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Tyler, the Creator Addresses His Relationship With Jerrod Carmichael at Coachella

The rapper spoke about the awkward interaction depicted on the Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show.

Tyler, the Creator has broken his silence about his relationship status with Jerrod Carmichael.

During his headlining appearance at the Coachella Music Festival on Saturday (April 13), Tyler briefly addressed the awkward encounter on the Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show where the comedian expressed his feelings for the rapper, Complex reports.

“Probably seen my homie tried to f*ck me on camera, it was terrible,” Tyler said. “I told the n***a ‘no’ and he said, ‘But what about if we filmed it?’ Terrible.”

On the debut episode of the reality show, Carmichael shared that he wanted to be more than friends with Tyler.

“I fell in love with my best friend. 1 out of 10, don’t recommend,” Carmichael said in a clip of his standup routine. “I knew I had to tell him. Things started getting kind of weird between us. I had these feelings… So I texted him."

Jerrod Carmichael Recalls Being Rejected By Tyler, the Creator

“I remember saying, ‘I know you didn’t ask for this, but somewhere down the line I developed feelings for you and I don’t know what to do with that,’" he continued. “Then I immediately turned my phone off and went into therapy.”

“My therapist was thrilled. He was so excited! He was like, ‘Man, this sh*t never happens in real-time,” Carmichael added.

Along with addressing his friendship with Carmichael, Tyler surprised the audience by bringing on Childish Gambino, who performed Running Out of Time” with him, and ASAP Rocky.

Tyler shared that he didn’t think too highly of either of his guests at one time.

“You know what’s sick? I used to hate that n***a. Seriously, I don’t know why, I gotta go to therapy to figure it out,”  Tyler said about Gambino.

 “You know what’s crazy? I used to hate that n***a too. Okay, we thought we had beef. It was the n***as around us, then me and Rakim were like- we was in love and now we’re friends,” Tyler said.






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