Austin Armacost is an American reality television personality who rose to fame in 2010 as a cast member in the Logo reality television series which followed the lives of six gay and bisexual men in New York City.
In 2015, he competed in the sixteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother, where he became runner-up. He re-entered the house in 2017 during the nineteenth series as an "All Star" in which he was the fourth to leave the house, placing fifteenth.
Armacost started dating fashion designer Marc Jacobs in March 2008; the couple split the following year.
Armacost was married to a British man named Jake Lees[1] [2] for eight years.[3] They separated in 2016.
Austin celebrated his one-year anniversary with new boyfriend, IT Business Architect Darren Banks in September 2017.
On 27 August 2015, Armacost entered the Celebrity Big Brother house as a housemate in the sixteenth series competing for "Team USA" and finished as runner up to James Hill.[4] Following their appearance in the series, both Austin and James won "TV Moment of the Year" at The Attitude Awards 2015.[5]
He returned again as an All-Star for Celebrity Big Brother 19 and was evicted in a twist, which saw him voted as the "dullest housemate". He finished in fifteenth place.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | Himself | Main cast | |
| 2015, 2017 | Celebrity Big Brother | Season 16 Runner-up | |