Bachelor announced he is gay

Reality TV. United States. And I came to terms with that earlier this year and have been processing it. The announcement was as messy as his season. Gabby Windey, Colton Underwood and more Bachelor Nation alums have come out as members of the LGBTQ+ community after joining the franchise.

After his time on the Bachelor Nation shows, Colton came out as gay and married his now-husband Jordan Brown at a stunning ceremony in Napa Valley. Bachelor host to step aside over racism row. You may also be interested in:. Share Save. Kenneth Felts has come out as gay at 90 years old First black man cast in hit US reality dating show.

During his time playing football, he recalled the term "gay" held "a connotation of negativity". Mr Underwood said he decided to come out after the pandemic hit, adding that it was a time which forced people to "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".

Mr Underwood said he "learned in the Bible that gay is a sin" in Catholic school. Ms Randolph then filed for a restraining order against Mr Underwood, accusing him of stalking her, but she later requested the police investigation be dropped. Getting g candid. And the next step in all of this was sort of letting people know.

A former Bachelor star came out as gay. A former star of The Bachelor reality TV show has come out as gay. The Bachelor casts first black man in hit dating show Bachelor host to step aside over racism row. He said he had been aware of his sexuality for a long time, knowing he "just felt different" from the age of six.

The pair split last year. Skip to content. The Bachelor star Colton Underwood comes out as gay. Colton Underwood starred in Season 23 of the popular US show, which is based around a single bachelor tasked with selecting a wife from a pool of romantic interests, in He also appeared on spin-offs The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise.

The complicated, problematic past of Colton Underwood, the Bachelor star who just announced he is gay. He was the lead of season 23, which aired in January Then, in April , Underwood came out as gay on Good Morning America and announced his Netflix docu-series Coming Out Colton.

Bachelor Nation first met Colton Underwood on Becca Kufrin’s season of “The Bachelorette,” and he returned to our screens for Season 5 of “Bachelor in Paradise” before being named the Season 23 Bachelor. Before embarking on a career in reality TV, Mr Underwood played American football and had trials for NFL teams before his career in the sport ended in In The Bachelor, he chose contestant Cassie Randolph, but ultimately chose to not propose to her.

Getty Images. In The Bachelor, he chose contestant Cassie Randolph.