Rylee Arnold Debunks Engagement Rumors After Holiday Trip With Boyfriend Walker Lyons
Dancing With the Stars professional Rylee Arnold shared an update regarding her relationship with boyfriend Walker Lyons.
“There has been considerable speculation [regarding] this trip,” Arnold, 20, stated in a Wednesday, December 24, TikTok video, referencing her recent vacation with Lyons, 21, and his family. “No, I am not engaged.”
Arnold further displayed her two bare fingers on each hand as confirmation.
“This is my right hand, this is my left hand,” she said. “And, without rings. Seeing the videos of people believing I was engaged made me smile a little bit.”
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Arnold and Lyons have been dating since October 2024. Following the ballroom dancer’s inclusion of Lyons’ family on a holiday trip earlier this month, social media users wondered if the collegiate football player had proposed during the getaway.
“The trip was wonderful, and Walker and I exchanged gifts, too,” she said in her TikTok upload. “I won’t be with him for Christmas Day, but he’s planning to visit Utah after Christmas, which is great.”
Arnold is spending the festive holiday with her parents, sisters and nieces and nephews in their Utah hometown.
“We enjoyed a little staycation in Salt Lake City last night, and that was lovely,” she recalled on Wednesday. “We ate a delicious dinner, I did some shopping, we went swimming and it was just really nice to spend time with my entire family together.”
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The Arnolds — including Rylee’s eldest sister, former DWTS pro Lindsay Arnold — reunited again for a Christmas Eve celebration.
“My mom always picks the cutest and funniest pajamas,” Lindsay, 31, wrote via her Instagram Stories late on Wednesday. “So excited for tomorrow. Falling asleep so thankful.”
Lyons, for his part, is based in California where he attends the University of Southern California. The tight end recently entered the transfer portal.
“That is really exciting, and I’m just really excited to see what happens and his next step,” Rylee further expressed in her Wednesday video. “These last couple weeks have, honestly, been really nice. I haven’t had time off like this in quite some time, so it’s been really good to relax and settle into my place here in Utah.”
Rylee concluded her work on DWTS season 34 last month, ultimately deciding against participating in the cast’s 2026 live tour.
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“So disappointed I won’t be on the DWTS tour this year,” she said in an October social media statement. “Being on tour the last two years was seriously the most incredible experience ever. I’ve made the best memories and met the best people.”
Rylee continued, “This year, I had to make the difficult decision to sit it out and prioritize my health, particularly when it comes to managing my Type 1 diabetes, which can be challenging on the road.”
Rylee was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 15, nearly four years before she was cast as a DWTS pro.
“Those were the most difficult three days of my life,” Rylee recalled to Women’s Health in 2024 of her diagnosis, which occurred after she nearly went into a diabetic coma after her blood sugar levels dropped during an amateur dance competition. “The reality set in on how demanding managing this disease would be and how much it would change everything. Every 20 minutes, a new person would come in and tell me something new. It was so overwhelming. My biggest thought was, ‘Will I be able to dance again?’”
