Ian Thorpe Ends Gay Rumors, Says He's Dating a Girl

by Mark Umbach Gaywired.com Wednesday Jul 23, 2008 For years, probably since his appearance at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, many have been speculating, and most gay men have been hoping, that the Thorpedo-gold medal winner Ian Thorpe-was indeed a homo. Well, don’t count on it. This past weekend, in an interview with Australian paper The Sunday Telegraph, Thorpe was again vague about the gender of his new significant other. When asked if there was someone special in his life he said, "There is, but they don’t live in this country." That interview had the web buzzing that Thorpe might finally reveal more details about his private life, which he has famously kept to himself... probably part of the reason for the homospeculation. Monday, however, all our Thorpe dreams were finally laid to rest. Web site News.AU.com reports... [read full story]