Reichen Lehmkuhl
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| The Amazing Race contestant | |
| Reichen Lehmkuhl | |
 Reichen Lehmkuhl during the 2006 San Francisco Gay Pride |
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| Date of birth | December 26, 1973 |
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| Resides | Los Angeles |
| Season(s) | Season 4 |
| Teammate | Chip Arndt |
| Finish | Winner (Season 4) |
Reichen Lehmkuhl (born December 26, 1973 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former reality show winner and sometimes actor and model. He is arguably best known for winning season four of the reality game show The Amazing Race, and for his highly visible relationship with gay N Sync member Lance Bass.
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[edit] Early life
After Lehmkuhl's parents divorced when he was five, his family moved to Norton, Massachusetts and his mother remarried. He later changed his first name legally from Richard to Reichen. At age 16, he received his nomination from United States Congressman Barney Frank for admission to the United States Air Force Academy. After graduating in 1996, he served five years and attained the rank of Captain before his honorable discharge. He has since advocated for gay rights in the military as a spokesperson for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.
[edit] The Amazing Race
Lehmkuhl was working simultaneously as a Physics teacher at Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, flight instructor and model in Los Angeles when he was approached by a casting director for The Amazing Race.[1] Lehmkuhl and Arndt were a happy couple during the competition but have since split. Lehmkuhl moved to Dallas, Texas briefly after his win on The Amazing Race but before all episodes had been broadcast. Reichen's spending habits at that time caused speculation that he had won The Amazing Race — and that he and Arndt had broken up. During the show, the couple was typically described as "Married" in the subtitles that are used to illustrate the relationship between team members (other teams being, for example, "Best Friends" or "Father-Daughter").
[edit] After The Amazing Race
Lehmkuhl hosted The Reichen Show on Q Television Network until Q Television ceased operations on May 2006. His autobiography Here's What We'll Say, about his time in the Air Force under the military's commonly called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, was released by Carroll and Graf on October 28, 2006. He publishes a beefcake calendar each year and has appeared on sitcoms, soap operas, and other reality shows.
On July 26, 2006, former 'N Sync band member Lance Bass told People Magazine that he is gay and in a "very stable relationship" with Lehmkuhl. Lemkuhl moved in with Bass shortly thereafter. The New York Post gossip column stated that Lehmkuhl's Culver City home was listed as "pre-foreclosure" in August, though Lehmkuhl's lawyer said, "The house is in escrow, not foreclosure." [2], which Lehmkuhl also confirmed on his MySpace blog the same day.[3]
The couple split in January 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ Reichen Lehmkuhl bio via Amazing Race site on CBS
- ^ Johnson, Richard (August 16, 2006). Movin' on in. On January 29, 2007, Bass confirmed to People Magazine that they had split for good<ref>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20010139,00.html</li> <li id="_note-0">'''[[#_ref-0|^]]''' See Reichen's blog post at blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=47147734&blogID=223486633</li></ol></ref>
