Colton Haynes and Jeff Leatham have reportedly decided to go separate ways after six months of marriage. Haynes has apparently marked the major life event with the release of a new song, “Man it Sucks (Acoustic)”.
The song was uploaded to Haynes’ YouTube on Thursday, and it’s being widely interpreted to be autobiographical, coinciding with the news of the split.
(Editors note: Colton has taken to Twitter to set the story straight that his song is about a past relationship and does not reflect his marriage.)
“I don’t like when you’re staying out all night and never answer your phone, I follow you around the world just to be left alone, and man, it sucks,” he sings. “I said I loved you despite the cheating drama. … Maybe in the future, you’ll come around.”
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While neither party has made any official statements, an insider tells Us Weekly that “Jeff and Colton have been having relationship issues since a couple months after the wedding.”
“Since Colton stopped talking to a lot of his old friends, he was getting really depressed and didn’t feel like himself.”
The source adds that Haynes was recently out at a gay bar in West Hollywood and told people he was single.
The couple got engaged in March 2017 after dating for only a few weeks.
Leatham told People in October it had been “love at first sight.”
Images and video of the couple, including from their Palm Springs wedding, have been deleted off of Haynes’ Instagram, but as of this time, not from Leatham’s:
They have, however, both unfollowed each other.
The last photo of Leatham on Haynes’ Instagram is from January 21.
frenchbug
Weird. It is almost as if marrying a guy you’ve only known for a few weeks is not a good idea.
In any case, best of luck to both of them in their future romantic entanglements.
g-sing
A blind man could have seen this coming.
Arbash
You are so right) I have no idea what Haynes wanted with this old man
BGinBigD
AMEN
amigay
Hey guys, as a 65 year “OLD” man, thanks for making me feel valued.
And you have a great life elsewhere.
Vince
@Arbash. Say what? Haynes is 30 and he’s 46. Hardly a big deal.. Unless you’re only attracted to twinks then that’s not old.
batesmotel
They have a 16 year age difference, which is nothing in most relationships today. You’re acting as if they have a 50 year age difference. My father is 16 years older than his 2nd wife and they’ve been together for 23 years now. How many long term committed relationships have you been in?
ElPillo
At ash, that’s an asshole prejudice.
No one should display their personal live so publicly
glennmcbride
That age difference does not mean much. I am 15 years older than my partner and we have been together for 30 years.
KelvinC
ooohhhhhh a gay Taylor Swift? ……….too soon?
Low Country Boy
No, not at all. The speed with which this relationship disintegrated invites it.
KelvinC
I’m really annoyed by his singing voice for some reason.
Prax07
Awww I just love it when people put their “perfect” superficial life all over the web for all to see and swoon over only to have that crumble and then they try to remove all that data back off the net. Poor Colton…bwahaha.
DuMaurier
Tattoos celebrating that Love That Will Last Forever are kind of a risk as well, as more than a few celebs and ‘ordinary’ people have found out.
BGinBigD
You knew it was doomed the way they both fawned over each other’s Instagram posts. If you have to say that much on social media to prove to the world that everything is blissful, then there are definitely major problems privately. Move on on learn.
bigthickrich
Two bottoms does not a marriage make.
Paco
Meet on Friday.
Married on Saturday.
Cheating on Sunday.
Divorced on Monday.
Perfect gay weekend.
Donston
I don’t mean to get bitchy, but perhaps officially hoping out of the closet, meeting someone, exploiting that new relationship over social media, getting engaged and then getting married all within a year probably isn’t the best route to go. And while I see no problem in dating older I’m a lil tired of all these queers dating daddy (and mommy) figures. Colton in particular just seems like another delicate flower who always needs to be with someone. So, he’ll either be back in a serious relationship quick, or he’ll be so scared of betrayal that he might be single for a very, very long time.
However, better luck the next go-round.
Keebler ILF
I feel bad for him. I want more details, though.
I’d love to see him hook up with one of his Arrow or Teen Wolf cast mates. Or even someone from American Horror Story. Maybe he should let his brother find him a nice guy.
SiamSam
Good to see you back!
TheX86
Jeff actually hasn’t unfollowed Colton’s on IG.
DCguy
What a shock, an account that constantly defends Republicans attacks on LGBTs uses one couple breaking up to attack the entire community.
