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• ‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT
• FORMER "BACHELOR" STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• ‘THE BACHELOR’ HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY WHEN TO GAY ROMANCE. IT’S NOT ALONE
• FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR SAYS HE IS GAY
• 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD'S GAY REVEAL PLIT HIS PAST — BUT DON'T ERASE
• FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR REVEALS HE’S GAY
• COLTON UNRWOOD, THE FIRST GAY ‘BACHELOR,’ CONONTS HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMG OUT
• THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A GAY ‘BACHELOR’-TYPE SHOW, AND IT WAS ESRTED OFF AIR AFTER JT ONE SEASON
• FANS WANT A GAY 'BACHELOR' SEASON WH COLTON UNRWOOD, BUT 'S NOT THE RIGHT MOVE. HERE'S WHY

‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT

Liftyle reported at the Unrwood beme the first openly gay man Bachelor Natn April C.

The outlet reported that the rtrag orr was dropped that later, April 2021, Unrwood me out as gay durg an terview on "Good Morng Ameri. "This mak him the first former lead to be part of the LGBTQ+ muny, and the first gay man volved wh the May 2023, Unrwood married polil strategist Jordan C. Could there be a gay season of “The Bachelor?

“Ok let’s see a gay Bachelor season, ” wrote one Twter er rponse to the news.

FORMER "BACHELOR" STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

“So now, obvly, do a long overdue gay Bachelor season, ” posted another. “Now give the season we serve wh a gay bachelor please, ” said @anahigu.

‘THE BACHELOR’ HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY WHEN TO GAY ROMANCE. IT’S NOT ALONE

I see a glimmer of hope for the gay Bachelor season that we all so sperately serve. To everyone sayg he should get another season and be the first gay bachelor- are you fettg how he treated Cassie??

FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR SAYS HE IS GAY

But at least one supporter saw the news g — and suggted there’s already been a season of “Gay Bachelor.

” In a clip rurfaced Wednday, “Billy on the Street” host Billy Eichner suggted that Unrwood was the first gay Bachelor whout even knowg . Former "Bachelor" star and NFL player Colton Unrwood has e out as gay. The 29-year-old revealed he was gay publicly for the first time durg an terview wh "Good Morng Ameri" anchor Rob Roberts that aired on Wednday.

I've hated myself for a long time, and I'm gay, " said Unrwood. "I would have rather died than say, 'I'm gay, ' and I thk that was sort of my wakp ll, " he said.

'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD'S GAY REVEAL PLIT HIS PAST — BUT DON'T ERASE

He is now one of the few openly gay former NFL his book, "The First Time: Fdg Myself and Lookg for Love on Realy TV, " Unrwood opened up about his virgy and how he had once qutned whether or not he was gay. However, Unrwood said he knew he was "different" sce he was six, and realized as a hman high school that he was gay.

In the terview, Unrwood said that openg up about beg gay has led him to a better place life. “The Bachelor’s” Colton Unrwood on Wednday revealed that he’s gay an emotnal terview wh Rob Roberts on “Good Morng Ameri.

” Compared wh the anchise’s past handlg of the subject of gay romance, was a major step forward. “And for me, I’ve ran om myself for a long time and I’ve hated myself for a long time, and I’m gay. (Na Prommer / EPA-EFE / Rex / Shutterstock) In fact, “The Bachelor” has prevly e unr fire for ments that proment personali om the anchise have ma regardg LGBTQ people and relatnships tryg to protect that 2014, Season 18 “Bachelor” Juan Pablo Galavis was lled out for sayg a potential “Bachelor” stallment built around same-sex romance would not be “a good example for kids” and ed the word “pervert” reference to gay people.

FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR REVEALS HE’S GAY

In a 2014 terview wh New York Tim Magaze, Harrison si-stepped a qutn about whether there should be a gay “Bachelor” by tryg to make a qutn about bs cisns and parg love to pizzas and hamburgers. (Glenn Campbell / Bravo) The twist was ially a secret to Jam, the lead, as well as the gay nttants, which meant the gimmick was purely for the dience to try to figure out each nttant’s sexual orientatn. Given the homophobic stereotyp that exist around ceful gay men, this cel twist meant creatg a game out of straight men tryg to trick a gay man for a sh prize.

Featurg a gay lead durg the first season ma the show particularly signifint bee there is still a noticeable lack of LGBTQ rom-s durg the holiday TV season.

COLTON UNRWOOD, THE FIRST GAY ‘BACHELOR,’ CONONTS HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMG OUT

Former 'Bachelor' star says he is gay.

Colton Unrwood, who starred as "The Bachelor" 2019, says he is gay an terview wh ABC's "Good Morng Ameri. “There was qutns there, ” he admted, sayg that when he was young he had Googled, “Am I gay? I’m gay and I me to terms wh that earlier this year, " he told rponse to the revelatns has been predictably msy and tratg to wa disurse has largely spl to two mps: Colton Unrwood is Good or Colton Unrwood is tth is, of urse, somewhere between.

THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A GAY ‘BACHELOR’-TYPE SHOW, AND IT WAS ESRTED OFF AIR AFTER JT ONE SEASON

Should he really be jumpg immediately to the public sphere as a gay in figurehead — and profg off of that role, as he will reportedly be dog a new Netflix doceri? ) My clatn is to say probably uld qutn the homophobia and misogyny that still fd their way to so many locker Unrwood do have a platform, one that uld make a difference if he uld qutn the strgent and hateful, harmful moral judgments of the relig stutns he was brought up .

He uld qutn the prevailg and eply harmful cultural nceptn of “tradnal” masculy — a brand of masculy that is often prented opposn to uld qutn the homophobia and misogyny that still fd their way to so many locker rooms.

He uld qutn the way men are raised to view women as objects and tools of their own personal uld qutn why cis, whe, gay men are still so often at the foreont of queer reprentatn popular uld even qutn the anchise that is so wedd to heterosexualy the public imagatn that beg st as s lead ma him feel like he had found a shortcut to livg as a straight man. Former “Bachelor” star Colton Unrwood revealed he’s gay an emotnal terview wh Rob RobertsUnrwood, who is also a former pro football playersaid that he was forced to nont his te self durg lockdownQUOTE: “Obvly this year’s been a lot for a lot of people, and ’s probably ma a lot of people look themselv the mirror and figure out who they are and what they’ve been nng om or what they’ve been puttg off their liv. For me, I’ve ran om myself for a long time and I’ve hated myself for a long time, and I’m gay.

FANS WANT A GAY 'BACHELOR' SEASON WH COLTON UNRWOOD, BUT 'S NOT THE RIGHT MOVE. HERE'S WHY

Colton Unrwood didn’t plan on ever tellg the world that he was gay. “I’ll jt say , ” Unrwood reveals on a recent afternoon, still adjtg to his new life as an openly gay man. Acrdg to him, last year, while livg Los Angel, he secretly vised a spa known for terg to gay clientele.

At one time, g out of the closet was emed a reer killer, but shows like “The Real World, ” “Survivor” and the origal “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, ” now rebooted on Netflix, led to a profound, posive transformatn how gay people are perceived, and helped brg about progrsive chang to LGBTQ civil rights. As new generatns of lennials and Gen Zers have grown up wh LGBTQ iends and role mols, gay Amerins have attaed the right to marry, and queerns has bee more mastream media, as proven shows like HBO’s high school h “Euphoria” and sentially half of the characters the Ryan Murphy universe.

A gay “Bachelor, ” though? His announcement that he was gay cid wh news that he was filmg a Netflix realy show about his new media l up wh accatns that Unrwood was moizg his g-out story. And others legimately argued that as a hunky whe gay man, he was benefg om privilege, takg a platform that other members of the queer muny served more than he did.