![]() ![]() In 2006, Tilley enrolled at Louisiana Tech University for a year as a family/child studies major with aspirations to work as a child life specialist-a career path she could see herself returning to “if I feel called back to school.” Apart from a brief acting class stint in middle school, stepping in front of an audience of millions wasn’t on Tilley’s bingo card. “I don’t know if that was my dream, but in my mind, that was the easy next step.” “Being in the South, I thought getting married and having two kids by 25 and being a teacher was the easy next step for my life,” she says. Earring & Ring: Bea Bongiasca.Īs one of five children in Shreveport, Louisiana, life as a full-fledged media personality with a mega-public LGBTQ+ relationship never registered as a possibility in Tilley’s mind. ![]() “I always envied people who knew what their path looked like and knew what steps they needed to take to get there.”ĭress: Nadine Merabi. She’s all smiles in an oversized button-up, her caramel-brown hair washing over her shoulders in soft waves as her adorable Pomeranian, Phoebe, yawns in her lap, unbothered by our conversation. “Growing up, I never was that person who was like, ‘I know exactly what I wanna do,’” she tells me over Zoom back in May, dialing in from her cozy Los Angeles home. So yes, she’s very much booked and busy, this week swinging by Manhattan’s Irving Plaza for one of the final stops on Kiyoko’s U.S. Now 34, Tilley has evolved beyond the Bach Nation stratosphere, leveraging her 1.1 million Instagram followers to promote her and Tanya Rad’s burgeoning podcast (Scrubbing In) and lock in social media partnerships with brands like Taco Bell and Kay Jewelers. Just over a year ago, Tilley confirmed her relationship with Hayley Kiyoko in a “soft launch” IG post not long after appearing in the pop singer’s Bachelorette-themed “For the Girls” music video-a bold move that shocked Bachelor Nation and opened Tilley up to public scrutiny. With Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia and Beyoncé’s Renaissance blasting behind the bar, the June shoot-held on the very first day of Pride Month-is an anniversary celebration, and Tilley’s ready to party. In 2015, America first met Tilley as a shy, firmly heterosexual Southern girl searching for a husband on Season 19 of The Bachelor-a far cry from the self-assured queer entrepreneur I watch pose for her StyleCaster cover shoot at Cubbyhole, New York’s iconic lesbian bar in the West Village.
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