist and I was like, I just, I just have this feeling in my throat. and I have to keep doing it. It won't stop until it's like fulfilled. And he's like, sounds like you have a throat closing issue. You might need surgery. I was like, okay.

I'm going to go see somebody else. Yeah. I think's a lot, dude. So then I started experiencing like little neck tics like this or things like that. But it was really like when I was in school and I started noticing those things. when I was like 16, 15 years old. And my friends at the time would be like, why are you doing that? And it was the friend group I had at the time.

And I had no idea. I had no idea it was Tourette's at the time. I was like, oh, it's my heart thing. It's like this thing. It was that thing. Like, I had no idea. And then, like, when I was actually diagnosed at 16 and I went to the doctor before COVID happened, he diagnosed me.

and then I went back during COVID because it got so bad from like being sheltered. I'm a social butterfly as much as I have social anxiety. I just love to be around people. I love to be around love. I love to just be around everybody. You love a girl. Yeah, I don't like to be lonely. I don't like that feeling.

Where is I going with this? We're talking about just how, you know, after you got diagnosed at 16. Oh, yes. I'm so sorry. No, you're fine. I got you, girl. I'll keep you on track the whole time.

Thank you so much. I actually went back because my tics were so bad. I had a tick that I was hitting my foot off my head. And I went in there and he was like doing all these exams and he was looking at me and he was just staring at me for maybe like 30 minutes like examining my ticks. And he's like, yeah, you don't have threats. I don't know what you have. I don't know what's going on. But you can't, you shouldn't leave the house.

You shouldn't work. you shouldn't drive. You definitely shouldn't go to college. Stay at home. You do not fit in with society. And I was like, okay. Can we take this man's medical license? Because like, what kind of fucking advice is that?

And then he goes to tell us, he's like, I actually, I can't even see you as a patient anymore. I don't even specialize in movement disorders. I specialize in epilepsy. So we wasted all of my time by diagnosing me, undiagnosing me, and then sending me off. So I went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. and I got an official diagnosis there. And basically she gave me a lot of hope,

but it's so hard with like getting medicines and treatment and everything, because everything really isn't covered by insurance. So like the CBIT therapy cognitive behavioral intervention for ticks isn't covered by insurance. And it's very, very expensive. And when I went to the male clinic, the lady was like, oh, I see thousands of people that have. Tourette's. I see hundreds of thousands. Like this is definitely what Tourette says. However, good luck finding help. There's only 10 hospitals in America that do Sebit therapy.

Good luck finding a doctor in your state that does Tourette's or specializes in Tourette's or movement disorders. Good luck. I never once was told about the Tourette Association of America, which is the only place I really have ever felt welcomed as somebody with Tourette's, because it's an entire community of just all my tick friends. Like, it's just great to like let them know that I can be a voice for them and let them know that I always have my community. Always. I think you've created such a, like you've created such a conversation for people who do have Tourette's.

And I don't want to say you've made it look cool because I feel like that's insensitive, but you've made it look like it's not this disability that people can't still live and be free and be happy. And like you have just broken down so many barriers and so many walls for so many people. What do you wish that people understood about Tourette's syndrome? What do you wish that more people understood about Tourette syndrome? I wish that people understood that people don't tick 24-7. if I'm in my apartment and I'm watching a movie with my husband, my tics are like non-existent.

Because you feel safe. I feel safe. I'm in my safe space. But also my safe space also means if I come back from a really stressful environment and I'm holding in my tics, that's my safe space. So my tics are also so loud and so obnoxious and can be so abrupt, but they also can be so calm as well. And I just wish that people like saw that side.

I wish people saw the side of like me listening to music with headphones like when I go to the airport and I sit in my sit in my chair. I put headphones on and I maybe tick 10 times the entire flight. Depending on how long the flight is. London's a bit long. Oh my gosh. International flying is crazy. I don't even like it. So I couldn't imagine. Your ass hurts. What has been the most challenging part emotionally going through this journey for you? The most challenging part is probably the fact that I try so hard to demonstrate Tourette's in the most possible, beautiful way I can. And I just wish people didn't approach me by my ticks or they just didn't say the ticks. Like when people have Tourette's, when you repeat their ticks, it sets their ticks off. So like when people come up to me and they're like, oh my God, I love you Tourette's girl. And I'm like, oh, okay.

