Last year, a drag queen (?) named Marilyn came out and told the world that he and Gavin Rossdale had been lovers for five years. There was even a great photo of Gavin and Marilyn to “prove” Marilyn’s story. Gavin hadn’t really confirmed or denied anything until he sat down with Details for a interview in the November issue. Gavin basically said that yes, he had slept with Marilyn, but it had just been a “one-time experimentation” when he was 17 years old and exploring the world (of dong). Well, within 24 hours of the Details piece going online, Marilyn has spoken again! And this bitch is pissed.
More than a year after British pop star Marilyn revealed his secret love affair with Gavin Rossdale to In Touch, Gwen Stefani’s husband is finally confessing to the same-sex romance he experienced as a teen.
“I’ve never wanted to appear closed about it,” he tells Details in the magazine’s new issue, though he adamantly denied In Touch’s story about the relationship when it was published in April 2009. “I don’t think there’s anything strange about any form of… learning about life. It’s a part of growing up.”
The news about the Bush front man, who has two young sons with his world-famous wife Gwen, won’t shock In Touch readers.
“Gavin and Gwen are perfect for each other, but he was the love of my life,” Marilyn told In Touch, adding that he dated Gavin for five years in the early ’80s. When Boy George first discussed the former couple’s romance in his 1995 memoir, Take It Like A Man, Marilyn kept quiet, even when Gavin denied their love.
“He was just becoming successful in America,” Marilyn explained. “I agreed to lie against every grain of my being.”
Now that Gavin has come clean about the relationship, Marilyn isn’t feeling totally vindicated.
“I think it’s really hypocritical that Gavin can do an interview about me, yet me doing one about him is wrong!” he said today on his Facebook page.
[From In Touch Weekly]
Well, the Gavin’s interview wasn’t just about you, Marilyn. But whatever. I agree with Gavin: Move on. Is it interesting that a rock star (-ish) who is famously married to another rock star and they famously have two adorable kids together, is it weird or strange that the dude has a sexual history that involves dong? Maybe. But I said before, experimentation isn’t just for girls. There are boys who are curious too.
One more thing – NYDN had a piece on Gavin trying to get Details to pull his interview, or at least his admission about the relationship being a “one-time experimentation”. Apparently, he had to “come clean” to Gwen. Yeah… like she didn’t know.
Here’s an image that ITW sent us (the header is courtesy of ITW as well):
One time thing my butt. Dating for five years is more than a ‘one time’ thing. It’s considerable. It’s a relationship all right. Is it experimentation? What is classified as experimentation? Whatever…
What is interesting is how the story has changed over time, beginning with sturdy denials, to be revealed for what it was: a five year relationship. So I’m betting they ‘did it’ more than once.
Wasn’t the relationship between Gwen and Gavin rocky for a bit before they married? Maybe he is bisexual and still likes men and is conflicted about that. Having children isn’t a ‘confirmation’. There are plenty of men who have children but are living double lives. It wouldn’t surprise me that Gavin is living a double life.
Tell us something we didn’t know Gav, I remember reading something on this site about the affair, a while ago.
let it go Gav.
ps. I don’t beleive it was just one time, just let it go though.
I feel bad for Marylin who spent 5 year with Gavin and is now dimissed as an experiment.
I don’t believe it was one time or one guy. Musicians are notorious for being “open minded” about marriage, and maybe Gwen was O.K. with it before the kids came, but I bet she isn’t now; Motherhood changes everything.
I think Marilyn needs to hang it up. Now that he’s admitted to it, shut up and go on with your life.
Gavin says it was a “one time thing” and Marilyn says it was five years. That is quite a difference, someone is not telling the truth.
Also why is this coming out now unless there is another “one time” same sex fling that Gavin had ready to make a appearance
Marjalane – Get out of my head! I was going to say the same thing. I agree with you 100%.
I also think that this is not something that Gavin hasn’t or won’t do again.
By “one time thing”, he probably meant one time, same sex relationship rather than one time sexual encounter.
Major deal-breaker!
