
The fan-favorite reality series showed the two in their day-to-day lives, filming such adventures as adopting a mini-horse and breaking Guinness world records. He was 45.Ī cause of death has not yet been reported.īoykin was skateboarder and entrepreneur Rob Dyrdek’s best friend and bodyguard, starring alongside him in “Rob & Big” for three seasons. LOS ANGELES - Christopher “Big Black” Boykin, half of MTV’s “Rob & Big” duo, died on Tuesday, his rep confirmed to Variety. Dyrdek and Boykin premiere their new MTV show Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 at MTV Times Square studios in New York.

At one point, George even caught Mary and Rob smoking and having a great time, causing the Cooper patriarch to be jealous.Professional street skater Rob Dyrdek, left, and Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin, center, appear on MTV's Total Request Live with host Damien Fahey, Thursday, Nov.

But over time, it appears as if he and Mary have gotten continuously close. Since then, Rob sporadically appeared in The Big Bang Theory prequel. Eventually, Sheldon's mother even started to dream of actually sleeping with her younger colleague. After a brief, but tension-filled conversation regarding how to handle the kids' increasing interest in romantic and sexual relationships during Sunday School, Mary develops a crush on him. Introduced as a youth pastor at Mary's church, Rob is among Young Sheldon season 5's new characters.

But instead of developing that arc, Young Sheldon is setting up Mary's own affair with Youth Pastor Rob (Dan Byrd) instead. All along there has been an expectation that Sheldon's (Iain Armitage) father will eventually commit adultery in the ongoing CBS comedy. Mary's (Zoe Perry) potential cheating scandal in Young Sheldon has been actually explained in The Big Bang Theory. Warning! Spoilers ahead for Young Sheldon season 5.