Like you want to be known. Yeah, you want to be known. I'm like at least call me Bailey or something at this point. Yeah, I'm fine with them. Get my name wrong. But I just, I just. I feel like that's so insensitive too to walk up to somebody and just say that to them. Or the hardest part is like I share my life and I do the best I can.

But there's sometimes where I mess up and there are some days where like I don't show the good days and I don't show what it's really like to like sometimes live through those good days and I just wish that like people understood that I'm like trying my best to portray what my life looks like but I also don't want to be on social media 24-7 because sometimes it can get really time consuming and really just consuming in general with everything and I really try to be as present as possible with everything in life so I just wish people would just realize that I'm trying best to show what Tourette's is and sometimes I make mistakes and I don't show every side or maybe I don't show sides in the best way. But I just wish people understood that you don't tick 24-7

and I'm doing the best I can to show that. I think you're doing a great job. Thank you so much. Don't be so hard on yourself. I think you're doing a great job and I think there's a lot of people that look up to you. I mean, you have your own freaking TV show for God's sake. Like you're doing the damn thing, sister. So let's talk about how you, you, were discovered and all this stuff, your social media and like kind of like finding your purpose on social media, what inspired you to start sharing your life online? So I originally did not have TikTok. When I was in high school, I was like, I'm not doing TikTok dances. Like that's not. Yeah. I was just very like more reserved than I was now. Like I just wasn't really prone to showing that.

And then I got on social media, made a couple videos. And at this time, like I didn't want it to be about my Tourette's because my Tourette's was so minimal in my life. My ticks were very minimal. I was probably ticking 10 to 20 times a day, like depending on the environment and my nerves and everything that went on that day. So I didn't want it to be about that until one day, like I was saying, my ticks got really, really bad before COVID, but before then I was like only ticking 10 times a day. I didn't really know what was going on with me. Right. And so I had to reintroduce myself to all my friends, all my family, all my relatives, all my loved ones and be like this is who I am now. I'm still bailin. Just have a little extra feature. I like that. So a girl followed me around the store without me acknowledging on social media

or acknowledging to any of my friends. I stopped being friends with everybody because I was so embarrassed by who I was. I didn't want to reintroduce myself. I didn't want anybody to know who I was. I was in therapy like four times a week, three times a week. And I just didn't want to have to, I don't know where I was going again. It's okay. You were talking about like what inspired you to start sharing your life online because when you started, you weren't having the ticks that you started getting as you got a little bit older.

Yeah, I was followed around a store and she was like laughing and pointing and like making fun of me and I was like, I didn't know where the video was going to go. I assumed that it was put out on social media to make fun of me. That's only what I would assume. And so I went home that night and I was like, I'm going to make her feel dumb. I'm going to make her feel really stupid about taking a video and making fun of somebody that has a disability in public. So I went online and I was like, hey, like I tried making this video from another video that went and got like a million views. I tried like explaining myself and I was like, I'm not going to hide anymore.

This has given me motivation to just share who I am and I went on social media. And I shared a video of basically explaining what happened and I was just opened up about having Tourette's. I have Trette syndrome, stupid. And it like went viral and everybody thought I was faking. And I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I didn't know this is what people thought. Yeah. I didn't know that this was the first thing that came to mind.

But I just wanted to just take my power back from her and just have the truth be told from my mouth and just make her feel dumb for doing that. And I mean, kudos to you because that is such a superpower because some people would have like, you know, it could have gone a different way and you could have been like more depressed or even like suicidal over that girl doing that to you. And instead you stood up to your bully and showed her and everybody else online like, hey, this is what's going on. It's not okay what she did. And I'm going to empower myself. So I mean, I'm really proud of you for doing that. So did you have any idea that your videos would resonate with so many people, though, once you actually did come out and like the outpouring of love that you started to get? No. I had no idea. I had absolutely no idea. I had no idea that that video was going to blow up between me starting in November and me going on Dr. Phil in March, I had three million followers. Wow. I had no idea that that was going to happen. And I started realizing, like, I was, I joked around one time with my friends.

