YouTubers Dan and Phil finally confirm secret relationship, and social media users are thrilled

Internet OGs Dan and Phil just released a 46-minute video mapping their entire relationship, and fans couldn’t be happier with what the YouTubers confirmed.

“How I’m going to bed knowing Dan and Phil are boyfriends,” said one X user in response to the OG YouTubers revealing that they’ve actually been in a relationship for over 15 years.

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The comedy duo announced in a 46-minute-long video that they felt like they needed to keep their relationship hidden due to Dan Howell’s homophobic childhood.

While the pair kept their friends to lovers story a secret for many years, “phans” continued to believe in the conspiracy that Dan and Phil were in a relationship.

Dan and Phil fans, who call themselves the “Phandom,” seemingly invaded the pair's privacy, constantly barraging them with comments over the alleged relationship.

However, the internet’s reaction to Dan and Phil’s relationship revelation has been overwhelmingly positive, wholesome, and humorous.

“I’m so glad I didn’t kill myself,” said one YouTube user, who received 32,000 likes and hundreds of responses on the comment.

“This video is the exact opposite of being told your parents are getting divorced,” said another YouTube user.

“Dan’s therapist is gonna take the fattest bong rip and ascend into the sky like Mufasa,” said one YouTube user. “My work here is done.”

Another YouTube user said that their ex broke no-contact just to discuss Dan and Phil’s announcement.

“Was fully expecting a NordVPN sponsor,” said one viewer after hearing Dan and Phil ask their audience whether they were entitled to privacy.

Over on X, fans rejoiced, with many relaying the information to their followers the only way they know how: through the medium of memes.

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One X user continued the trend of the “old timey” relaying information meme with the caption “How I feel telling my friends about Dan and Phil.”

Dan and Phil confirming that they’ve been in a relationship for the past 16 years was NOT on my 2025 bingo list, said another X user.

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Internet celebrities and online privacy don’t gel

What’s glaringly obvious about this announcement is the time it took the pair to announce their relationship, which started around 2010.

While many users said that the comedy duo was “waiting for their audiences' frontal lobes to develop” before announcing the news, others have questioned the pair's privacy.

One YouTube user said that Dan and Phil “never owed us an explanation, ever. The pressure you two have been through in the public eye is insane, along with the disrespect to your privacy.”

“Listen. Not our business. Never been our business. Fully aware it’s parasocial. But after all these years, I’m both very, very happy for you both and feeling a bizarre sense of relief,” said on YouTube comment.

Naturally, fans who were rooting for “phan” took it to extremes, and the pair said that they didn’t announce their relationship sooner because they “didn’t want to be put in a box.”

Dan and Phil also said that those rooting for the relationship took their theories too far, and they became “too loud to ignore.”

Internet personalities, specifically YouTubers and social media influencers, create unique parasocial relationships with fans, which could mean they jeopardize their privacy.

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