Dan and Phil confirm 16-year relationship: 'I felt we had to hide'

YouTube and comedy duo Dan Howell and Phil Lester have confirmed that they’ve been in a relationship for the past 16 years.

The pair, who came out as gay separately in 2019, published a video on their YouTube channel on Monday (13 October) evening. Titled “Are Dan and Phil in a Relationship?” the 46-minute video features them talking about their relationship and their reasons for keeping it out of the public eye for so long.

Having met in 2009, Howell and Lester moved in together in 2011, often appearing in each other’s content as well as creating together. In 2014, they launched their joint YouTube channel, Dan and Phil Games, which tailed off four years later.

“All right, let’s get this over with. Are Dan and Phil in a relationship?” Howell asked in the opening seconds of the video, t