Bachelor reveals he is gay
Former "Bachelor" star and NFL player Colton Underwood has come out as lgbtq+. The 29-year-old revealed he was gay publicly for the first time during an interview with "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts that aired on Wednesday.
"There is something that you want people to know, so can you tell us what is on your heart that you want to share?" Roberts asked Underwood.
"For me, I've ran from myself for a long moment. I've hated myself for a long time, and I'm gay," said Underwood. "And I came to terms with that earlier this year and I've been processing it. I think the next step in all of this is letting people realize. I'm still nervous but, yeah, it's been a journey for sure."
He said that being in lockdown led him to perform some soul searching and to decide to publicly open up about his sexuality.
Underwood, who was the "Bachelor" on the strike ABC dating show in 2019, also revealed he had "suicidal thoughts" in the past. "I would have rather died than say, 'I'm gay,' and I think that was sort of my wakeup call," he said.
"There was a moment in L.A. that I woke up and I didn't ponder I was going to wake up," said Underwood. "I didn't have the intentio
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former star of US reality TV show "The Bachelor," where the male lead dates several female contestants before proposing marriage to one of them, revealed Wednesday that he is gay.
"I've ran from myself for a prolonged time. I've hated myself for a long time," 29-year-old Colton Underwood told ABC's Good Morning America program.
"And I'm gay. And I came to terms with that earlier this year and have been processing it. And the next step in all of this was sort of letting people know," added the former American football player.
In 2018, Underwood was a contestant on the 14th season of "The Bachelorette," when he made it to the final four before entity eliminated.
A few months later, it was his change to be wooed, when organizers announced that he would be the guide in season 23 of "The Bachelor."
Underwood said he had "regret" for accepting the role and said he could understand if some of the female contestants felt misled.
He told ABC that he became aware of his sexuality during adolescence but that while attending Catholic institution he "learned in the Bible that gay is a sin."
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I feel I must confess: I am not a member of Bachelor Nation. I have many friends who are in this people and consider myself an ally to it. Once, I watched an episode of The Bachelorette with a bunch of homosexual people and was shocked by how much queer subtext it contained but then was informed it wasn’t standard for there to be two Bachelorettes at once, which was a bummer to me personally because that dynamic was so fascinating!!!!! But recently, I was introduced to Jasmine Goode, a former Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise contestant who now appears on the Bravo series The Valley and who is bisexual. I knew about Becca Tilley already, of course. I decided to investigate just how many gay women have been a part of the often aggressively hetero world of The Bachelor and its various spinoffs. By expanding it to add international versions of the franchise, I was really qualified to grow this list!
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In August 2023, Gabby Windey came out when talking about her girlfriend, comedian Robby Hoffman, on The View. She participated in season 26 of The Bachelor, competing for Clayton Echard’s rose.
Colton Underwood Says He Hooked Up With Men Before Becoming The Bachelor
Colton Underwood isn't finished opening up on his journey.
Close to one month after publicly coming out as a gay guy, the Bachelor Nation member is sharing new details about his experience in the LGBTQ+ community. He's also reflecting on his season as "The Virgin Bachelor."
In a new interview with Variety, Colton explained that he had a not many sexual experiences with men before joining ABC's reality display franchise.
"I'll say this. I was ‘the Virgin Bachelor,' but I did experiment with men prior to being on The Bachelorette," he explained. "When I say ‘hookups,' not sex. I long to make that very clear that I did not have sex with a man, prior to that."
At the same time, the former NFL player always wondered if a man he hooked up with would share his story with the tabloids. "I retain feeling so culpable, like, ‘What the hell am I doing?'" Colton recalled of his encounters. "It was my first time letting myself even go there, so much so that I was like, ‘I call for The Bachelorette in my life, so I could be straight.'
Former 'Bachelor' star Colton Underwood comes out as gay
Colton Underwood is ready to live his truth.
The former "Bachelor" star came out as gay in an exclusive interview with Robin Roberts on "Good Morning America" on Wednesday.
"I've ran from myself for a long time. I've hated myself for a extended time," Underwood told Roberts in a pre-taped chat. "And I'm gay. And I came to terms with that earlier this year and have been processing it. And the next step in all of this was sort of letting people know."
"I'm still nervous, but yeah," he continued. "It's been a journey for sure."
Underwood said he finally got to a place where he could be trustworthy with himself after 2020, the year that turned everyone's lives upside down, and made people "look at themselves in the mirror and figure out who they are and what they've been running from or what they've been putting off in their lives."
When Roberts, who is also openly lgbtq+, said she could "see the joy" and "see the relief" in Underwood, he said he was "emotional in, like such a good, happy, po