I was like, oh my God, I want to drop out of college so bad. What if we just became social media influencers? Went that way. We could move to New York, have a good time. And I don't know if I manifested it or something or Jesus heard me, but it ended up happening. And it's just crazy. I'm so blessed for the amount of love that I've been given because I felt like I was in such a dark place and that I would never be loved and that I would just have all these terrible

thoughts towards myself. So it's just I'm very, very blessed with the life that I've been given and the way that I've been able to impact others and be the voice for people that don't feel like they have one is really the only reason I do what I do. I love it. What is one of your favorite fan interactions? Like, what's your favorite thing that, I mean, a story and then what is your favorite thing that fans do when they come up to you?

I've met so many incredible people. I love talking about every single one of them. but I think the most one that resonates with me and with him, we were in a Jopalé and we're sitting down and we're having dinner and this guy comes up and he's like, I'm so sorry to interrupt you guys, but I know you. And we're like, okay, yeah, lovely to meet you, all the stuff. He goes, I'm a behavioral therapist. My wife is a special needs teacher.

We've been waiting for something to come out like this for 10 years. We've been waiting for advocacy and for disability awareness. and invisibility disability awareness. And just it really resonates a lot because I just love meeting people. I really do. I love meeting a face behind a follower and a supporter and somebody that really loves

and supports me and cherishes my life. So it's just really good to know that I've met a lot of really, really good people. And my favorite thing when people come up to me is probably like, Everyone's so, it's so funny. Everyone's so surprised how nice I am when they meet me in person. You're so sweet.

So it's so like shocking to me when people caught me and they're like, oh my God, I thought you're going to be so mean. And I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, what? Where would they ever get that? I'm like, where'd you get that from? But I just, I love meeting everyone in every interaction so different sometimes. But the good ones definitely outperform the bad ones. Oh, good.

Have you ever had any bad fan experience? Oh, my God. Tons. No way. Tons. I have to hear. Tons. How could you have a bad fan experience?

That is so weird to me. The first time I started social media, I was with my ex-boyfriend and we were in a mall. And this guy comes up and he's like, oh my God. Are you the girl that fakes Tourette's? And I was like, oh. I was like, what? I was like, no, I have it. And he goes, whatever.

Do you want to get a photo? And I was like, no. No, I don't. Yeah, like, I've had people, what a cornball, yell out the windows of cars when I'm walking and be like, oh my God, we fuck with you Tourette's girl. Like, wind it up. And I'm like, wind it up. I'm like, okay, that's one way to terribly approach somebody. Yeah. I've been, I, do you need to come to sit down? There's you, Colin, do you want to come in? You can come have a seat, buddy. Come on up here.

I'm like, what better time. I'm like, he knows every story in the book. What up, Colin. You guys are a good looking couple. Thank you. Yeah, you guys are going to make some really cute babies. I can't wait for you guys to have babies. I want to be godmother.

Let me be a godmother, please. Very godmother. We got it. Do we got Colin on camera? Yeah, thank you. I love how happy you get when you see him. That's how you know what's love, because you get like the biggest smile.

Oh, thank you. You guys both do. It's really sweet. Colin, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me. Oh, dude, I'm so glad you guys are both here. Like, what is it like being married now? I want to hear it from you.

I feel like Baylon put it really well. It's honestly a new feeling that we're still trying to adjust to, but also at the same time, it has felt like we've been married for a while. Just because our priority when we first started dating was to always every single day just choose each other when we wake up in the morning. And I feel like that's the biggest thing with marriage is every day you have to choose that person. And so, but yeah, it's pretty amazing. We've been riding a high.

So, yeah. And we definitely keep God at the center of it all. So it definitely helps. I love that. You've always seemed to be so sweet and so patient with her. I watched the first few seasons of the first couple of seasons of the show and I just loved how you have always handled her and always just been so loving and just poured into her. And that's a huge quality for a man to do because a lot of men don't do that. And I just, you can see the love that you guys have for each other. So I love that. So talking about the fan interactions, let's circle back. What was the one that she called you up here for?

Yeah, so bad fan interactions, they are few. There's not a whole lot, but there is sometimes where just people will come up and they'll be like, oh my gosh, I love you. And then they'll say a tick. And it's just. And that's a trigger for you, right? If somebody says a tick to you, it just automatically triggers. There's also been a lot of cases where people will be like, you want to know what my favorite ticker's is? And I'm like, oh, here we go.

