Trixie Mattel Announces Split from Partner David Silver After 8 Years of Dating

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Trixie Mattel and longtime partner David Silver have split up. In a new video shared on Monday (December 30), the 35-year-old RuPaul’s Drag Race star, whose real name is Brian Firkus, confirmed speculation that he and David, a filmmaker and producer, have broken up after 8 years of dating. Keep reading to find out more…“The other thing I had to tell you guys about… it’s not like my favorite thing to bring up, but some of you have kind of figured it out and speculated for a while,” Trixie shared in a video on YouTube. “David and I separated quite some time ago now.

And it feels like you people who know me — but don’t really know me in real life — are the last people to know about it. Everybody in my world has known about it for quite some time.” The All Stars 3 winner continued, “It feels crazy that I haven’t come clean on the internet yet, but I was waiting for the right moment and the right way. [But] the longer I waited, the longer it was like weird that I hadn’t said anything.

And then, you know, my break came and went. I worry about talking about things like this because I learned from going on break that even me saying ‘I need a break’ gets written about and stuff.” “And I wish [the reason for the breakup] was like fabulous, and dramatic, and sensational,” Trixie added. “I wish there was more to say.

But this isn’t salacious. It’s just… it happened. I, like, rehearsed how I was going to talk about this on camera a whole bunch of times.