Jeffree Star's rumored boyfriend came out of nowhere and is already causing drama. Here's his story and how the relationship unfolded.

André Mar hold is a professional basketball player who currently plays for a German team, and he's also Jeffree Star's new romantic interest.Instagram/@jeffreestar

• Beauty guru Jeffree Star raised a lot of eyebrows when he debuted a new, anonymous love interest in a sneaky Instagram post, and the mystery man has since been identified.
• Andre Marhold is a professional basketball player who played for Duquesne University from 2009 to 2013 and currently plays as a small forward for a German team.
• Online sleuths discovered Marhold's identity by linking his distinctive arm tattoos to the picture that Star posted, and Star has since posted several pictures with Marhold's face in them.
• Their pairing was immediately controversial, and Star has addressed homophobic responses and denied rumors that he's paying Marhold.
• Some of the criticism is due to Star's history of racist videos online, which he disavowed in a 2017 YouTube video, but has never fully addressed or apologized for.

Makeup mogul and YouTuber Jeffree Star has a new rumored boyfriend almost eight months after announcing his break-up with his previous long-time boyfriend Nathan Schwandt. The new man, professional basketball player Andre Marhold, first appeared on Star's Instagram on August 22, in a picture of Star sitting on his lap, which obscured his face.

Online sleuths were able to match the visible arm tattoos to pictures of Marhold, who currently plays in Europe as a small forward for a German team. As soon as the popular Instagram celebrity gossip page The Shade Room posted pictures of Marhold, his name circulated on social media.

Since then, Star has posted several pictures of him and Marhold that show his face. Marhold set his Instagram account to private, and Star hasn't confirmed either Marhold's name or that they're dating, but he's tweeted about the relationship's detractors several times — and even implied legal action could be taking place.

Here's what we know about Marhold, the relationship, and the drama that has unfolded.