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So, which story is true? This one

from here or this one

from here.

Um, doesn’t look to me like they both have to be false. Maybe he slept with other women while he was in his relationships, or maybe that period between relationships was just a really wild year.

I don’t see why one has to be false, either.

The two in no way appear exclusive. Even if his long-term relationships were exclusive, it just means he did a lot of sleeping around before, between, and after.