Y’all, there’s been a lot of drama surrounding Tyler Cameron lately. Just one week after the fan-favorite Bachelorette contestant showed up looking fine as hell in a suit on After The Final Rose, he’s already been on a date with Hannah Brown and two dates with Gigi Hadid. Yes, world-famous supermodel Gigi Hadid. And all this dating around has some people (including Chris Harrison) questioning Tyler’s future on the franchise. But I’m here to make a case that Tyler Cameron should still be the next Bachelor, and the evidence is impossible to ignore.
First, let’s back things up a bit, shall we? During the devastating finale of The Bachelorette this season, Hannah broke up with Tyler to get engaged to Jed Wyatt, only to dump him after learning he had a girlfriend going into the show. Hannah-Tyler stans everywhere were heartbroken, but their hearts soared when Hannah asked Tyler out for drinks on live television during the finale.
Then, just a few days later, the drinks date happened! TMZ posted photos of Tyler leaving Hannah’s Los Angeles home on the morning of Aug. 2 after presumably spending the night there. For a hot minute, it looked like this romance might really be happening, and Tyler’s Bachelor chances seemed slim (but for the best reason).
But wait, plot twist — on Aug. 4, Tyler was spotted out in NYC with none other than Gigi Hadid, hanging out with her at Brooklyn’s SoHo House. They reportedly went on two dates in just two days, and he was photographed leaving her NYC apartment on the morning of Aug. 6. As all this news broke, Bachelor host Chris Harrison told Entertainment Tonight that these dates with Gigi might affect Tyler’s chances of being the next Bachelor. "If Tyler is bouncing around from girl to girl and loving the life and enjoying the limelight — which, by the way, good on him. That's fine. If that's what you want to do right now, I don't blame him,” Chris said. “He's probably enjoying life really, really well — but that's not someone we're going to want to have as our Bachelor or Bachelorette … if that's where he is in his life, then he's not the guy for us."
OK, Chris, I get where you’re coming from. If Tyler is out there dating multiple women at once, it doesn’t make him appear very serious about the prospect of getting married. But I’d actually argue there’s more to the story here, which shouldn’t be ignored. Here’s why I still support Tyler as the next Bachelor — the lead this world needs and deserves.