'He's settling down in Savannah and yachting has been the life that I've chosen, which means being away from home for five months at a time, so it's very difficult to start a relationship with it being long distance.'Īs for his advice to others struggling to come out? 'Put yourself first,' Tyler encouraged. 'Things just didn't really line up,' the reality star shared of their breakup. Upon joining the show mid-season, Tyler revealed he was in a new relationship, but, unfortunately, the romance didn't work out. 'I think we're all moving in the correct direction,' he added, 'as slow as it might be, we are moving somewhere.'

Now, Tyler says he's confident he and his family are on a path to mutual understanding. 'She's really been a guiding light on how to handle my parents without anything turning into a fight,' he shared, 'or anybody getting upset about certain things.' 'I'm grateful that I've now had the opportunity for my parents to know more about me.'

'I do work myself up and get really in my head, so to just go in and get it done, I think it was the best thing for me to face it head-on,' he continued. I think having that initial conversation, she is more open now to speaking about certain things.'Īlthough the Bravo star admitted he was 'sweating the whole time' during the talk, 'afterwards there was such a sense of relief.'

We're still very close, I still talk to her almost every day, but there's still things that we have to iron out and more open discussions. I think she struggled to understand it the most. The 24-year-old stew exclusively shared with E! News how he came out to his family while filming the current season. While the Below Deck star has been very open about his sexuality with his fellow yachties on season 10 of the hit Bravo series, he hadn't told his conservative South African parents he's gay-until recently. Tyler Walker has had a weight lifted off his shoulders.

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