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But after all these years, I'm both very, very happy for you both and feeling a bizarre sense of relief."

"Thank you for making me feel accepted just as I am throughout the years.

Honestly, it could have killed me."

Dan added that he felt like someone had put a curse on them, with them achieving huge success "but half the time it's going to suck for years, wake up in the night with anxiety, you're going to have panic attacks".

He said there were times when he thought he might be "happier without all of this".

I am glad you both feel safe enough to be your authentic selves!" posted someone.

"This is like gay independence day," said another.

Followers also celebrated what a big part of their lives the pair have been over the years.

"I've finished my bachelor's, master's, med school, and a PhD by the time they hard-launched their relationship," wrote one.

"Big day for girls who were on Tumblr from 2012-2015," said someone else.

"There's at least 20 people I haven't spoken to in seven years that I need to call RIGHT NOW," wrote another.

"I've literally had to go outside and have a cigarette," someone else posted.

I am in a cycle of never-ending closets, and this secret conspiracy is just another thing that I'm trapped inside."

Phil added that some followers may have already guessed, but making the announcement was "a big scary deal for us, it's kind of like another mini coming out".

He acknowledged that the move may attract more homophobia.

"Look, sure, this is a scary time in the world," Dan replied.

They also rebotted their gaming channel, which went on hiatus in 2018.

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Another reason the pair kept their relationship under wraps was that they wanted to be professionally known as a comedy duo, rather than a couple.

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The duo went on to describe why they never talked about their relationship, including their desire for privacy and concern that their sexuality and relationship would be the focus, rather than their content.

Though the pair are "openly gay and have been living with each other for 15 years," Howell officially came out in 2019 and said he had hesitated admitting to the relationship because of the homophobia he experienced as a child.

"What we had was the most important thing to me and I wanted to protect it," Howell continued.

You were a literal ray of light in my life back then."

Dan continued: "And what we had was the most important thing to me and I wanted to protect it, so when other people tried to grab it and drag it into the light, I felt completely violated.

"Having all of these people trying to out us, and being so hostile to me when I tried to hide it, was so triggering.

“So when other people tried to grab it and drag it into the light, I felt completely violated.”

The comedy duo also announced they will soon be launching a podcast.

However, they denied that this means they will be pivoting to couple vlogging content.

In it, he generously talked through his struggles with accepting his sexuality, the toxic internet gossip about his personal life and his battle with clinical depression and anxiety.

‘Everyone was wondering “what’s going on in Dan Howell’s personal life”, all these conspiracy theories and it was this weird elephant in the room that I wasn’t talking about,’ Dan said, on feeling grateful in a way of the speculation surrounding his personal life.

It’s great! That’s how I should’ve come out to my parents.

‘Even if you don’t totally relate to my story, you might learn something or change your view, or just feel like you’re not alone with something you went through. "Yes," Lester, 38, quickly confirmed, before Howell attempted to roll credits: "Alright, bye!"

The British comedy duo went on to address fans' overtly obsessive "shipping" – an internet term for romantically linking two people together – which has been ongoing since they began posting on YouTube in 2009.

"Because it got so loud that we couldn't ignore it, we were being left with the choice of either address it or suppress it," Howell later said.

"Yeah, [in] 2017 I'm thinking, my solo comedy content is killing it on YouTube, this could just be my life. “It feels like things are sliding backwards because the fighting for what was important was going a bit too well, but I think that’s why it’s more important than ever that we are like, ‘Hey, here we are, gay.'”

“If you’ll have us, we’d love to just finally be ourselves and do what we love, which is really how this should have been this whole time,” Lester told their fans.

But how inclusive and accepting their audience has become has made them feel more comfortable. And I was like, 'Excuse me?'"

He continued: "I spent so long not being authentic and being trapped in a situation, that I am comfortable being miserable in an environment where I don't do the thing that would suddenly make me feel better.