Sheree Whitfield and Tyrone Gilliams are free to carry on an in-person relationship as the two have apparently rekindled their romance. Plus, Tyrone is speaking out and addressing marriage rumors.
If Real Housewives of Atlanta fans recall, Sheree was dating Tyrone during her final season on the show, but he was behind bars at the time. Her season 10 co-stars, especially Nene Leakes, repeatedly mocked their relationship, with Nene calling him a “con artist.”
Flash forward to February 2021, and he is now a free man and the pair are allegedly spending a great deal of quality time together in Philadelphia.
The RHOA alum was first linked to Tyrone back in 2013, but according to TMZ, he cut off ties with the reality star once he realized he was being investigated by the feds. The couple reconnected around 2016 and she visited him in prison as much as possible, but after he lost an appeal in 2018, the two split.
At the time, Sheree revealed at the season 10 reunion that she simply could not wait for him and had to move on with her life.
“He would love to marry me right now, but I am not marrying someone who is in prison,” she explained to host Andy Cohen. “I am keeping my options open. I meet people all the time and the crazy thing is, no one has been able to hold my attention or grab it. No one has been able to get in my mind and my head. He is still around, but I say at the same time, I love him and I have said it before, if he comes home and I am still available and everything is great, what he is doing and what he says he is going to do, then absolutely I can see a future.”
Tyrone was reportedly granted an early release from a Kentucky prison last week due to COVID-19 precautions. He was originally sentenced to 10 years for wire fraud after being convicted of running a Ponzi scheme and stealing more than $5 million from investors to allegedly support his taste for expensive cars and jewelry.
It seems that everything turned out just the way Sheree hoped it would as the two are rekindling their old flame.
As for marriage, Tyrone says that it’s a possibility in the future, but he’s not ready to get down on one knee just yet.
Below are new photos of Tyrone and Sheree following his release.
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