Is Chris Appleton gay? His ‘ex-wife’ or ‘partners’ history and children!
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Is Chris Appleton gay? Is he dating someone? Let’s find out!
Kim Kardashian’s stylist, Chris Appleton often appears on The Kardashians ahead of appearances and red carpet events to fix her hair up. Viewers of The Kardashians thus are wondering whether he is gay, or is in a relationship. Turns out he is officially married to actor Lukas Gage and is parenting two of his children.
Lukas and Chris’ romance rumors sparked in February 2023, and they exchanged vows in April 2023.
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He is usually busy making Kardashian’s hair 10/10 but has a busy fatherhood life when not styling celebrities. And he is not limited to Kim’s hair, but also other stars such as Jennifer Lopez and Dua Lipa.
Fans are eager to find out more about not just him, but also his social life, sexuality, and relationship. Without wasting more time on the introduction, let’s find it all out right here!
Is Chris Appleton gay? What’s his sexuality?
Chris, having found solace in hairstyling, began his career at a salon in Leicester in his teens. After working at the salon for almost a decade, he developed a romantic relationship with the owner of the salon, Katie Katon, who was his best friend first.
In 2009, after stepping into fatherhood, Chris realized that he was gay. He came out publicly as gay when he was 26 years old.
In an interview with The New York Times, Katon, his then-partner explained that it was a “dark” moment for both of them.
During an interview for Gay Times, the ‘beauty mogul,’ Kim Kardashian asked the ‘gifted hair transformationist,’ Chris Appleton why he came out so late. To this, he humbly replied that he didn’t know that he was gay straight away.
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Appleton revealed that even after his late realization, it to him some time to accept and understand that he is gay. He replied,
“Some people know straight away, I didn’t and it took me a minute to understand that and accept that and then come out.”
Chris Appleton’s ex-partners/ex-wives
Before coming out publicly as gay in 2009, Chris was dating Katie Katon, the managing director of hair salon George’s Hairdressing. Appleton was working at her salon as a teenager and got into a relationship.
The hairstylist told Grazia Magazine that he recalls panicking with Katie when he moved to LA in 2016, as he feared that he ‘gave it all up’ for nothing.
Appleton and Katon split in 2009, after having two children.
In 2018, Chris reportedly began dating Derek Chadwick. Derek, who came out as gay in August 2018, and Chris are no longer together.
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Watch how Chris created his most liked Halloween look:
Chris Appleton has two children
Chris and his ex-parter, Katie, share custody of two children: Billy Appleton and Kitty-Blu Appleton. Billy, his first child, was born in the UK, but now lives in LA and loves spending time with his father.
His daughter, Kitty-Blu also lives in the USA and is now 19 years old. The makeup artist-in-training moved to LA to live with her dad while honing her craft.
Chris Appleton, his son Billy Appleton, and his daughter Kitty-Blu Appleton | Photo Courtesy: Chris Appleton’s Instagram
When Kitty-Blu was young, Chris would practice hair styling on her. She had blue extensions on her hair when she was just six years old.
Talking with Allure, she said that she’d love to style Kim with her dad.
“I’d love that. I want to be known as a makeup artist, not as Chris Appleton’s daughter.”
His son, Billy recently turned 20, and he shared an amazing backstory of his on Instagram.
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“This day reminds me of when I had your bday date WRONGLY tattooed on my wrist and your text response (look at the last slide lol)”
Chris recently brought his kids to LA and loves partying with both.
