If you’ve been on the internet long enough to remember YouTube’s golden age, get ready to feel emotions you didn’t know were still in you. British YouTubers Dan Howell and Phil Lester — better known as Dan and Phil — just revealed that they’ve secretly been in a relationship since 2009, and yes, we’re all still spiraling over the announcement.
And because this long-awaited confession has us deep in our nostalgia feels, let’s take a trip back to YouTube’s golden age and check in on 18 iconic YouTube couples who once lived rent-free in our “recommended” page. Ready to see where they all ended up?
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Moral of the story? Love fades, couples break up, and channels die…but social media never forgets. And sometimes, after 16 years, it even gives us a happy ending ― am I right, Dan and Phil?