In Touch Weekly is reporting that 36-year-old T.R. Knight has dumped his 20-year-old boyfriend of two years Mark Cornelsen. T.R. blames his crazy schedule, according to friends. I don’t really follow news about T.R., so I was totally surprised to see how young his boyfriend is. And they got together when Mark was 18 years old! Damn, T.R. likes jailbait. T.R. also wants to keep his family-friendly image, considering he keeps talking about how he wants a baby. Sigh… then he should settle down with someone closer to his own age, damn it!
T.R. Knight is blaming his hectic schedule as the reason for his split with his boyfriend of almost two years, Mark Cornelsen.
“It just came to a natural end, no hard feelings,” explains a close friend of the former Grey’s Anatomy star, whose focus has been on his role in the musical Parade at the Mark Taper Forum in LA. “They still care about each other very much.”
And though T.R., 36, asked his ex, who is 16 years younger, to move out of the apartment they shared, he said it doesn’t mean he has given up hope for a family someday.
“I want a baby,” he told Ellen DeGeneres around the time of his breakup. His wish to adopt a child is genuine. “When the time is right, it will happen,” says the pal, adding that for right now, “his focus is on the show.”
[From In Touch Weekly via Huffington Post]
Last year there were rumors that Mark was telling T.R. to leave Grey’s Anatomy to try for a film career. Well, T.R. has officially left the series, but he literally has nothing, absolutely zero projects lined up. So what’s with this whole “hectic schedule” business? Is it code for “I met someone new at the gym”? Or code for: “Pack your bags, Daddy found someone younger”? I could go on. But I won’t. I hope Mark is coping well and I hope T.R.’s new guy (you know there’s a new guy) is worth it.
UPDATE: It seems I was wrong about T.R.’s career post-Grey’s. Apparently, he’s doing a play called Parade in Los Angeles right now. Sorry about that! The LA Times has more about the play, including some boring quotes from T.R. Still no television or film projects, though. Guess he’s staying in theater.
Here’s T R and Mark at the Hot In Hollywood event in June 2008. Images thanks to WENN.com .
(Sigh) An “Isaiah Washington” standoff. Gay bashing, big media flurry, one gets fired, the other wants off the show, and NEITHER has anybody bangin’ on the door. And their agents are whom???
Exactly Kaiser..Hectic schedule doing what exactly?
This people are screwed up. Can you imagine presenting that image of yourself? “My relationship with a same sex partner 16 years younger than I am came to a natural end but there’s no hard feelings and I still want a baby.” I’d love to walk into my boss’ office and lay that out right before I asked for 2 weeks personal time. Yeah.
creepy
Hectic schedule trolling the local high schools for another boy toy, er, soulmate?
“I want a baby…” You had a baby.
I say he got dumped. Watching the history of my friends, it’s the younger one who usually taps out – especially when the money train is rolling to a halt.
I always like this “They still care very much about each other or they will remain the best of friends” b.s. If that is so true, then they would be working it out and not splitting up. Maybe I am not as EVOLVED as the rest of the world, but when my relationships end, they aren’t my bff’s and I don’t care about them. If I did, we would still be together.
I’m almost positive T.R. is on Broadway.
lol @ sigh.
@Roma. You are soooo right about the money train, and when it stops, the kid gets out. Like a school bus. Oops, there’s T.R. following a school bus RIGHT NOW! (Averts eyes)
I would never have guessed he was so young. Maybe it’s because TR looks really young, so I assumed they were closer in age.
The term “jailbait” refers to people under the age of 18. Nothing illegal about this pairing.
agree wtf?? no jailbait there
I agree with firestarter, I am not friends with any of my ex’s. I guess I am not evolved either. Once you are done you are done!!!!
what’s wrong with TR’s face??
Doing a musical in L.A. means you have NOTHING lined up!!! That’s what actors do to “get by” while waiting for a REAL acting job to emerge. It’s also done to make sure there are no long gaps in your resume. People think you are actually working.
I have a feeling T.R. won’t have too many movie or TV offers. Perhaps he will eventually land on Broadway but I doubt it. His name isn’t big enough to headline anything and I doubt he wants to dance in the chorus line!!
That baby boy left his ass, not the other way around. He’s cute and young enough to get himself another sugar daddy. No need to wait around for T.R.’s career to get hot again!! Smart boy!!
Why do people think that a couple with a big age gap between them are incapable of having a healthy relationship? My own parents are 15 years apart in age.
Good. WGAF.
They look the same age, I’m glad I also look younger than my age and can date people that are much younger than me as well as older. I feel sorry for all the other people who can’t and are constantly writing hate & envy comments on websites criticizing age gaps in relationships.