DCguy
The whole thing with the staged photos pretending to be spontaneous, the constant P.R. style of the relationship reminded me of the bridezillas where the wedding day is far more important than the wedding.
Unfortunately Colton learned a lesson in his 30s that many people learn over a decade earlier……work on the relationship not on how to be the center of attention. Hopefully he can move forward a little older and wiser.
masterwill7
Because Colton represents 100% of the gay community indeed…. oh wait..!? Your comment is really stupid…
masterwill7
If a guy cheats on you, it’s done… There is nothing more to fix. The open relationship thing is not for everyone, and marriage is just a piece of paper.. Divorce and move on.
Aires the Ram
Well I wonder, after their looonngggg courtship: (The couple got engaged in March 2017 after dating for only a few weeks.), if they had that little “talk”? You know, the one about whether they would be monogamous or not? Hmmmm, I’m guessing the older one assumed they wouldn’t be, and it would be ok, and the young one assumed it would be, and that his soon-to-be husband would be the last and only person either one of them would have sex with for the rest of their years on this earth. It seems to me that a one year courtship and a one minute ‘discussion’ may have prevented all of this drama. But the selfies on social media sure made things look rosy didn’t they?
Hussain-TheCanadian
Come on you guys let’s show Colton some love and compassion; I actually feel bad for him,
Stefano
@Paco : Lol Love it !
GoodGrief
“Marriage is supposed to be sacred”? According to who? Marriage is a human construct (thus not sacred). It’s an agreement between two people (more than two in some cultures/religions, and not always agreed to by all parties) that is based on their current situation and their current plans for the future. As the people grow and change, oftentimes their situations and plans for the future change. Why should anyone be ashamed of growing and changing?
Did these two perhaps rush into things with eyes wide shut because they were swept up in the newness of love? Maybe. Is that worse than people who married for financial gain/stability and stay married? Where’s the “sacred” in that?
These two did what felt right to them at the time. That decision harmed no one. Their decision to do what’s right for them now also harms no one.
Kangol
Or “treating marriage with the shallowness and triviality” of Donald Trump. He’s on marriage #3, and hanging on by a thread.
lauraspencer
Not surprising. It seemed that it was all about publicity and not about love. I give it another year or 2 before we hear about Tom & Dustin splitting seeing that they are all about attention as well.
dannysax
Well, if nothing happens for Colton in the near future, maybe he should consider becoming a country singer, His voice is easily as good or better than some of those twangy yokels who have made it in the country music world.
King Tut
Now that I agree with. There’s no excuse for infidelity however I still am very disturbed how people are calling marriage a ‘piece of paper’. It’s something that’s supposed to be taken seriously. Gay people have died to give us the right to marry and this is what we do with it?!
frankcar1965
Yeah like all the straights have do to it too. They divorce and screw around just as much, why do we have to follow the way they do it. We can do it our way, Mind your own business stop JUDGING others like the Republicans.
Terrycloth
Song did suck…these Hollywerid people live in a bubble want you to believe they are really normal “like us “…i don’t really care what he does .I think he dosent really know what he wants…lay low stop posting everything ..
Rican_in_Portland
How does Queerty attract all these bitter angry gays? Are you still so hurt by the way we’ve been treated by the world, that you lack all sorts of compassion towards someone because:
1. They are a celebrity (uh, ok. Jealous, much?)
2. They post their lives on social media. (OMG, they are human and posting on social media like half the world out there).
3. They rushed into a relationship shortly after they met.
Well, news flash folks. Nobody has the rule book for relationships. You can meet someone today and have great chemistry and either move in together or marry. From there, it can either go amazingly well or bad.
On that same note, people that have been together for years, get married and barely see it through the end of that year.
We are so eager to judge people, and cannot see that you are reflecting the same hatred and horrid behavior that has been flung at us for so long.
Live and let live.
Whatever happened, hope these two guys are able to get their stuff together and move forward. Whether as a couple or alone.
Steven
I’m sorry to hear this for Colton’s sake. Everyone deserves to be happy.
I know it’s not for everyone but I have an open marriage where cheating is not cheating because it’s built into our arrangement. I know what my husband is doing and visa versa. No big deal. That said, it’s sad to read so many mean and angry reactions dismissing his pain because “it’s another gay celebrity marriage” or “marriage is supposed to be sacred” shit. Who are you to judge? Shit happens to everyone. They made a bad choice. They are entitled to make bad choices. “Judge not lest ye be judged.”
