By Louise Eccles and Laura Cox PUBLISHED: 17:58 EST, 4 December 2013 | UPDATED: 20:29 EST, 4 December 2013 Candid: Daley with female friend Nikita Ross Olympic diver Tom Daley was dating a woman only a few months before meeting his boyfriend – believed to be an Oscar-winning gay activist 20 years his senior. The 19-year-old met Hollywood screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, 39, in March, after the Nickelodeon Annual Kids’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles. While Daley has refused to name his boyfriend, friends said Black was the mystery man. Daley, who won bronze at last year’s London Olympics, told The Jonathan Ross Show, which airs on Saturday, that it was ‘love at first sight’, but admitted it was a shock to find he had fallen for a man. He said: ‘People say “why did he have a girlfriend last year?”. Well, because I had a girlfriend last year.
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The Olympic diver, 19, is said to be dating Dustin Lance Black, 39
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He claims it was 'love at first sight' and was shocked he fell for a man
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Friends said he was in a relationship with a woman as recently as March
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