Despite leaked photographs that would suggest NFL star Kerry Rhodes is gay, he shut down rumors that he participated in a sexual relationship with another man. But in a new report, the athlete's alleged ex-boyfriend released some shocking text messages between the two. 

Russell "Hollywood" Simpson came forward and claimed to have encountered in an intimate relationship with Rhodes. When the NFL free agent denied being gay, Simpson said the report upset him and decided to expose a few text messages to prove their relationship.

BallerAlert.com reported that Simpson released a text message conversation between him and Rhodes.

"Yes, bay love you back," Rhodes wrote.

"I miss u," Simpson wrote.

"Miss u 2," Rhodes responded. 

See the entire text message conversation here:

MediaTakeOut.com, first posted some photos of Rhodes with a male friend on April 10. When Rhodes found out about the report, he contacted TMZ to deny that he was gay.

"Photos have been circulating of my former assistant and I that have caused some rumors regarding my sexuality, and I wanted to address the situation," Rhodes told TMZ. "I am not gay. The shots were taken during a past vacation in a casual environment with my entire business team."

The photos in question show Rhodes and Simpson hanging on a beach, and canoodling in beach chairs.

Simpson spoke with Baller Alert and revealed detailed information about his intimate relationship with Rhodes.

"I got to know Kerry and we became very close. I moved in with Kerry at his home in Arizona. At first we were just friends and we were getting to know each other. Then we got into a relationship. We were in a relationship for a whole year. I was there, people knew who I was, they saw me as his top assistant. I handled everything for him. No one went to Kerry for anything," he said. 

Simpson said the reason why he got so angry was because him and Rhodes shared a past together.

"If you're not going to tell the truth, don't try to make me look stupid. This is what I say: You can play Nintendo, You play XBox, You play lottery, You Don't Play Hollywood! I think he made a comment that he's as straight as an arm."

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