# @variety on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbn1kEVlqDo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68810848-variety-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-04T15:00:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Variety (@Variety) — https://gondola.cc/Variety

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Tyriq Withers is taking off.

For Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood cover story, #TyriqWithers opens up about his journey from football prodigy to Hollywood leading man. Withers’ career in sports was both grueling and charmed. After playing just one season of high school football, he earned a spot at NCAA powerhouse Florida State. But staying in football seemed unsustainable.

“That was an identity crisis,” he says. “The first time being away from home — Who am I? My identity was within sports.”

Becoming an actor took a winding path: Post-college, he even got an MBA (also from FSU) as a fallback. “Oh, I can go make six figures at this firm — that’s the safe option,” he recalls thinking.

After a breakout role in the third season of “Atlanta” and turning heads in the provocative football horror movie “Him,” Withers has a burgeoning career as a romantic lead — opposite Maika Monroe in “Reminders of Him” and May in “Love Love” — breaks an unspoken barrier, as interracial relationships remain rare whether in drama or comedy.

Read the full cover story at the link in bio.

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Photography by David Roemer
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Styling: Lucy Gaston
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Groomer: Laila Hayani/Forward Artists
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Prop Stylist: Jacob Burstein/MHS Artists
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**COVER**
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**On the bed:**
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**Robe:**
Robe: The Bowery Hotel; Necklace: Cartier
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**Button down shirt:**
Shirt: Ferragamo; Pants: Amiri; Belt: Ferragamo; Shoes: Saint Laurent
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**Leather Jacket:**
Shirt and Jeans: Varsity NY; Blazer: Saint Laurent
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