The Baltierra family went full send for Halloween this year. Catelynn Lowell and daughter Rya matched as witches, Vaeda, 7, dressed as Pennywise, and Nova, 11, went as Stick Man. Tyler, meanwhile, suited up as DC’s Nightwing in skin-tight leather pants, and the Instagram comments immediately forgot the rest of the photo existed.
One follower wrote,“Tyler … you packing some meat ain’t you buddy?! lol,”and the replies took off from there. Some fans found it funny, others found it a lot for a post featuring young kids. A commenter defending the family put it bluntly:“If a man were to make the same comments y’all are making, he would be canceled and dragged through the mud!”
Tyler has shared fitness content before, so the confidence isn’t new. What is new is the debate it’s sparked about who gets to comment on whose body online, and whether the rules change depending on who’s in the costume. So what do you think? Is the comment section just being the comment section, or is there a real double standard here?
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