Mathew Tyler Oakley, popularly known as Tyler Oakley, is in a relationship with his partner, Anthony Russo. He is an LGBT youth icon whose activism is dedicated to LGBT rights and social issues such as health care and education.

He regularly posts videos on various topics, including pop culture and humor, on his YouTube channel, with over 683 million video views and 6.86 million subscribers, which was over 8 million at his peak. He is a former member of the collaboration channel 5AwesomeGays, where he produced Friday videos for over three years.

As a freshman at Michigan State University, Oakley started uploading videos on YouTube in 2007. To date, he has uploaded over 600 videos to his channel. He was also featured in the 2014 Frontline investigative report titled “Generation Like,” which was a follow-up to the 2001 report “The Merchants of Cool” on how teenagers directly interact with pop culture.

He was born in Jackson, Michigan, on March 22, 1989, to parents who divorced when he was an infant. He once mentioned that he had twelve siblings; six brothers and six sisters, some full, some half, some step, and some in-laws.

There has been a surge of interest lately in the private life of Oakley as people are keen to know who he is currently dating. This article aims to look at the matter and his relationship history.

Is Tyler Oakley Still Dating His Partner, Anthony Russo?

No, Tyler Oakley’s partner is not Anthony Russo, as they are not dating. The two dated a few years back but have already separated as of 2022.

He confirmed that he and Russo were a thing back in September 2018 when he uploaded a picture of himself and his new boyfriend on his Instagram. In the photo, the two wore tuxedos; according to the caption, they were at a friend’s wedding ceremony.

The two were also seen together at Coachella, and it was apparent from Tyler’s stories on Instagram that he was having a great time with Anthony. They were present on all three nights of the festival.

After that, Tyler and Anthony started uploading more pictures of themselves having great times together. They would be featured on each other’s Instagram posts, and it was apparent that the two were dating each other at that time.

On Russo’s 27th birthday party, Oakley and other friends were present to celebrate the event. The two would cosplay Carl Fredrickson and Russel from the hit animated movie Up. Things were going great for the newly met lovers as they would go on adventures together.

He even uploaded a photo of him and Tyler with a caption that read, “the best part of 2018,” confirming that the two were immensely in love. February 2019 was their first Valentine’s, and they celebrated the day.

However, after mid-2019, the two would break up and not feature on each other’s future posts. Following this, they went on their separate paths, ending the relationship. Although neither of them had publicly said anything about their relationship, it became apparent that the two had parted ways.

Anthony Russo was born in October 1991 and studied at Boston College Carroll School of Management, where he got a bachelor’s degree in marketing and finance. He started his career at SyncOnSet technologies in Boston, Massachusetts as an account executive in 2013. He later moved to the Los Angeles branch of the company and has worked as a product manager and head of product since 2018.

He has been working for four years as a product manager on Netflix as of 2022. He is very active on social media and has a respectable following of 18K people on his Instagram, @russoao.

Tyler Oakley Dating History

YouTube star Tyler Oakley has dated a couple of times in the past. He was in a long-term relationship with an unnamed boyfriend while at college.

After Oakley and his boyfriend, while at Michigan State University, broke up, the former fell into a short depression, as written in his biography book, Binge. He admitted that he considered taking his life due to the breakup but recovered after becoming involved with YouTube.

He was reportedly in a relationship with Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon at one point in his life. However, their romance did not last long, as they broke up and moved separately; Rippon is currently married to Jussi-Pekka Kajaala, whom he met on Tinder in 2018.

Oakley was also rumored to be dating Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan in the past. However, there was no confirmation of their relationship.

Additionally, Tyler was in a couple of more romantic relationships. However, they did not last long as he moved on from the breakups and started a new romantic journey with Netflix product manager Anthony Russo in 2018.

The two reportedly met through the dating app Bumble. After chatting for a while, they decided to meet in person and instantly clicked together once they met each other.

In his latest YouTube video, which he uploaded in September 2022 after a year-long hiatus, he updated his fans about his life and recent ventures. He mentioned that his boyfriend had moved in with him, and now the two live together with their two pet dogs. Although he did not reveal the identity of his boyfriend in front of the camera, it became apparent that Oakley is now in a healthy relationship and happy with it.

Also, Tyler is best friends with Korey Kuhl, his co-host of the weekly airing Psychobabble podcast. The two have been working together for almost a decade and appeared together in The Amazing Race 28 and finished third, and later on The Amazing Race 31, finishing second.

Tyler Oakley has amassed a lot of following on social media. His Instagram profile, @tyleroakley, has 6.1 million followers, whereas his Twitter, @tyleroakley, has 5.2 million followers as of November 2022.

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