Are there public statements from JT (Tyler) Massey about his relationship with Erika Frantzve?

1. The clearest public record: the Amazing Race audition tape where Massey speaks for himself

The single most concrete public record of Massey discussing his relationship with Erika is the roughly 15-minute Amazing Race audition video from 2014 in which Massey appears on camera as Erika’s then-boyfriend and narrates details of their courting — for example, recounting that their first date was March 1 and reminiscing about meeting her mother — and he joins the playful, onscreen back-and-forth that produced the now-viral “sex sells” exchange ^{[6] [1] [2]}. Multiple outlets have transcribed and excerpted Massey’s lines from that tape, showing he was an active participant in the recorded presentation of the couple and therefore made public statements about their relationship at that time ^{[1] [3]}.

2. Corroborating contemporaneous public mentions

Independent of the audition footage, Erika’s own 2015 profile pieces and lifestyle interviews name “JT Massey” as her boyfriend and describe shared rituals such as nightly prayer and “happy hour with my favorite human,” which corroborates that Massey was publicly acknowledged as her partner in contemporary media coverage ^[4]. Photo studio posts and a 2015 photoshoot that later circulated online have been cited by outlets as evidence of the Massey–Frantzve pairing, and these materials helped fuel later viral claims about past engagement rumors — though the studio removed posts amid controversy and the viral claims about engagement were reported as social-media-driven speculation ^[5].

3. What reporting does not show: no recent, separate public statements from Massey

Across the provided reporting there is no citation of any post‑2015 interview, social‑media post, or formal statement from JT/ Tyler Massey explicitly addressing the resurfaced tape, his relationship history with Erika, or the viral claims of an engagement — outlets instead rely on the 2014 audition footage and archived lifestyle content to frame the narrative ^{[6] [1] [5]}. Therefore, the available evidence supports that Massey’s public statements about the relationship exist primarily as on-camera remarks in 2014 and public-facing couple content around 2014–2015, but reporters have not produced newer, independent statements from Massey about the matter ^{[1] [4] [5]}.

4. Why coverage amplifies the tape and how that shapes the question

News outlets and gossip sites have emphasized the tape’s salacious lines and the apparent contrast between Erika’s past onscreen persona and her later public image as a conservative activist and TPUSA leader, which creates incentive to sensationalize the audition and to present Massey’s lines as evidence of an earlier lifestyle ^{[6] [2] [3]}. That framing can obscure the simple fact that Massey’s documented public speech about the relationship is limited to the audition and contemporaneous materials; some reporting extrapolates motive or intent without additional statements from Massey himself ^{[6] [5]}.

5. Bottom line and reporting limits

The bottom line is that yes — JT (Tyler) Massey has made public statements about his relationship with Erika Frantzve, but those statements are primarily the lines he delivered on camera in the 2014 Amazing Race audition tape and appearances in couple-oriented media circa 2014–2015 ^{[1] [4] [3]}. There is no sourced reporting in the provided materials that documents a later, separate public statement by Massey addressing the resurfaced footage or the recent social‑media controversy, and this gap should caution anyone drawing broader conclusions without further evidence ^{[6] [5]}.