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FANS WANT A GAY 'BACHELOR' SEASON WH COLTON UNRWOOD, BUT 'S NOT THE RIGHT MOVE. HERE'S WHY
This sophomore n will be pecially noteworthy as the anchise clus two LGBTQ+ upl for the first time. Former "Bachelor" Colton Unrwood – you might remember him as the one who jumped the fence – me out as gay Wednday morng on ABC's "Good Morng Ameri. "Unrwood's revelatn has renewed lls for a gay versn of "The Bachelor, " which may sound like a great ia: After all, fans have long lled for the show to feature an LGBTQ lead.
"But a gay season of "The Bachelor, " given the seri' lacklter track rerd when to reprentatn, would likely the full story:Former 'Bachelor' star Colton Unrwood out as gayWhy? But for a gay season of the show to succeed om a reprentatn standpot, would need to spend signifint amount of time tg the dience about gay datg. We've been down this road before Calls for a gay versn of "The Bachelor" are nothg new – and the ncept has been tried before.
Former "Bachelor" Juan Pablo Galavis ma flammatory homophobic remarks (though he later apologized) at a Televisn Crics Associatn event 2014. And that same year, then-host Chris Harrison qutned whether havg a gay "Bachelor" would be a "good bs cisn" an terview wh The New York Tim Magaze.