British social media personalities Dan Howell and Phil Lester, more popularly known as Dan and Phil, have finally confirmed being in a relationship after over a decade of speculation from fans.
‘Alright, let’s get this over with. Are Dan and Phil in a relationship?’ Dan said in a vlog released on Tuesday, Oct. 14, echoing questions from the viewers.
Phil replied, ‘Yes.’
Dan then described their relationship as ‘friends, lovers, comedy duo, business partners, and flatmates,’ admitting they have been together since 2009, the year they met.
‘We fell into it hard and fast in 2009 and here we are almost 16 years later,’ Dan said.
Phil added, ‘So yeah, relationship, boyfriends.’
The vlogger couple, however, disclosed that they never labeled their relationship and that they ‘just ended up living together.’
‘We have been held back from doing this for so many years,’ Dan added, citing ‘past trauma and terror of what could happen in the future.’
Phil then continued, ‘But if you’ll have us, we’d love to just finally be ourselves and do what we love, which is really how this should have been this whole time.’
The vloggers, who both came out as gay in separate instances in 2019, have over 2.9 million subscribers on YouTube as of this writing. /ra