Oh, here we go. I'm like, please don't start like that because then I'll say it and it'll set him off and they'll be like, that one, say it again. And I'm like, oh my gosh. No, that's not how it works. That's not what works. Yeah, it's like, I don't know. It's weird. Like people like love her ticks and like some of them are funny.

But at the end of the day, like it is a condition that she has. And so when you say that tick, you're just setting her condition off and making her condition worse. So I think that's not like they're not doing it to be hateful or mean. I just think they don't know. Yeah. Yeah. Sitting here talking to you, you haven't really had that many ticks and you're so calm and so articulate and

well spoken. Like I think that's amazing. And has it always been like that or have you had to learn how to kind of like rain it in? It definitely was hard at first. Like I was living at home. I didn't really know a lot about my triggers and my triggers. my environment changes and how everything really affected my condition kind of until we live together and I got to experience like being like.

Sorry. This is his world. We just live in it. Okay. This guy. Until I really didn't experience being on my own and like being in certain scenarios and being out in public and learning certain techniques that I use. I use a lot of camouflaging.

I use a lot of whispering techniques. But most of the time a lot of people wouldn't know is that my motor tics are actually worse than my vocal tics. And when you say motor tics, what does that mean? A motor tick is basically like my neck tics. Okay. Or like my arm tics or my leg tics, anything that involves a muscle is definitely worse than like my vocal tics. But it also just depends on the day. And during day to day, I just kind of.

go from there and choose it. But it also just depends on the environment. It depends on the person. You're a lovely person. And how comfortable I feel. But usually when I'm focused and I'm distracted, my ticks go away. And I love talking. So it helps a lot. But like for example, we're planning to go to Broadway tonight and have a couple drinks. Yes. And alcohol seriously affects my ticks. It makes them really, really bad. So another. question would be like, why would you drink? And it's like, well, I'm 23. A couple drinks doesn't make my ticks bad. Six drinks makes my ticks bad. Right. And you also deserve to have fun too. I'm not saying that alcohol has to be involved in having fun, but some people want to let loose,

you know, and I mean, you are 20, would you say 23? Yeah. And sometimes it helps like when I, when I have ticks, like there was one time where we, we got drunk and we went out to a club and I ticked and I flipped some guy off and he knew who I was. But he like got in my face and put his finger in my face and said, no, fuck you bitch, fuck you bitch. And all of his friends like went to go fight the guy. It's for you. So it's just kind of like sometimes when I'm around drunk people, I rather be a little

bit more on the tipsy side. So then if they come up and they approach me like things like that, then I'm not like completely sober. Right. and almost like offended by it. Right. Because there's just been a lot of times with drunk people that in my condition that I just don't like it.

Yeah, but people, hopefully people listen to this podcast and they can learn how it is from the other side and how you feel and how you guys feel, you know. So hopefully this will definitely open up people's eyes to that. So let's talk about the show. Like, so you guys were dating before the show even started. How was that conversation? When you guys decided to let cameras in on your life because, you know, that's life changing. It was a really big decision. It definitely took a lot of trust just because Tourette's needs to be shown

correctly. It's so complex. It's so hard to understand. A lot of people don't get it. They don't understand. So making sure that it was described and shown correctly was so, so important. And that's really hard to take that risk when you're going into having. somebody else be in control of your life and your story. Yes. So it was definitely a big risk. It definitely took a lot of conversations, not only with him, but with my family, a lot of thinking, a lot of emotions, a lot of tears, a lot of laughs.

But also ultimately, probably one of the best decisions we've ever made for the Tourette community. Because we had to put ourselves aside and realize this is not about us. this is about Tourette's in the community and getting it out there into the world because it's so misunderstood. Everywhere you go, anything that you see, there's not really a movie that describes it in a way that really shows Tourette's true colors or what and how it looks like in everybody. Like on the show, I have multiple people that also have Tourette's and how it manifests itself differently. So it was definitely hard. Yeah, it was tough because we were only dating for four or five months when that opportunity arose.