Has anyone read Boy George’s biography and can tell us what he wrote about this relationship?
So…basically Gavin is bisexual? Big deal right?
Oh who the frack cares? If I were Gwen, I would be WAAAAY more sketched out about my husband having dated Courtney Love than this romance from 20 years ago.
Austin Scarlett…is that you???
I can’t help but wonder what Gwen and Gavin’s sex life is like, and if it includes strap-ons (though maybe I’m just being hopeful…heh heh).
Doesn make a difference to me, but, in fairness to Gavin, he did not actually say it was a “one-time thing” below is the actual portion of the interview. The interviewer followed up his first response by asking if it was a “one-time experimentation” to which Gavin replied “yes.” But in the context of what Gavin had already said, when I read it, I actually took it to mean a one time experimental relationship/phase whatever. I didnt think it was a technical question of one-time sex. Interview:
Details: Last year, the cross-dressing pop singer Marilyn revealed that he was romantically involved with you in your teens—an assertion Boy George first made in 1995. Why haven’t you talked about those claims?
Gavin Rossdale: I think at the outset there was a sort of fear—that was right at the beginning of Bush, and I didn’t want it to be part of it. It felt like a cheap shot, so I was like, “I’m not getting involved.” I’ve never wanted to appear closed about it. It’s not something I’ve talked about really because it’s always been in the glare of a tabloid world. It’s just one of those things: Move on. When you’re 17, Jesus Christ. I don’t think there’s anything strange about any form of—you’re learning about life. It’s a part of growing up. That’s it. No more, no less.
Details: So it was just a one-time experimentation?
Gavin Rossdale: Yeah. That was it. You have to know what you like, and I know what I like.
These comments are cracking me up. Why would he have to admit anything? It isn’t anyone’s business, other than him and his wife. What is it with exes and current pieces needing to put everything out in the open and expose the “truth”? Leave it in the damn bedroom.
He was 17 freaking years old. Not married or cheating on his wife, so why is anyone owed and explanation?
Maybe he meant that a relationship with a man was a one time thing? Not the sex?
Doesn’t matter how long the relationship was. WAS being the key word. It’s over, he’s happily married and moved on.. the dude (girl?) Marilyn needs to let it go..
OMG, why is this guy still going on about this? It was a million years ago in another lifetime. Gavin has moved on. Nobody cares. Marilyn needs to STFU already and get a life.
Sorry, but 5 years & when I was 17 do not jibe. I bet they were probably friends for a while, got together for a bit & broke up. None of which really matters because he is obviously happy with his wife & 2 little kiddos
So he used to bone this dude named Marilyn and now he’s happily married to Gwen and doesn’t bone dudes anymore. Cynthia Nixon used to be with men and has kids by her ex-husband, now she’s in a relationship with a woman. So? Why are we so hellbent on defining people’s sexuality. Let them figure it out for themselves. Everybody else MYOB. Also I notice that both heteros and gays tend to get upset with bi-sexuals for not choosing a side? Seriously what’s up with that? Not everyone who considers themself bisexual is ‘conflicted’ about their sexual identity. They just recognize that love comes in all packages and respond accordingly.
yeah that nasty looking trany needs to get over it.
I don’t see the big deal that he was with a guy for a while. I doubt Gwen cares. I can understand why Marilyn is hurt that Gavin is down playing it. This relationship obviously meant a lot to Marilyn.
Yep, 17 year olds do experiment but it’s usually with the same sex.
I bet Gwen had a good laugh.
She knows that she’s # 1 and Marilyn is just a faded memory.
She probably knew about his interview from the get-go! Everything is orchestrated…..
@ I Choose Me: Thank you for saying that re bisexuals. I identify as bi, and occasionally I’ll get comments like “you just can’t decide,” or “it’s selfish to be bisexual,” or some BS like that. Um, no – I just realize I could be attracted to either. Kinda cool, actually. Opens up the dating pool, lol!
Why are people calling for Marilyn to shut up? Gavin brought it up again by trying to dismiss it in a interview!
