Lukas Gage & Chris Appleton are splitting after 6 months of marriage, giving us all whiplash
Lukas Gage, 28, and celebrity hair stylist Chris Appleton, 40, are heading their separate ways.According to TMZ, Appleton filed for divorce on Monday morning, citing “irreconcilable differences” and listing Friday as the pair’s date of separation.Chris Appleton has filed for divorce from Lukas Gage after 6 months of marriage, TMZ reports.
pic.twitter.com/ocSm7mckWqThe news comes as a shock considering the couple seemed very much like they were still in their “honeymoon phase,” appearing together as recently as Halloween, posing with friends in their Beetlejuice and The Joker costumes.That being said, seeing how quickly Gage and Appleton went from “Instagram official” to fiancés to husbands, we suppose their whole relationship’s been at hyper-speed.Still, it’s sad to see another high-profile LGBTQ+ marriage come to an end, especially in a year that’s also brought news of divorce for Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef, Billy Porter and Adam Smith, and TikTokers Nicky Champ and Pierre Boo, to name a few.It only was this past February that Appleton first began popping up on Gage’s Instagram and vice versa, raising eyebrows everywhere.
A post shared by lukas gage (@lukasgage)By that point, the actor wasn’t publicly “out,” but already played a number of queer characters (including an unforgettable stint in the first season of The White Lotus), so folks had been wondering about his sexuality.
One “fan” even tagged Gage on the app formerly known as Twitter, asking why a “straight actor” should get to play so many LGBTQ+ roles, to which he famously quipped, “you don’t know my alphabet.”But, through his relationship with Appleton, Gage became comfortable speaking a bit more openly about his life and his sexuality.
