{"id":50400,"date":"2026-02-20T14:24:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50400"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:24:45","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntyla-and-chris-brown-dating-rumours-debunked-after-viral-posts-spark-online-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/20\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntyla-and-chris-brown-dating-rumours-debunked-after-viral-posts-spark-online-frenzy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyla and Chris Brown dating rumours debunked after viral posts spark online frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189352\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189352\" class=\"wp-image-189352 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tyla-and-Chris-Brown-dating-rumours-debunked-after-viral-posts.jpg?resize=600%2C355&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tyla-and-Chris-Brown-dating-rumours-debunked-after-viral-posts.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tyla-2-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyla rumored to be dating Chris Brown<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Social media erupted this week after claims surfaced that South African star Tyla was secretly dating American R&amp;B singer Chris Brown.<\/p>\n<p>The speculation gained traction after an X user alleged that the two had been spotted together on multiple occasions; first at a New York hotel and later at what was said to be Tyla\u2019s father\u2019s birthday celebration in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>The post, shared on Thursday, 19 February 2026, included side-by-side images presented as \u201cevidence\u201d of the alleged romance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese repeated sightings have now fueled and seemingly confirmed the ongoing dating rumours between them. Adding to the speculation, Tyla has started following Chris Brown on Instagram, something she wasn\u2019t doing before,\u201d the post claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The internet quickly ran with the narrative, with some fans expressing shock while others pleaded for the rumours to be false.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argued that a relationship with the controversial R&amp;B star could damage Tyla\u2019s carefully built global image.<\/p>\n<p>However, further scrutiny revealed that the viral claims did not hold up.<\/p>\n<p>The image circulating as proof of the pair attending her father\u2019s birthday was actually taken at the Water hitmaker\u2019s 2024 birthday party in Los Angeles, not in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the supposed New York hotel sighting did not feature Brown at all.<\/p>\n<p>The man in the photo was Nigerian superstar Wizkid, photographed from behind during a studio session for their song Dynamite.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the debunking, a search of Chris Brown\u2019s name on Tyla\u2019s Instagram account showed no evidence that she had recently followed him, contradicting another key claim from the viral post.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Tyla has found herself at the centre of high-profile dating rumours.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, she was also linked to American rapper Travis Scott after the two were seen together, though those claims were later flagged as misleading.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After Tyla and Chris Brown were recently spotted together at a hotel in New York a few weeks ago, the two were seen together again this time at Tyla\u2019s father\u2019s birthday celebration in Johannesburg, South Africa. These repeated sightings have now fueled and seemingly confirmed the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8GEMjeH2lI\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8GEMjeH2lI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Li na\ud83c\udf38 (@vahphor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vahphor\/status\/2024392585549115838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Tyla #Chris #Brown #dating #rumours #debunked #viral #posts #spark #online #frenzy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Tyla rumored to be dating Chris Brown Social media erupted this week after claims surfaced that South African star&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50402,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50400\/revisions\/50402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}