YouTubers Dan Howell and Phil Lester released a 47-minute-long video on their channel explaining why they kept their romantic relationship away from the spotlight
YouTubers Dan and Phil have finally confirmed their relationship after 16 years of speculation. Dan Howell and Phil Lester. The internet duo have been collaborating on YouTube since meeting in 2009, with them going on to work on films, books, television, radio and tours together.
They have a shared channel where they share fun reaction videos, skits and stories. The couple, who have lived together for 14 years, separately came out as gay via their channels in 2019. They later confirmed they were romantically linked at the beginning of their relationship but didn’t share any further information.
And in a bombshell 47-minute-long video shared on Monday, the duo finally confirmed they’ve been in a romantic relationship for 16 years.
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“Alright, let’s get this over with. Are Dan and Phil in a relationship?” Dan started the video as they both sat down on a bed. Phil said: “Yes,” before Dan joked: “Alright, bye.”
“We fell into it hard and fast in 2009,” Dan said. “It was so fast that we never labeled it. We just ended up living together and here we are!”
Phil continued: “We’re partners in everything. And no, it’s not always perfect. Don’t get into your head that we are the ideal of human partnerships.”
Dan then admitted he was so ‘deep in the closet’ when he was in his mid-20s that he felt like they “had to hide the relationship because I was still hiding who I was to my friends, family, myself.
“A big reason why I’ve been like I never wanna talk about this is I wouldn’t handle people’s reactions.”
Phil said he “felt like I’d gone back in a mini closet in a way, which was weird. I knew this was all very sensitive, uncomfortable and scary for you. So I kind of just wanted to give you time to figure out what you wanted to do.”
Dan and Phil shared that they kept their relationship away from the public as they wanted to be known as a comedy duo rather than boyfriends.
“It hits different,” Dan said. “Who’s to say there’s anything wrong with having the cute gay couple show? It’s just that we wanted the focus to be on what we were doing.”
Phil continued: “Being funny, entertaining. Let’s be honest, there’s a lot of homophobia out there,” before Dan added: “There’s a lot of straight guys that would simply have never watched us on YouTube because it made them uncomfortable.”
They also wanted to avoid the ‘dystopian nightmare’ of ‘couple vlogging’.
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Source: Mirror
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