Tyriq Withers Talks Dating, Love, Kissing, & More in a Revealing New Interview
Tyriq Withers is making revealing new comments about his dating life in an interview for the COSMO Centerfold feature!
The 27-year-old actor can currently be seen as Ledger Ward in the new movie Reminders of Him and you might also recognize him from last year’s horror movies Him and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Tyriq, a 6’5″ heartthrob who is rising in Hollywood, opened up about kissing on the first, sliding into DMs, relationships, love, and more.
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Check out highlights from the interview below…
On if he’ll kiss on a first date: “I wouldn’t say never, but the ball is in her court. I’ve been called so passive. I’ve never, like, leaned in and we just kiss like that. I don’t know how people do that. I always just ask out loud. Like, ‘This is awkward, but I need to hear it from you.’ I’ve been kissed [on the first date], and that’s been lovely.”
On whether he likes dating: “Do I? Oh my god. Yes and no. I like dating the right person. But it gets expensive—and not even financially. It’s expensive, like, on my heart and mental state. So I’m just kind of chilling. We can hang out in group settings, do karaoke, go, like, wrestle pigs….I’m waiting for a girl to be like, ‘Let’s go paintballing.’ Because I hate paintballing, but I like weird sh*t. I’m, like, date-fishing. Put this in the article so people ask me out.”
On being open to someone sliding into his DMs: “I think that’s so bold. But it has to be the right person. I don’t really slide into DMs; I never know what to say.”
On whether he’s noticed a difference between dating pre-fame vs. post-fame: “I haven’t really dated post-fame. I don’t even view it as…it’s so mind-blowing to me that people have seen my work and, like, get excited about my work. I don’t even think I have fame. I don’t know, it’s weird. But I’m excited to see how that is.”
On being relationship-oriented: “I’m such a relationship-oriented person. I yearn—and that is my superpower but also my biggest flaw. I am a loverboy. I’m a Cancer, so you know how we get. I’m not interested in surface-level things. On a date, I’m like, ‘What sets your soul on fire?’ [laughs] I’m just looking for love. But when you tap into self-love, then love finds you.”
On love: “I think love is a feeling, right? It’s like a soul connection. I know I feel love—or am in love—when I just want to protect this person at all costs, protect their heart. I think I know I’m in love when I give you the last bite of my pumpkin pie, because that’s my favorite. I think when love happens…it’s a spectrum, right? I think you build that love over time. And I think love looks like so many different things. It looks like the last bite; it looks like learning their hobbies. I love seeing the joy they have in the things they do and I get joy out of seeing them experience joy. I think that’s when I know I’m in love: I yearn for their joy. Like, how can I bring them joy in all facets? Oh, I know I’m in love when I baby-talk. Like, when I don’t feel weird baby-talking to a person.”
Tyriq was just a co-host of a prestigious party in Hollywood.