Xian Lim finally admitted to dating Iris Lee, a film producer.
He did so via an interview with Esquire magazine.
"Yes, I’m seeing Iris,” he said, relating he decided to address the issue "just to clear everything, to clear all the speculations."
"We are seeing each other and we are very happy," he added.
Xian clarified Iris was not the reason behind his break up with ex-girlfriend Kim Chiu.
"There's no third party. That's it. That's plain and simple," he said.
As to him and Iris supposedly living together as husband and wife, he said, "No, I am not married."
He is hoping his admission would finally end malicious gossip about him and Iris.
"It just pains me na parang may mga taong nadamay. That just really saddens me and that's very unfortunate. Ang busy-busy ni Iris, ang busy-busy ko. She has a lot on her plate, and I have a lot on my plate... She doesn't deserve all that flak. We don't deserve that."