Eighties new romantic pop type and Boy George co-hort Marilyn has claimed anew in an interview with US magazine In Touch Weekly that he had a five year relationship with the husband of Gwen Stefani and former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale back in the 80s, proclaiming him to have been "the love of my life" (the picture shows the two men together back in the day).
This is an old story in some respects. Boy George first claimed that Marilyn, real name Peter Robinson, and Rossdale had previously been a couple in his 1995 book, 'Take It Like A Man'. At the time both men denied the claims, with Rossdale subsequently telling reporters: "I wasn't dating Marilyn. We were, and still are, good friends. George thinks everyone is gay". However, Marilyn has subsequently alluded to his relationship with Rossdale as being more than platonic in various communications, though the In Touch Weekly interview is probably the most explicit he's been about the alleged relationship.
In the interview, Marilyn says: "Gavin and Gwen are perfect for each other, but he was the love of my life. He was just becoming successful in America, I agreed to lie against every grain of my being we were together five years".
According to In Touch, a rep for Rossdale has denied Marilyn's claims.