The National Enquirer is reporting that Jonathan Knight, member of the recently reunited boy band New Kids On The Block, has been outed by an ex-boyfriend named Kyle Wilker who claims the pair were involved in a hush-hush romantic relationship for about 18 months leading up to the reformation of NKOTB last year … so of course, Wilker decided to sell his story (and personal intimate photos with Jonathan) to the tabloid. Here is a page from the new issue of The National Enquirer that features a few of these personal photos, one of which shows the two men snogging:
According to Wilker, Jonathan revealed that he “preferred guys to girls” after having dated 80s popstar Tiffany back in the day. Ah ha! So this is all Tiffany‘s fault! In any regard, Kyle Wilker‘s full story of his love affair with Jonathan Knight is published in the February 19th issue of The National Enquirer. I, for one, am really interested to read more. For years I’ve heard whispers that Jonathan was out of the closet in the years that NKOTB was a distant memory … if, in fact, he is truly this comfortable with his sexuality then I think it would be amazing if he would talk about it publicly now that he’s in the spotlight again. What do y’all think? Are any of y’all surprised by this news? Of all the members of NKOTB, was Jonathan the one y’all thought might be gay?
[Source via Boy Culture]
Not shocking and what a shady thing to do to someone. I’m not down with throwing anyone out of the closet unless they’re getting theirs while denying others the right to do the same.
It’s really not surprising. A bit heartbreaking, because he’s my favorite, but oh well. Now we can be bestfriends!! Jonathan I’LL BE YOUR GRACE!!!
wow, way to make yourself famous by outing someone, douchebag.
I couldn’t care less if Jonathan is gay, straight or bi. However, I think it’s awful for some jilted ex-boyfriend to out him to the world! What a tool!
As a true blue NKOTB fan (just saw them in October when they came to Big D!), I have to say that no matter what I will always love Jon, Jordan, Joey, Donny and Danny… yes, even Danny. He has GUNS now, baby!
& LOL @ Senia! I want him to be my gay boyfriend, too!!! Can we share?
He was the Lance of the group..shy and personal. He was always my favorite…
What an a-hole that ex is for selling him “out”. Hopefully the $ will keep him happy & warm at night cause he’s obviously not someone to trust with any secrets!!
Jon always was the hottest one – soooo not surprising to me that he’s gay!! : )
How horrible of the guy to do this. It should have been Jonathan’s own decision. However, I have been in love with him for 20 years and am so heartbroken LOL Though I did tell my husband a few months ago that I thought Jon was gay. Spot on, I guess. I still love him, he’s precious :)
It’s about effing time!! We’ve known about this since before the tour started & have just been waiting for someone to make it public…I don’t know why he didn’t just do it himself!!
theres always on in a boy band isnt there? i hate how he was outed, i dont get out people can do that, tho..i kinda always thought of Jonathan. he would have came out when he was ready, but this just makes me sad as a huge NKOTB fan =( i hate seeing people outed like this..anything for a dollar these days..
HAHA! I sure know how to pick ‘em! See, back in the day I had a crush on Jon and later Lance. That was before coming out myself. So maybe it was my gaydar not a crush? ;)
Totally not suprised by this story. Even when I was little and was a huge fan Jonathan always struck me as being different from the other guys. Of course back then I didn’t know what being gay was (I was 7) but still you just knew that there was something different. Kudos for him though because that guy is way freaking hot! Further proof that even washed up celebrities can still nail hot Brazilian models!!!! You go boy!
Well I don’t think it’s going to be a big deal to him. I have seen him out with his current boyfriend MANY times. He is not denying it, but he’s not declaring it either. Why should he? Why should anyone? It’s a personal thing.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Howie was next. I know how to pick ‘em – Jonathan was my fave New Kid, Lance was my fave N’Sync-er, Howie’s my fave BSBer… I see a pattern.
I would LOVE to see Lance and Jon hook up! Someone awesome should have him, since I can’t. ;)
@ Dana – i dont think Howie is gay..more overly metro then anything…he & his wife are expecting there first child in the new few months.
I’m not surprised that someone finally sold out and outed him…it’s sad that people are like that. But I love Jonathan, have loved him for 20+ years, and nothing is going to change that. NKOTB is not NKOTB without him! Jonathan grew into such a fine looking man himself and he’s such a great guy, I can believe hot models would go for him!
Ha! He was the one I had a crush on when I was 7/8. Ah this will make the “teasing” from my relatives twice as bad. Sucks he was outed like that, hope he finds someone better than that d-bag.
I’ve known this for month, a bunch of the fans are delusional though wanted to wish and believe that he wasn’t, due to the idea that it would crush there childhood dreams, but even boybanders are real life human beings with their own lives and loves. I am sorry for Jonathan that his ex sucks, it has to hurt. But Yes people He is GAY, and Jordan is not gay, in fact Jordan is known for sleeping with alot of women( even though he’s married right now, has two kids and has been with the woman he’s married to since 1992). In all fairness Jon has a boyfriend and that was scooped months ago but some of the fans chose to believe it was a lie, but is in fact true, as people have seen his boyfriend and him kissing in very public places( but no one got pics) and Kay stop trying to pretend the picture is photoshopped, how would this dude get so many pictures of him so intimately close to Jonathan, I know Photoshop, if you did you’d know these aren’t photoshopped.
Yeah. Ive known about this for awhile now. It really doesnt matter to me. Im ALWAYS going to be NKOTB fan. He should come out. Hes fans wont mind. But if I had to guess who the gay guy in the group was, I have would have TOTALLY put my money on Joey. Poor Tiffany. I wonder if she knew. lol
Long live The Block!
I love Jonathan, and it’s okay that he’s gay. I had no clue he was gay until Perez Hilton said it. I still doubted it, but I guess now I know it’s true. I’m happy as long as he’s happy, but it sucks that his ex outed him and got meatmoney. His ex is such an asshole.
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So, so, so not shocked. I thought this during the first go-round and I was only a little Kel at the time. I’d love it if he did talk about it, though.