I totally believe Marilyn. The dude was a celeb in his own right and when asked about his life decided not to lie about his relationship with Gavin. I don’t think this makes him a famewhore.
Personally, I think it’s strange that Gavin married someone who looks so much like his male ex, but I guess he has a type.
I can’t speak for anyone else, but people might be calling for Marilyn to shut up because this was a brief relationship she had nearly thirty years ago with a teenager. Consider moving the hell on.
now it makes sense that he’s married to a girl who has the body of a 12 year old boy.
Really…who cares…it was decades ago. Time to get over it already.
Also, look at the body language in the pics. In both that I saw, it is Marilyn, not Gavin who is offering affection.
I still love him & Gwen together.
As long as he’s sure of his orientation now that he has a family what happened back then isn’t that big a deal.
If it was recent & Gwen & the kids had to worry about diseases that would be different.
Musicians are notorious for being “open minded” about marriage
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Not all musicians. Some are quite dedicated to their families and actually don’t stray. I know several.
In any event, I’m not still harping on about my boyfriend from when I was a teenager. Time to build a bridge and get over it, as a friend of mine would say.
I don’t see anything wrong with a guy having slept or made out with some dudes in the past. I would WAY rather the guy I’m with had a relationship with a man than several encounters with a prostitute. If you love someone you love them, you can’t help who they are and no one should be made to be ashamed or deemed unworthy of love for that reason alone!
Wow Gavin looks like Alison Hannigan (Lily on HIMYM, Willow on Buffy) in that younger photo!
So Gavin needs to tell us he had sex with a man for 5 years? Why? I guess privacy is a thing of the past. I mean why can’t Marilyn feel good about without the public knowing? Gavin is a dad now and you don’t always want your kids privy to your past.
I’d like to read a current interview about what Gwen Stefani thinks about it all.
I wouldn’t feel weird about dating a guy who had experimented. Whatever. It is what it is, and as long as he’s not “experimenting” with any person (male or female) while we’re dating then it is all good.
And it was like 30 years ago, Marilyn, get over it. Time to move forward.
One time thing/phase? Me arse!
That being said, I’d say that there are days that Marilyn barely remembers he has feet!
Mind you, around the same time all of their love lives were a holy mess, Gavin’s daughter Daisy Lowe was born when he was 18/19. And a few years before that, Marilyn and Boy George were having legendary lover’s spats outside nightclubs.
Whatever happened-bisexual affair or not-it was BEFORE marraige to Gwen, so it’s really the past and needs to be let go by ‘Miss’ Marilyn!
agree with all who say let the past stay in the past. gavin has moved on and appears happy with his wife and children.
Gavin denied it big time when Boy George talked about it in his book.
Gavin “didn’t want to appear closed about it” my a$$.
He said Boy George was a liar for saying he was gay and everyone wanted to sue him. Now he’s still lying by only admitting to a one time thing now that there are pics in this fame vampire Marilyn’s autobiography.
Gavin should just say it’s private and he doesn’t want to discuss it rather than look so hostile at the suggestion. Everyone in that scene knows he was a young guy big into the London gay club scene in the 80’s.
Gavin, if you don’t want to talk about it, then don’t talk about it.
But if you’re going to talk about it, don’t lie! It’s horrible to treat your ex like that, and it’s so transparent.
it’s funny how much gwen looks like that dude. LMAO.
maybe gavin thinks that poon is better than peen?
TMI
Oh my! What a shock for gwen! I think she’d be on Tony Kanal’s dick in a second if she could. Maybe she’ll try… I bet Tony wouldn’t say no to her. 😀
Hopefully Gwen heard these stories before she married and had children with Gav. This is kind of a strike two. First the unknown daughter thing, now gay boy years. Ha! Nothing is shocking any longer. The media is without mercy.
I personally think this is so wrong, especially if his wife didn’t know he was bisexual. Not a big Gwen/Gavin fan; however, he looks very feminine in those photos. I think he is probably gay, but maybe thats okay with her.