After years upon years of speculation and hardcore shipping from fans, OG YouTubers Dan Howell and Phil Lester have confirmed that they’ve been in a relationship since 2009.
After both creators came out as gay in 2019, the pair have confirmed rumours of a relationship in a recent YouTube video titled “Are Dan and Phil in a Relationship?”.
“Alright, let’s get this over with. Are Dan and Phil in a relationship?” Dan began.
“Yes,” Phil responded.
The pair went on to say that their romance was “hard and fast” back in 2009, with Dan saying the relationship “was so fast that we never labelled it”.
“We just ended up living together, and here we are,” Howell said.
Phil then reassured fans that their relationship is “not perfect” and that they’ve had their “ups and downs” like everyone else.
“If you’re a mess, then we’re a mess,” Dan added.
“We are weird. We are a bizarre example of a relationship. We’ve been attached at the hip for 15 years.”
Fans react to Dan and Phil’s relationship
Naturally, with Dan and Phil being massive YouTubers back in the day (back in the day being the 2010s), many fans, old and new, shared their reactions to the confirmation of “one of the biggest conspiracies in the history of the internet”.
phan confirmed and real… together for 16 years… dan's first and only was phil… this soulmatism pic.twitter.com/ctQzs7ZNF7
— stels (@D4NCEWITHU) October 13, 2025
DAN AND PHIL CONFIRMED OM THE INTERNET THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DATINF FOR 16 YEARS pic.twitter.com/q9cSb7DxuO
— dauntless declan (@ganseyfromme) October 13, 2025
DAN AND PHIL PHAN CONFIRMED DATING ???? IN THE BIG 2025 ????? pic.twitter.com/bIROVwNTr5
— ☆ vixen is NOT OK ☆ #NM6 ᥫ᭡ • SxF . (@itsvixencoded) October 13, 2025
dan and phil confirming that they’ve been in a relationship for the past 16 years was NOT on my 2025 bingo list #phan pic.twitter.com/eE4IrgerBo
— 𝐀𝐧𝐠 ☆ (@angeltroyes) October 13, 2025
dan and phil dating confirmed on a random monday https://t.co/sL5OpuYaGY pic.twitter.com/ZAfjp9q8wK
— alex ! 🎱⭐️🩻 (@eventuallydrlin) October 13, 2025
Showing this intro of Dan and Phil with a shared bedsheet of THE colors & this hard launch sentence would’ve KILLED me in 2015 ngl😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/UcnTUiK04d
— icy⁷ ⚞•⚟ ⚢ (@luffyslover) October 13, 2025
watching all of the gay people on my tl talk about dan and phil when ive never watched them
— rue (@ruesbug) October 13, 2025
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As mentioned previously, both Dan and Phil came out in 2019 in separate videos. In Dan’s video, he hinted that they did have a romantic connection but did not confirm where they currently stand.
But hey, as they both said, “here we are”.
You can watch the full announcement here:
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