After receiving photographs of Chef Stu together with his ex — who Jeff forbade him from seeing — Lewis uncovered each the pics and their drama on his radio present, earlier than O’Keefe known as in to inform his facet of the story.
Jeff Lewis’ personal relationship woes had been as soon as once more on the middle of his Radio Andy present this week, after he known as out his boyfriend Stuart O’Keefe on air for allegedly sneaking round together with his ex-boyfriend behind Jeff’s again.
On Wednesday’s episode of his SiriusXM present, Lewis exclaimed that “Chef Stu” had “betrayed us as soon as once more,” earlier than opening up in regards to the ongoing drama of their 15 months of courting. Whereas their points are apparently nothing new, Lewis defined Stuart has a little bit of a historical past of protecting the reality from Jeff in terms of his personal relationship together with his ex-boyfriend, Thomas.
First, stated Lewis, Stu failed to tell Jeff that he’d be sharing a home with Thomas and a few of their mates in Palm Springs as soon as — one thing which prompted a “large battle.” That incident led to Stuart saying he’d “distance himself” from his ex going ahead, just for Lewis to assert the pair continued to speak a number of instances every week. After one more battle, their correspondences continued — however Stuart allegedly modified Thomas’ identify in his cellphone to “Rip-off Probably” so Jeff would not suspect something.
“He and Thomas had been speaking very badly about me once I learn them within the texts,” stated Jeff, who claimed one from Stuart to Thomas stated, “He is mad since you made me glad and he would not.”
Nonetheless, Lewis “elected to forgive him and transfer previous it” — earlier than finally forbidding Stuart from seeing his ex ever once more after the three of all of them confirmed as much as the identical occasion again in February and Thomas “was very disrespectful,” talking with quite a few visitors — together with Stu’s boss — in regards to the chef’s penis.
He stated that, “since then, there was no communication with Thomas” … or so he thought.
In line with Jeff, he was headed to New York on Sunday when he received despatched a photograph from a buddy of him of Stu at The Ivy, a restaurant the place “he and Thomas used to go after they had been a pair.” O’Keefe claimed he was with a feminine buddy, however Lewis was skeptical. That skepticism was rewarded with extra photographs of Stuart later that day at one other Los Angeles restaurant … with Thomas additionally within the body. Lewis then shared the photographs together with his radio cohosts, blurring exhibiting the chef on the bar and his ex’s face blurred out.
“I do not perceive this, however why he chooses to disrespect me, disrespect the connection, fully, I imply, he simply appears boundary-less at this level,” exclaimed Lewis, who stated he then despatched his accomplice photographs and including, “Please do not message me once more.”
Whereas they hadn’t spoken all week, Lewis stated on Thursday’s episode that O’Keefe known as him that morning to debate him airing their soiled laundry on air.
“We talked at size and I notice, he stated, ‘You already know you may have this platform, this large platform and also you get to create the narrative,'” stated Lewis. “I am like, I am not attempting to rewrite historical past or something, I am simply telling it from my perspective. I feel it’s only truthful that Stu has the platform to inform his facet of the story. So guess what, he is on the road.”
With that, O’Keefe hopped onto the present, as Lewis informed him, “You have received the platform you may have requested for, inform us your facet of the story.”
“To begin with, I am not dishonest with my ex. I am simply not. We’re mates, we have at all times been mates,” he defined, saying that whereas he did comply with not contact Thomas, he pushed again in opposition to Jeff’s “boundary” after they broke up earlier this month.
“We talked every week later, tried to determine it out, we nonetheless could not determine it out. As s— as it’s, I simply was like, we’re accomplished, that is accomplished. What I do after we’re in a breakup or a pause, I’ll return to all my mates and Thomas occurs to be a type of mates,” he continued. “It was his birthday on Sunday, we had lunch at The Ivy, we grabbed a drink at Cecconi’s and that’s it.”
He received choked up as he stated he had no intention to harm Jeff, he merely thought they had been “damaged up.” He then concluded, “I like you a lot, he is aware of that, however I perceive the problem with Thomas with … that is my piece.”
Lewis responded by telling Stuart that if he checked out their curler coaster of a relationship historical past, anytime they’ve fought previously, “inside 7-10 days we work issues by way of” … so this should not have been any completely different.
“The best way I checked out it was a pause. What that message stated to me is, when you had any curiosity in working by way of our issues, that was most likely a extremely. unhealthy transfer,” Lewis continued. “Nevertheless, I will personal one thing Stu … you had been very trustworthy with me this morning and also you stated, ‘I can not do these pauses anymore.’ I am gonna personal it, I’m chargeable for 99% of the pauses.”
“I go away the connection, I am a f—ing runner as a result of I get to some extent the place I do not really feel like I am being heard or understood. I get annoyed, I get offended and I run,” he then admitted.
It appeared like the 2 had been nonetheless hoping to work issues out a bit going ahead, with Stuart even joking about their on-and-off-again relationship on Instagram later within the day on Thursday.
After posting a photograph of his canine, somebody commented, “Hope you deal with the canine higher than you handled Jeff!!” That led to individuals discussing the newest drama, as one added, “all of this again n forth and they’re again collectively. That’s why we should always simply be entertained and never make feedback.” Stuart himself then joked, “we’d like an APP to maintain monitor!”