'The Challenge' Star Debuts Girlfriend After Saying "God Pulled" Him "Out of Gay Lifestyle"

This story originally appeared on Out. One year after renouncing what he called the gay "lifestyle," Christian recording artist and former reality TV star Davis Mallory has revealed his new straight love life.The singer posted posted a series of photos with a woman he started dating last month to his 28.5K followers on Instagram."It’s crazy what love can do. I love you @rachelevaughanaa," Mallory wrote in a caption for one post showing the couple smooching, cuddling and other PDA selfies and snapshots. "I love you," replied Rachel Vaughan with four heart emojis. The Georgia native, who calls Nashville home, also posted a video montage of the new couple's travels together over the weekend that he captioned, "Thankful for new memories that someday turn to old photographs." See on Instagram 3 weeks ago, Mallory actually broke the news of his new romance himself. He appeared on a podcast episode that he shared on his Instagram that apparently didn't get any traction. In the caption for the video, he wrote: "When physical intimacy with a man felt hollow, a spiritual journey began. A trip to Hawaii led to a chance encounter with a woman on fire for Jesus, who became a beacon of faith during a time of isolation. This meeting ignited a renewed passion for God."Fans of MTV's The Real World: Denver may recall the devout Christian came out as gay in 2006, and last competed on the reality competition program The Challenge in 2011."I knew I was gay since I was 15," Mallory said in a special Out Magazine feature published on Coming Out Day in 2018. Mallory shared his experience as a closeted gay teen who came out to friends and family as a junior in college and then to the world at 22. "I wouldn't have called myself 'gay,' as that word had such a strong negative connotation to me. As a boy growing up in Georgia with a very religious family and community, being gay was not at all what I wanted to be," he said. "I had a strong masculine dad who raised me to be tough. My perceptio