TYLER TAKES OVER

September 09 · Editorial, Fashion, Features · Henry Lou, Israel Mejia, John Tan, Tyler Barnhardt

by Israel Mejia

Photography by Henry Lou | Fashion by John Tan

Moving is never painless. Packing, taping boxes, opening said boxes to pull out a hastily tucked away phone charger — it’s cumbersome.  But moving coasts is even trickier, especially in the middle of a global pandemic. Tyler Barnhardt figured out the logistics and seamlessly transplanted his life from New York to Los Angeles. For the 27-year-old actor, moving involved Amtrak, face masks and a patient girlfriend.

Tyler knows his limits and readily admits them throughout our conversation. He is currently crashing at co-star Ross Butler’s house in LA, as his apartment, which he has only seen through a Virtual Reality tour, is still not move-in ready. After leaving Brooklyn, Tyler and his girlfriend, casting agent Adriana Schaps, decided to spend a  week in Miami. “It was an amazing experience because when you go on vacation with your significant other’s parents, you’re on your best behavior. But when you’re going through a pandemic and you’re together 24/7 for four months, it’s impossible to be on your best behavior.” After settling in for the long haul he shifted his perspective from vacation mode to, as he describes it, “Is this just my life now? I need to get out of here and have some purpose in the world because I just feel nothing.” Read more