Bush singer Gavin Rossdale, who is now married to No Doubt star Gwen Stefani, had a fling with male singer Marilyn in the 1980s but didn’t admit to the relationship before because of the “glare” of the media. Gavin said: “I think at the outset there was a sort of fear - that was right at the beginning of Bush, and I didn't want it to be part of it. It felt like a cheap shot, so I was like, ‘I'm not getting involved.’ “I've never wanted to appear closed about it. It's not something I've talked about really because it's always been in the glare of a tabloid world. It's just one of those things - move on.
“When you're 17, Jesus Christ, I don't think there's anything strange about any form of anything - you're learning about life. It's a part of growing up. That's it. No more, no less.” Asked if it was a one-time experimentation, he said: “Yeah. That was it. You have to know what you like, and I know what I like.” Marilyn previously claimed he had a five-year relationship with Gavin which he agreed to keep secret for the sake of Gavin's rock career. Marilyn - real name Peter Robinson - said: “He was the love of my life. We were together five years, but it felt like 40. He was just becoming successful in America. I agreed to lie against every grain of my being."
Boy George previously claimed that the two men had a relationship in his autobiography Take It Like A Man, but Gavin responded to the book in an interview with Rolling Stone in 1996 denying the claim. He said: "That's George's take - he doesn't know me. There's a queue of people going to their lawyers about stuff in his book. I hope he manages to sell some books by putting my name in there...I wasn't dating Marilyn. We were, and still are, good friends. George thinks everyone is gay."Gavin Rossdale is now married to Gwen Stefani and has two sons with her