And I was in the moment where I was still adjusting to her fame on social media. Like I'm very private. I grew up in a real small town. So I was still adjusting to the whole social media. media thing. And then it was like, hey, we have an opportunity for a TV show. And I was like, a TV show. Yeah. I think just taking a step back and realizing that it's not about us. It's not about anyone else. It's about the condition and about Tourette's and in the community and spreading

awareness. And so if you take a step back, it's a lot easier to make that decision. Yeah. How were you guys so trusting? Because especially, you guys aren't. executive producers, right? No. Yeah. So it's like you have to really like, did you guys lay it out to everybody like, hey, this is what we want, this is how we want it to look, or did you just trust the process and just watch it the first season that came out and got to see, you know, what was made from that?

We basically just got to watch it as it came out. Wow. So you guys just took a chance and look at how it turned out though. No, that's amazing. Yeah. Has filming taught you guys anything new about yourselves? I think it's definitely. brought us closer. When we started dating, we still had a great relationship, but it's definitely

brought us a lot closer in a lot of different ways. Because you guys get to look back and like if there's even an argument or like how you handle the situation, you guys get to look back on it and reflect. Yeah, I think it's really taught us to communicate a lot better with each other throughout filming because it filming is very hectic and it can get chaotic and it can get chaotic and It's busy schedules, especially when I'm in the military as well. So I feel like just communicating through that process and through production is what it's really taught us over the years. Okay. So where does it stand now?

Where are you guys out with this transition of you coming out of the military? And what do you do in the military? I don't think I've ever learned what you've done. Yeah. So for the past five and a half years, I am a pallbear. United States Air Force. Basically, I carry caskets during military funerals out in Arlington National Cemetery. We'll carry the fallen member to their gravesite. We'll fold their flag for them, render military honors. It's been an amazing, an amazing job that I've gotten to experience and do.

I mean, to be the last, really the last base that the military sees. that the family sees of the military, it's been really nice to be a part of that. It's super special. Wow, you're a special person to be able to do that. I mean, to be surrounded by the death and, you know, the fallen soldiers. And again, thank you for your service. Thank you.

Did you go into the military and pick that, or did they pick that for you? Or how does one, I didn't even know that that was an option to do. Yeah, it's not a lot of us. There's, there's, um, 20 way news. Ten Rinas, ten Rinas. But I think, yeah, so when I first joined, I chose that job. Wow.

That says a lot about you. Yeah. So I was super excited to do it. And I just didn't know that I would end up being there for five and a half years. But I've loved every bit of it. I have done over a thousand funerals during that time frame. So I've loved George Washington's dick. Every part of that. And as far as the transitioning out and the move and all of that, all of that's still in the process, there's a lot of approvals that I have to get on my side of things. So yeah, still a work in progress.

Yeah. So is it going to unfold on this season? Do we have to keep watching? It will. Okay. I can't wait. I'm going to be texting Baylon. I knew it. What are you guys excited about now? Like now that you guys have gotten married, you guys are fresh off of your hunting. honeymoon. Like what is exciting you guys? What are you guys looking forward to? I think really just for me, I don't know about for you. For me, it's really trying to like take a step back and slow down. Our lives have been pretty hectic. Like with with the TV show, with getting married, with the honeymoon. It's been pretty, pretty wild. And then also trying to potentially move and potentially change careers. There's been a lot on the table and a lot that's been happening around us.

So I think really what I'm most excited about is really just taking a step back. Yeah. Yeah. When the cameras aren't on, what is your guys' favorite thing to do? Date nights. Aw. But it's so simple. All we like to do when we don't film is like put a TV show on and just cuddle and just

like give each other time because we know that like with our. everything going on in our lives, we still try as hard as we can to prioritize each other. And sometimes it's not the easiest for me to, like, go out to restaurants and do things like that. But I'd say it's one of the best days, one of the best times of the day. Aw, what about for you? Is that your favorite, too? Yeah, I think really just trying to figure out any way to spend time together, whether it is going to a restaurant or if her tics are too bad and she can't. do a restaurant scene, then cooking at home, having a wine night, watching Netflix, whatever

it may be, just trying to... Taking their dogs on a walk. Yeah, really just try to spend time with each other without any cameras or anything around. I love that for you guys. What are you guys most proud of right now? As a couple? Individual and as a couple. Hey, man.

