Awhile back, when the first pictures of LeAnn Rimes and her new husband, Dean Sheremet, went out I thought to myself, the man is cute, but looks sort of gay, hope it all works out for them. And now after seven years of marriage, rumors are being spread that Dean is gay.

The rumor first started when Usweekly got footage of LeAnn with her “Northern Light” co-star Eddie Cibrian on a date kissing at a restaurant.  The reasoning for this affair is that apparently Dean is gay. (Which explains LeAnn’s part but what about Eddie, who is married and has two small kids?)

Some are also saying that this could totally be a publicity stunt. Perfect scandel timing for LeAnn and Eddie to permote their new tv-movie don’t you think?

Anyways, according to Perez Hilton, one of Dean’s cousins called into Michigan’s ‘Mojo in the Morning’ radio show to say, “I mean, there were so many situations that happened when we were teenagers… He’s gay. He’s been gay since he was probably five.”

The self-proclaimed cousin added, “The family literally used to take bets on what age he would come out, and then all of the sudden he got married!”

To read more about LeAnn’s juicy affair with hottie Eddie Cibrian and about Dean Sheremet’s not so surprising gayness go to popeater.com and thesuperficial.com.