Taylor Odlozil Reveals the Hardest Part About Dating Again After His Wife Haley's Death at 30
Taylor Odlozil appeared on a new episode of Savannah Chrisley's Unlocked podcast to talk about grieving his late wife, Haley, who died of ovarian cancer at age 30 in July 2023
During his May 27 appearance on the podcast, the influencer confirmed he has started dating again and explained how much of an adjustment it's been, especially since he met Haley at age 15
Odlozil — who is dad to 6-year-old son Weston — admitted he alternates between feeling ready to get back out there to wondering how he can possibly let someone into his heartNearly two years after the death of his wife, Haley, to ovarian cancer, Taylor Odlozil has started to explore dating again.
The influencer confirmed that he has opened himself up to the possibilities of new relationships in a recent episode of Savannah Chrisley's Unlocked podcast. During the two-part conversation, Odlozil admitted dating is new to him, since he met his late wife, Haley, at age 15.
"I've gone on multiple dates. You know, seeing what's out there," he told Chrisley in the episode released on Tuesday, May 27. He continued to express how he's quickly learned the stark difference between sharing history with Haley — with whom he also shares son Weston, 6 — and attempting to start something new now.
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"When you meet someone at 15, and you grow up together, and you're each other's first because you're so young, it's a very pure love ... You raise each other. You become one," he said. "When you're trying to date in your thirties, a lot of people got their trauma and their baggage, and they're not pure anymore. It's just part of it. There's nothing that is wrong with it, it's just I'm not used to it so I'm struggling."
He admitted that he's "learning the hard way" that dating takes an active effort. "I was under the impression that you meet someone and you immediately know," he said. "Well, you don't. You have to put some effort into [it], and it's scary."
Odlozil also explained that those in his life and people who follow him online are "always looking" to see if he's with anyone, which adds a certain pressure on him and his dating pursuits.
Chrisley asked if his first date after Haley's death was particularly tough, and Odlozil clarified that it wasn't necessarily "hard," mostly just "different."
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He continued, "Sometimes I do feel like, in the moving on phase of dating and all that, I feel like sometimes I take four steps forward and two steps back ... I feel like I'm in a good place and then I realize, 'God, how do I make room for someone else in this heart?'"
Haley was diagnosed with Stage IIIC ovarian cancer just weeks before she and Odlozil married in 2015. She died at age 30 in July 2023, as he announced on Instagram at the time.
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