{"id":26167,"date":"2025-07-16T16:34:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=26167"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:34:19","slug":"some-are-saying-tanner-shouldnt-return-to-love-on-the-spectrum-and-its-for-a-ridiculous-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/some-are-saying-tanner-shouldnt-return-to-love-on-the-spectrum-and-its-for-a-ridiculous-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Some are saying Tanner shouldn&#8217;t return to Love on the Spectrum, and it&#8217;s for a ridiculous reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know what <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/love-on-the-spectrum\/\">Love on the Spectrum<\/a> would be without the current cast, and Tanner is one of most iconic among them.<\/p>\n<p>However, there have recently been calls by some viewers to say that Tanner shouldn&#8217;t be invited back for the next season of Love on the Spectrum, and it&#8217;s all after a recent podcast appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Tanner appeared on The Unplanned Podcast with TikTok stars Matt and Abby, where the Love on the Spectrum star was asked about what he&#8217;s looking for on the show.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@unplanned_podcast\/video\/7524874160418327839\" data-video-id=\"7524874160418327839\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@unplanned_podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@unplanned_podcast?refer=embed\">@unplanned_podcast<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Living alone, working a job, and season 4 of Love on the Spectrum with Tanner, Midge (sister) &#038; Nicci (mom) <a title=\"unplannedpodcast\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/unplannedpodcast?refer=embed\">#unplannedpodcast<\/a> @matt_and_abby @tannerwiththe_tism @nicci_tannersmom @midgesmiffy<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - The Unplanned Podcast - The Unplanned Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-The-Unplanned-Podcast-7524874133436517150?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; The Unplanned Podcast &#8211; The Unplanned Podcast<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Abby asked: &#8220;Tanner, would it be true to say you&#8217;re more looking for friends than looking for love? Tanner responded: &#8220;I don&#8217;t wanna get married it&#8217;s a lot of work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also admitted that currently he&#8217;s just &#8220;too busy&#8221; to think about marriage, and honestly get that bag Tanner!<\/p>\n<p>However, despite Tanner simply saying that he doesn&#8217;t want to get married, not that he doesn&#8217;t want a relationship at all, some people in the comments are calling for him not to feature on the next season.<\/p>\n<p>One person commented: &#8220;So why is he on Love on the Spectrum? 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I&#8217;m Tanner&#8217;s mom. Not wanting to get married does not necessarily mean a person does not want love in his life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not every relationship ends in marriage. Remember, this is an edited sound bite, it can be made to sound however they want it to sound.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s exactly right, and the whole purpose of Love on the Spectrum is to help the participants try new things and get out of their comfort zones.<\/p>\n<p>Given the beautiful friendship <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/04\/09\/omg-connor-left-love-on-the-spectrum-with-more-than-just-his-romance-with-georgie\/\">Tanner has formed with co-star Connor<\/a>, I&#8217;d say he&#8217;s found a platonic kind of love already!<\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><i 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