Rylee Arnold and boyfriend Walker Lyons (Image: Getty)

Stephen Nedoroscik's DWTS partner Rylee Arnold and her boyfriend Walker Lyons strike up sweet conversation amid show's live tour

Modified Jan 23, 2025 19:06 GMT

Stephen Nedoroscik's Dancing With The Stars partner Rylee Arnold exchanged sweet messages with her boyfriend Walker Lyons amid the 2025 tour. The couple was nostalgic after the USC Trojans tight end visited the pro dancer last week.

Arnold's close friend and DWTS season 33 participant Ezra Soza shared glimpses of Lyon's visit to the January 19 concert in an Instagram post on Tuesday. The football player was sitting with Arnold in the suite and later commented that he missed the bus.

"I miss the bus," he wrote

Arnold replied that she missed having him on the bus, which drew an even more sweet reply from the Trojans tight end. You can read the full conversation below:

Arnold: "i miss you on the bus!!!!"

Lyons: "I miss being on the bus with you !!"

Arnold: "I miss being on the bus with you too 😭❤️"

Lyons: "oh hey"

Arnold: "oh heyyyyy😻"

Rylee Arnold and Walker Lyons exchange sweet messages

In a separate comment on the post, Arnold expressed gratitude for a 'fun week' with Nedoroscik, and other DWTS participants as they continued the tour.

The 18-year-old was gushing when Lyons visited her last weekend and claimed to be the happiest girl in the world.

"Walker visited me on tour this weekend and I’m the happiest girl ever🥹❤️‍🔥," she said

The couple met through 'crazy coincidences' around September 2024 before announcing their relationship in the following month. They made their red carpet debut at the Los Angeles Premiere of Wicked during a double date with Stephen Nedoroscik and his girlfriend Tess McCracken.

"This might sound really weird" - Rylee Arnold recalls how a random Uber drive led her to boyfriend Walker Lyons

Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles - Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold - Source: Getty

Speaking during an appearance on the Squeeze podcast, Rylee Arnold recalled that during a random Uber drive, the driver suggested that she had a "nephew playing USC football", Walker Lyons and that the two could be a great fit. The 19-year-old looked up the Trojans tight end on Instagram and found him to be 'cute'.

"I get in this Uber. It's this really nice lady. And we're just like, talking about dance, and she's talking about what she does. And also she was like, 'Okay, this might sound really weird. Don't take this the wrong way.'"

"I looked him up, and I was like, 'Okay, he's cute.' So at that point, I was like too scared to really do anything about it, and so I was just kind of like put it on my back pocket," Rylee Arnold said [as quoted by People]

However, Arnold forgot about the incident afterward before one of her sisters sent her a TikTok video of Lyons and suggested she date him. She eventually followed him on Instagram and they exchanged numbers before the USC freshman asked her out on a date.