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Calvin Klein is reconciling with his troubled much-younger boyfriend Nick Gruber, and recently whisked him away on a romantic Mexico break, sources exclusively tell Page Six.
Blond-haired , blue-eyed, former erotic model Gruber, 23, and Klein — who is 47 years his senior — split in January 2012 after two years, following Gruber’s infamous incident punching a political intern and being arrested for cocaine possession after a night of partying at his Greenwich Street apartment.
Gruber then headed to a rehab facility in Arizona, with rumors that the 70-year-old fashion mogul was footing the bill and had flown him there via private jet.
After the breakup, penniless Gruber announced he was working on a tell-all titled “Obsession: My Life With Calvin Klein,” and told Page Six Magazine he was the first man Klein ever fell for. He also claimed Klein once made him take a lie-detector test after suspecting he’d cheated.
Gruber announced he was also working on a reality show about his relationship with Klein, having moved to LA and started dating John Luciano. But by February this year, Gruber and Luciano broke up, and Gruber had a change of heart and pulled the plug on his book.
A source now tells us, “Calvin feels very protective over him. Despite all that has happened, and everything he’s done, he still loves Nick.”
We’re told Klein flew Gruber to Mexico and the two met up at an exclusive resort there. The source added, “Calvin wants to keep it low-key.”
Another source said, “Nick and Calvin had been texting and met up at the Chateau Marmont [in Los Angeles] about a month ago. Nick and John broke up around February, but remained friends. John actually encouraged Nick to get back with Calvin. He thinks it would be helpful for him.”
A spokesperson for Klein said: “I can confirm they are friends and no more. There is no relationship whatsoever, but at the same time Calvin holds no grudges and has put whatever problems they had behind him.”