Perhaps Gavin Rossdale should have listened to "Don't Speak," his wife Gwen Stefani's 1995 hit with her band, No Doubt, before he spoke to Details magazine. A source close to the Bush front man tells us he's "seriously regretting" going on the record with the publication about his 1980s affair with gender-bending pop singer Marilyn (nee Peter Robinson) - in part, because he then had to come clean with his wife.

In the article, which posted on Details' website on Monday (and will be available on newsstands Oct. 19), Rossdale admits to the long-rumored affair after writer Jonah Weiner asks him if the relationship, which took place when Rossdale was 17 years old, was a case of "one-time experimentation."

The rocker responded, "Yeah. That was it." But our source tells us (and another confirms) that after the interview, Rossdale approached the publication's editors and "pleaded with them" not to print the admission. Details chose to run with its scoop. We hear this has left Rossdale with some 'splainin' to do, as far as his superstar wife is concerned.

According to our source, although Stefani has been aware of the rumors, "Gwen didn't know that Gavin and Marilyn were actually involved. Gavin always said before that they were just friends, and that's what she believed, until Gavin had to tell her" because of the interview in Details.

Boy George first wrote about Rossdale and Marilyn in his 1995 book, "Take It Like a Man." At the time, both men denied the relationship, but last year, Marilyn told In Touch magazine that he and Rossdale had been involved for five years.

Marilyn also said that because Rossdale's band, Bush, was "just becoming successful in America" at the time Boy George's allegations were hitting the press. "I agreed to lie against every grain of my being." Details magazine declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Rossdale didn't get back to us by deadline.

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I bet he did this shit for publicity.

SCNDLS said:

I bet he did this shit for publicity.

I peeped this mess over the weekend. Yeah I think it's a bit publicity but also I think he and Gwen are on their way out. Remeber he had to also confess about that illegitimate kid he made some time back. He initally lied and said the girl wasn't his then he came clean.

But uh...if he was 17 then how old is taht other dude cuz he looks 35 in those photos if he's a day.

There is definitley sugar in Gavins tank!!! He looks like a total Pansy in those pics!!!

DesireeNevermind said:

SCNDLS said:

I bet he did this shit for publicity.

I peeped this mess over the weekend. Yeah I think it's a bit publicity but also I think he and Gwen are on their way out. Remeber he had to also confess about that illegitimate kid he made some time back. He initally lied and said the girl wasn't his then he came clean.

But uh...if he was 17 then how old is taht other dude cuz he looks 35 in those photos if he's a day.

And how do you deny a FIVE year relationship??? That ain't some I got kinda drunk one night type o' shit.

eh, I don't see the big deal (as far as his marriage is concerned) unless he is currently gay

I don't confront my GF about what she did at 17

SCNDLS said:

DesireeNevermind said:

I peeped this mess over the weekend. Yeah I think it's a bit publicity but also I think he and Gwen are on their way out. Remeber he had to also confess about that illegitimate kid he made some time back. He initally lied and said the girl wasn't his then he came clean.

But uh...if he was 17 then how old is taht other dude cuz he looks 35 in those photos if he's a day.

And how do you deny a FIVE year relationship??? That ain't some I got kinda drunk one night type o' shit.

Riding that hershey highway in a stick shift!

That's why I don't fuck around with British rockers. Too much candy on that cane.

But chile....Gavin was lookin all kinds of sexy in that movie Constantine with Keanu Reeves and D'jimon Honsu.

Gimme some tequila, some condoms with the spermicide, some heat packs and fresh cooked jello, some popsickle sticks and some Rick James and Jodeci CDs and it woulda been on an poppin for at least 45 minutes!!!

I knew this for a while. Gavin's bisexual.

Marilyn (the singer) was about 23 when he and Gavin dated.

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Timmy84 said:

I knew this for a while. Gavin's bisexual.

Marilyn (the singer) was about 23 when he and Gavin dated.

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look like 23 plus 10

DesireeNevermind said:

SCNDLS said:

I bet he did this shit for publicity.

I peeped this mess over the weekend. Yeah I think it's a bit publicity but also I think he and Gwen are on their way out. Remeber he had to also confess about that illegitimate kid he made some time back. He initally lied and said the girl wasn't his then he came clean.

