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The Valley: Persian Style star Reza Farahan claims in his newly published memoir, Memoirs of a Gay Shah: My Story of Family, Fame, and Becoming a King, that he had a years-long “friends-with-benefits” fling with The Biggest Loser host Bob Harper that later evolved into a “threesome” after Harper married a man called Scott.
The book was published this Tuesday. Farahan, 52, writes that the dynamic began after they met while working at the same gym, before he later started taking Bob Harper’s classes and the pair grew close.
“Bob and I carried on like that for a good while. It was very much a friends-with-benefits situation, though,” Farahan writes, as per Daily Mail.
Farahan says he wanted something more serious, but felt Harper did not. “I wanted more, but I always got the feeling he wasn’t interested in any kind of serious relationship with anybody, so I didn’t really push the matter,” he writes.
‘Threesome’ claim after Harper’s marriage
Farahan says things changed after Harper married Scott. Farahan writes that he became close with both men, and that the relationship became a “threesome”, with Harper “bouncing back and forth” between them.
“Bob and I still ended up falling totally in love. For a while, Bob was bouncing back and forth between Scott and me,” Farahan writes.
He adds that the story ends painfully. “The end of this story is a bit bittersweet. Poor Scott, who I honestly harboured no ill will toward even though I was chasing his husband, ended up passing away. And even though Bob and I didn’t last forever, we remain friends to this day,” Farahan writes.
Farahan, who works in real estate, also claims their lives remain intertwined professionally: “I actually sold Bob’s house for him a few months ago.”
Who is Reza Farahan?
Farahan is an Iranian-American reality TV personality best known for Bravo’s Shahs of Sunset and more recently The Valley: Persian Style.
Publicly gay, he has long been a prominent LGBTQ+ figure within Bravo reality TV culture, known for outspoken, often polarising feuds and candid discussions of relationships and friendship dynamics. He has also worked in real estate, which has formed part of his on-screen professional identity.
Farahan began dating TV editor Adam Neely in 2010, and the pair married in Palm Springs in 2015.
Harper has reportedly referenced a past “tawdry little thing” with Farahan on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, while stressing their friendship, saying: “I love Reza, though, I love him!”
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