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previous runway plan tutor Tim Gunn He detailed the reasons why he had not had sex for more than four decades.
During Thursday, February 19th, Chelsea Handler“Dear Chelsea” podcastGunn, 72, explained that he had been single for 43 years after a devastating breakup.
“I was in a very serious relationship for nine years in Washington, D.C., and I was deeply in love with this guy and would do anything for him. I still remember the night it all ended,” Gunn told Handler, 50. mashed … He said to me, ‘I’m not patient with you anymore. I want you to leave. I had my own apartment, but I lived with him for years and then I moved away. I drove to my apartment on Rock Creek Boulevard and had to get out of the car because I was hyperventilating. I was going crazy with self-blame and self-pity and it was horrible. “
Gunn, who also served as an executive producer on the Bravo live-action fashion series from its 2004 debut to 2017, added that his former costar is someone he has worked with in the past. “So it’s not like I’ll never see him again,” he said. “One of the things he told me that night was that he slept with pretty much everything that passed by, and I remained loyal to him. He was the only person I ever spent time with.”
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He continued, “Then the self-pity turned into completely unbridled rage because I thought he might have sentenced me to death. Of course, I got tested for HIV every six months for ten years, and thankfully I came back clean. But every time I tried to do something that might be serious about someone, it all came back like Niagara Falls and just snatched my desire away.”
Gunn is currently with former producer and star runway plan host heidi klum In Reality Fashion Series Get to the pointadding that the rest of the celebration won’t be easy.
“I have to say being single and living alone has been an adjustment, but now I have no choice,” he said. Gunn, who is currently single, is usually tight-lipped about details about his personal life.
Over the years, many celebrities have opened up about their personal choices to abstain from sex, whether for a few months or until marriage. In October 2021, Nick Cannon made headlines when he announced his decision to remain celibate after welcoming his seventh child. “I’m going to see if I can (…)
After Handler expressed sympathy for Gunn’s previous relationship breakdown, he offered further perspective on Gunn’s celibate mentality. “Things happen for a reason, and sometimes the reason is not yet revealed,” he began. “It could be days, weeks, months, sometimes even years before it’s revealed. But if this relationship hadn’t fallen apart, I would never have moved to New York. It would never have happened.”
Gunn did not participate in the July 2025 competition runway plan RestartTell people Five months before the show premiered, he wasn’t invited back. “Heidi (Klum) and I had been texting, and a few months later, she sent me a text asking, ‘Are you happy with the contract?’ I’m a truth teller. I don’t even beat around the bush,” Gunn told the outlet at the time. “I said, ‘Well, I haven’t seen the contract.’ She said, ‘You haven’t? “No.”
Klum, 52, told US Weekly Fans were unhappy with Gunn’s absence from the new series at the time. “You know, our fans are frustrated because we have a huge audience,” the host said last year. “People have loved us for 16 years. I guess they’re probably sad they won’t see us again, but Tim and I have always been together.”