Come here. I'm sorry, hold on. Come here, man. You're acting up today. Get up here. It's time to work, buddy. Come on. Holly.

Okay. I'm very proud of how far I've came in the last three years. Since three years since we've been dating. I was living at home in my parents' basement. My ticks were so bad. I would have tick attacks. They're like an excessive amount of ticks in a period of time that you don't know how long it will last for. And you don't really know what the ticks are.

it's it's been a long ride figuring out my condition and myself and my confidence and i get a lot of it from him he helps me a lot with that um but i would say i've come a really really long hard far away i never pictured myself getting married five years ago because i never thought that my tics would allow me to walk down the aisle so um it's been really nice to be along this journey with him and just be proud of myself at the same time and realize I've come a far away and to be able to acknowledge that is so so beautiful for me. You're conquering things every day. And like even just from when I saw like the first season to now, like seeing how much you've grown as a woman is is really a beautiful journey to watch.

And I think we're all rooting for you guys. We're literally all. Even you, Colin, like you have grown so much with her too. So I mean, you guys are like America's couple right now. Oh, thank you. You love that. Sweet. And what are you proud of, Colin? Yeah, I think I'm really just proud of how far I've seen her come. Like there's been a lot of struggles that she's had, whether it's communication or the fear of germs, her condition to rest as a whole, it's all like grown so fast for the good in the past three years that, I mean, it's amazing to kind of really sit back and watch and be along for the ride. But as that happens, I also have to learn new ways and figure out ways to help her as her condition adapts and changes

throughout the year. So it's all a learning curve. I don't know everything there is to know. I definitely don't. Yeah. I feel like it's a testament of love, though, because you know, you're pouring into her, she's pouring into you and you guys are just both blooming and flourishing. And I mean, that's what love is all about. And you guys are setting the example. So I'm proud of you guys for doing that too. Thank you so much. Thanks. What do you hope people feel after spending the hour with us today and listening to this podcast? What do you want them to take away from this? That was a great question. A lot of different things. I want them to take away that

Tourette's can look a lot differently for a lot of other people. I want people to kind of understand a little bit more about endometriosis and kind of that background and the similarity we have. I'm glad that he got to come on. That's super cool. This first time ever coming with to like with me to do this stuff. So it's so cool to have him with me. I don't know.

I just hope people take away the fact that Tourette's is real. And there is things that I say that are funny, but there's also times where it's very difficult and it's very hard to deal with. And it's paralyzing sometimes. It gets very, very difficult to do a lot of different things. And it gets very hard to walk sometimes. And it's very hard to see sometimes. I just hope that people also understand not to call me Tourette's girl.

Yeah, to approach you with love. I mean, like, come on. I can't. When you told me people were doing that, I was just like, our world has no hope. Like, what the fuck is wrong with you guys? Literally. Like, I just want to shake people. What about you, Colin?

What are you hoping they take home after listening to this? I hope they learn that people with Tourette's don't tick 24-7. That is a huge misconception that a lot of people don't really know. Like she said, there's a lot of times where she's just sitting there and she can sit there for 30 minutes, an hour, two hours and just not take if she's comfortable and relaxed. I hope that they continue to watch the show and watch our relationship and just actually learn a lot about who we are as people and individually. And I think those are the biggest two takeaways. So that great. Better than me.

Thank you. You guys are sweet. All right. So tell people where they can find you guys, where they can watch your show, social media. Shoutouts. Colin,

do you have social media? I do, yeah. Okay, okay. I'll have to follow you too. Well, shout out wherever you want people to watch and follow you guys. You can watch me and him on TLC, the learning channel, learn something,

bitch. Baylon out loud. I have no idea. what my social media handles are, but they are bailin Dooley somewhere. They are verified somewhere. I have no idea what they are. What about you, Colin? Yeah, you can find me on this Instagram and TikTok, Colin underscore Dooley. I'm glad you know yours. She's like, I have no idea. I'm so happy you guys were able to sit down with me today. And I want you guys to come back anytime you want my couch is always open for you guys. Thank you so much. Oh, thank you. You're so sweet.

You're the best. Thank you. You're the best. Thank you guys for tuning in to another episode of Dunblond. I'll see you guys next week. Bye.