2023 Rewind: Brit Reality Star Comes Out on Thursday, Breaks Up with BF on Monday

This piece is part of EDGE's 2023 Rewind series. We're reaching into our archives and sharing some of our favorite stories from the past year.

Last Thursday, British reality star Grant Coulson came out as gay after a long struggle, announcing that he had a bf he wanted to marry. But over the weekend, he says he caught his bf cheating & deleted the relationship from social media.

On August 10, hot British reality star Grant Coulson came out as gay, having kept it his sexuality a secret when he appeared on "Geordie Shore," the British version of "Jersey Shore," in 2014. During his numerous appearances on the show, he claims to have slept with 30 women.

But after leaving reality television, the "31-year-old has now opened up about his love life and has since found love with a man (named Scott), who he hopes to marry," reported the British tabloid The Mirror.

Though now, just three days later, those plans have been put to the test: In a newer report the Mirror writes: "'Geordie Shore's' Grant Coulson has been left completely devastated after learning his boyfriend kissed a woman."

The pair had moved in with one another and even purchased a dog together, but it appears their relationship is on the rocks.

Speaking to the Mirror, a source said: "Grant has been left devastated by this. He was out supporting his brother DJ'ing and was told Scott had kissed a woman. He's seen pictures of it and can't believe it just days after they went public."

"Grant has subsequently deleted all traces of his relationship from his social media profiles," writes the tabloid.

In the past few years, struggles over his sexuality led him to seek anxiety medications and to lock himself away from people. Even his coming out in the Mirror felt tentative: "I wanted [my family] to find out without physically saying the words 'I'm gay', I wanted them to find out I am now with a boy, and this is who I am."

He had previously stated, according to the Mirror, that he kept his sexuality a secret due to his reality career. In his coming out, "Grant praised Olympian Tom Daley who came out as gay in 2013, as well as musician Harry Styles who has previously stated he doesn't feel the need to label himself."

He told the Mirror that he saw himself playing a character of "Geordie Shore" in order to keep his sexuality under wraps. "A lot of lads in the same position have been reaching out for advice, they've said it's inspiring." The general reaction has been very positive, with some commenting, "You don't look gay".

He continues: "What does gay look like? I'm just me. I don't have to act or behave a certain way to fit a certain label. Harry Styles and Tom Daley, they've had had a positive impact on their audience."