But uh...if he was 17 then how old is taht other dude cuz he looks 35 in those photos if he's a day.

According to Wiki, Marilyn's only 3 years older...Gavin looks almost unrecogniseable in that first pic.

well i seem to remember him being gay as late as 1996

Gwen knows about it. I don't buy that she was left in the dark.I also don't think she'd be bothered by it.

Not when Boy George is the one who brought this all out in the open 15 years ago. Marilyn had a couple of hits in the UK, and most recognized from "Do They Know It's Christmas". What I don't buy is that they had something going for 5 years.

Is it embarrassing for a man in his 40s with a wife and child to discuss something that happened decades ago?Or is it more embarrassing that Courtney Love was on his list of past lovers? I think that was prob. more damaging as far as past info went, because he was dating Gwen.

Gavin's daughter is next to Gwen. Daisy Rowe if you want to look at more pics.

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Who cares what he did when he was young. That is his past.

luv4u said:

Who cares what he did when he was young. That is his past.

Ummm, then he shouldn't have answered the question. He's been denying it for 15 years and did so as recently as last year. So why discuss it now unless your whole purpose is to generate publicity???

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And I'm not buying that one-time BS. You don't take lovey dovey pics wit a dude if it's "one-time experimentation"

Are we sure that's not Geena Davis?

IstenSzek said:

well i seem to remember him being gay as late as 1996

Spill it, Lars!

SCNDLS said:

And I'm not buying that one-time BS. You don't take lovey dovey pics wit a dude if it's "one-time experimentation"

Exactly. You're gonna say you experimented for five years? Fuck outta here. Not a shock that Gavin had a gay relationship but the way he's going on about it is wrong. That's where I have a problem. Like "just fess up to it".

Timmy84 said:

SCNDLS said:

And I'm not buying that one-time BS. You don't take lovey dovey pics wit a dude if it's "one-time experimentation"

Exactly. You're gonna say you experimented for five years? Fuck outta here. Not a shock that Gavin had a gay relationship but the way he's going on about it is wrong. That's where I have a problem. Like "just fess up to it".

Exactly! And why deny it for 15 years then confess when you got an album coming out? Celebs kill me with that type of shit. Then they wanna bitch about the press invading their privacy.

mynameisnotsusan said:

SCNDLS said:

luv4u said:

Who cares what he did when he was young. That is his past.

Ummm, then he shouldn't have answered the question. He's been denying it for 15 years and did so as recently as last year. So why discuss it now unless your whole purpose is to generate publicity???

Because these days, being bisexual is a fashion statement!

The female artists (Madonna, Fergie, Lady Gaga) are always having fun having their bi status out there in the mainstream. Maybe now, Garvin is taking the lead for the male artists.

It's be interesting if OR when more male artists (especially Lil' Wayne?!?) are more verbally open about their human sexuality.

Whatever.

Cerebus said:

Whatever.

SCNDLS said:

Cerebus said:

Whatever.

This thread is silly.

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The only thing mildly interesting are the pics, I thought it was relatively common knowledge they'd been in a relationship

Um... I would guess Gwen actually knew about this if everyone else in the world did.

SCNDLS said:

DesireeNevermind said:

I peeped this mess over the weekend. Yeah I think it's a bit publicity but also I think he and Gwen are on their way out. Remeber he had to also confess about that illegitimate kid he made some time back. He initally lied and said the girl wasn't his then he came clean.

But uh...if he was 17 then how old is taht other dude cuz he looks 35 in those photos if he's a day.

And how do you deny a FIVE year relationship??? That ain't some I got kinda drunk one night type o' shit.

Exactly what I was saying!!! How he going to say it was just a "one time experimentation"...umm that lasted 5 years????!!!?? Sounds like there was some love there too.

Cinnie said:

Um... I would guess Gwen actually knew about this if everyone else in the world did.

I agree with this too. She's probably known about this since before Boy George announced it.

Cerebus said:

SCNDLS said:

This thread is silly.

Then don't post on it. Gawd!

I guess the "People who leave floaters in a public restrooms" thread is much more up your alley.

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