It’s Phil Lester’s birthday today (30 January)🎉
The YouTube star, best known as one half of Dan and Phil, came out publicly as gay in his 2019 ‘Coming Out To You’ video, sharing the message: “It's also important to be proud and open with who you are and show people that it's okay to be gay. And that's who I am, and I'm not going to hide that anymore.”
In October 2025, Lester confirmed that he is in a relationship with his long-time collaborator and co-star Dan Howell, ending years of fan speculation about their relationship.
In that video, the duo revealed they’ve actually been together since 2009, after first meeting and collaborating online.
📷 Getty, IG: @amazingphil
how do you tell someone “i’m not ignoring you i’m just disconnected from reality right now and the days are all blurred together and i feel completely apathetic towards everyone/everything around me so it’s really hard for me to maintain a conversation” without saying that