On 'Worst Ex Ever,' Christopher Lane claimed that Wade Wilson attacked him with a knife during their brief relationship in 2019
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NEED TO KNOW
- Christopher Lane dated Wade Wilson for over a month in 2019
- Five months after their relationship ended, Wilson murdered two women in one day
- Lane alleged on Netflix’s Worst Ex Ever that Wilson physically assaulted him, but didn’t report the incident to the police
Months before he brutally murdered two women in one day, Wade Wilson began a brief romance with a man named Christopher Lane.
"This was my first relationship with a guy," Lane said during season 2 of Netflix's docuseries Worst Ex Ever, which premiered in May 2026. "We enjoyed being together. We did a lot of stuff together. We had fun."
The two men dated for over a month, during which time Lane claimed that Wilson — who would later be known as the "Deadpool Killer" because of the name he shared with the Marvel character — physically assaulted him with a knife on at least one occasion.
This act of violence, in hindsight, foreshadowed what was to come.
Five months after their relationship ended, Wilson strangled 35-year-old Kristine Melton while she slept after meeting her in a bar in Fort Myers, Fla. Hours later, he lured 43-year-old Diane Ruiz into his car and choked her while he was driving, Gulf Coast News Now reported. He then ran over her body multiple times.
Wilson was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in June 2024 and received two death sentences.
So, where is Christopher Lane now? Here's everything to know about his relationship with Wade Wilson and his life after dating the "Deadpool Killer."
Lane briefly dated Wilson months before his killing spree
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The two men met in March 2019 while working at a carnival in Inverness, Fla. A week after being introduced, Wilson moved into Lane's RV, and they started dating soon after.
He even asked Lane to make their relationship Facebook official, which came as a surprise, given that Wilson had been "so skeptical about being with a guy."
"Wade said that he was straight when I met him," Lane said on Worst Ex Ever. "But I was like 'That seems a little sketchy.' If you're straight, you don't move into a guy's house with a guy and then want to sleep in his bed."
He claimed that Wilson attacked him with a knife
After a night of partying and taking a substance Lane believed to be bath salts, Wilson allegedly began "flipping out" over someone breaking into the RV — then threatened to slit Lane's throat with a knife.
What followed, Lane claimed, was a four-hour altercation in which Wilson choked and stabbed him multiple times in the chest and hand, before throwing him through a pair of sliding glass doors.
Wilson fled, only to return the next day alongside Lane's sister, covered in blood.
"My sister calmed the situation down, and like, he showed back up with blood all over him and apologized," Lane said on Worst Ex Ever. "He seemed sincere."
Wilson wasn't charged with attacking Lane
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Lane didn't report the incident to the police, and they moved to Key West a month later.
He broke up with Wilson after learning that he had been lying to people about the nature of their relationship.
At the time Worst Ex Ever was released in May 2026, no charges had been brought against Wilson in connection with Lane's alleged assault.
Where is Christopher Lane now?
According to his Instagram page, Lane still resides in Florida and works in the carnival circuit.
Though he's mostly kept his history with Wade private, he shared a screenshot on Instagram of his profile views increasing in August 2024 with the caption, "When people find out your the til tok killerWade Wilson’s ex boyfriend lol."
Worst Ex Ever marked the first time Lane opened up about his relationship with the "Deadpool Killer."
"Looking back, the night Wade stabbed me could have ended up very differently," he said on Worst Ex Ever. "I could have been dead."
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