Baylen Dupree's Tourette Tics Ramp Up at Airport as She Shouts 1 Off-Limits Phrase in TSA (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

In her new TLC series,Baylen Dupreeis showing some of her most vulnerable moments — ones she hasn’t been able to share with her millions of fans on social media.

Baylen Dupree and her mom, Julie.Bayle Dupree/Instagram

Bayle Dupree/Instagram

In a confessional, Dupree’s mother, Julie, explained how she best handles these types of extreme attacks.

“When Baylen starts ticcing like this, the best thing to do is essentially active ignorance,“the mom of fivetold the cameras. “Just let her do her thing.”

Ahead of the show’s premiere, Dupreespoke to PEOPLEabout how her surroundings often impact her tics. It happens more when she’s anxious, and certain noises can influence her behaviors too; it’s a phenomenon called echolalia, which causes Dupree’s brain to pick up repetitive sounds and movements.

Baylen Dupree for her new TLC series, ‘Baylen Out Loud.'.TLC

TLC

While she can’t mute the ongoings of an airport, she can manage her consumption of certain media, like social media or television. Since noticing her susceptibility to such external factors, Dupree reduced her screen time significantly.

“That’s one thing that I know I can control, the amount of intake,” she explained. “I can’t scroll through TikTok because I will hear every sound and repeat every sound.”

source: people.com