Peace
derek mcgillicuddy
I sympathise with Haynes, however it saddens me to read all of the nasty, caustic criticisms. I don’t understand younger people who live their lives on the so-called social media. It used to be that you’d just talk it out with your friends.
He spent a long time alone in the closet and when he left he just wanted love and companionship. Has everyone here forgotten what that feels like?
frankcar1965
Social media is going to kill us, just look at what it did to get us this white trash president, and even more the Russians will disrupt every election from now on because of social media and stupid shallow Americans who believe everything the read on it. I would ban FB if I could.
broadshoulder
I find it hysterical
johnnymcmxxx
Another Gay “celebrity” marriage that turned out to only be a self promotion meaningless selfie for attention. Go away ego queen.
Aromaeus
lmao
Donston
Apparently, the song isn’t about his husband and he never cheated.
Yes, Colton does seem to another below 40 narcissistic media whore (at least he’s not naked on Instragram every other day or has had a certain photos “leak”). Yes, he rushed into a serious relationship after officially coming out, quickly pimped out that new relationship to the media and rushed down the aisle. However, many of the comments are indeed needlessly bitter and terse. But if this were a hetero couple on a mainstream site the comments would be just brutal, perhaps more so. So, there’s no need to make this a “bitter gays” thing.
I credit Colton for talking openly about his anxiety, depression and mental health issues in general (which is still a touchy subject, especially with “queers”). I also give him credit for coming out and then trying to find love and settle down. Some of us want that. Some of us only want to spend the rest of our lives with one guy. Some of us want that husband and maybe a family with them. I feel lucky that I found someone I think is my forever half, because dating ain’t easy in general. But the amount of issues that often come with dating men can feel insurmountable. He found someone he thought would be in it for good and it quickly fell apart. I just hope some lessons were learned and that he doesn’t become another completely bitter, man-hating, down with love gay/gay-leaning man.
He does seem to be the type who hasn’t gotten a full grasp of what he wants and who thinks that a relationship is going to cure the majority of his mental woes. That’s almost never the case.
Donston
It’s also weird that he would release this song about cheating as soon as he announces his marriage is over, knowing that people are going to assume the is about his soon to be ex. There’s some stunt-ish quality to thsi. But it comes with the terriority in the entertainment industry.
Xzamilloh
Of course the whole announcement itself could be a stunt. I abstain from this one.
chris33133
I am reading about this song and his recent statements that the song is not about his husband. I have to ask myself (a) how it’s possible for someone to be so naive as to think that people would not associate the two events and (b) whether he ever discusses things with his publicist. Wow! SMH.
batesmotel
Everyone on this board is acting as if this couple has split up. Did you not read the article? This Colton Haynes guy says the song is about an ex and not his husband who he loves and is still with.
Donston
It’s still widely reported that he and his husband have split. This was reported before he even posted that song. He denied that the song is about his husband not that the separation reports aren’t true. No matter the situation it reads as easy promo and vulture-like timing.
Brian
You probably shouldn’t chastise people for responding without reading the article when you clearly didn’t read it yourself. Because it’s all about them splitting up.
avesraggiana
Silly homosexuals. Getting married just because they can, doesn’t mean they should.
DCguy
I’m wondering if Colton has learned a few things. Maybe not, it looks like he’s gearing up to make the divorce as public as the courtship was.
Maybe go quiet for a while.
broadshoulder
Well, the first celebrity gay divorce coming up
Brian
Rosie and Melissa have like 12 between them already.
Donston
Please sustain from telling people how to live their lives. If people in open relationships or “poly” situations wish to not be judged then don’t judge people who strive for something else.
Colton already said their separation has nothing to do with cheating and that the song is about a previous relationship. Also, I am in a monogamous marriage and am perfectly content. I have no idea what the situation will be years from now, but that’s what it is now, and I have no desire to change that. A friend-couple of mine is also, as far as I know, monogamous and have been together for 15+ years. So, don’t tell people what is practical. There will always be other attractions. But yes, there are men who can be romantically, sexually and emotionally satisfied with one partner.