Where do we even start? OK, model/singer/actor Tyrese Gibson has been having a heck of a week. First, he's on Instagram shaving privates, then he's revealed as one of the mystery guests on The Masked Singer. (Spoilers ahead, FYI.)
On the May 5 episode of FOX's musical competition show, the "RoboPine" character was revealed to be none other than the "Shame" singer himself after throwing judges off his scent by telling viewers he was a grandfather from Costa Rica.
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“I personally tried to throw as many people off as I could with my backstory,” he said following the episode. “I said I was 60 years old, I said I had two grandkids and I was from Costa Rica. And so I was trying to throw a haymaker in there and really throw people off.” In the end, Nicole Scherzinger and guest panelist Chrissy Metz named Tyrese, while Ken Jeong thought it was Wesley Snipes, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg thought it was Jamie Foxx, and Robin Thicke guessed Terence Howard.
One major tip-off for fans was likely the reference to the passing of his Fast and the Furious co-star Paul Walker in an intro package. "I didn’t necessarily want them to talk about things that are so obviously connected to me," he says. "I wanted them to go as far as they could to not have any clues and hints where people would be able to put two and two together. If you say you had a really close friend that passed away, your co-star/movie star, they’re gonna be like, ‘Well clearly, it’s Tyrese.'"
This is of course hot on the heels of an interesting Instagram post just last weekend. Tyrese was seen shaving his girlfriend Zelie Timothy's private area in her IG Story, where she captioned one clip, "I will never let go of my King. But does your man shave you though?"
After explaining his oil and creamer mixture and telling Zelie she is "beautiful," she responded, "No, what's beautiful is your man hands. I know he's supposed to be shaving, but I'm thinking about something else." Adding, "Why are you sticking your tongue out?"
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