Colton Unrwood, who starred as “The Bachelor” 2019, says he is gay an terview wh ABC’s “Good Morng Ameri.”
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- THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
- COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
- 'THE BACHELOR' HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY WHEN TO GAY ROMANCE. IT'S NOT ALONE
- IT’S TIME FOR AN ACTUALLY GAY SEASON OF THE BACHELOR ALREADY
- ‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT
- FORMER "BACHELOR" STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
- 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD'S GAY REVEAL PLIT HIS PAST — BUT DON'T ERASE
- FORMER 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY
- COLTON UNRWOOD, THE FIRST GAY ‘BACHELOR,’ CONONTS HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMG OUT
- FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR SAYS HE IS GAY
- FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
The last time the subject of a gay "Bachelor" me up, didn't go well. TV history is ltered wh datg shows that have mishandled LGBTQ inty. * the bachelor gay *
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COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
After g out as gay 2021, former 'Bachelor' star Colton Unrwood is engaged to boyiend Jordan C. Brown * the bachelor gay *
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe 29-year-old former football player had wrten about qutng his sexualy a memoir, published Shotwell/Invisn, via Richard Shotwell, via Invisn, via Associated PrsColton Unrwood, a star of “The Bachelor” and a former football player, me out as gay an terview wh Rob Roberts that aired Wednday on “Good Morng Ameri. And I’m gay.
'THE BACHELOR' HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY WHEN TO GAY ROMANCE. IT'S NOT ALONE
Former 'Bachelor' star Colton Unrwood me out as gay; that don't erase his past behavr, cludg harassment allegatns * the bachelor gay *
“I would have rather died than say, ‘I’m gay. “‘You know, Colt, we’d still love you and support you if you were gay, ’” he relled his mother tellg father was more nontatnal.
IT’S TIME FOR AN ACTUALLY GAY SEASON OF THE BACHELOR ALREADY
Former 'Bachelor' star Colton Unrwood has e out as gay. * the bachelor gay *
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(Craig Sjod / ABC; Gregg DeGuire / WireImage)“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.
‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT
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“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.
FORMER "BACHELOR" STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS 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. 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.
'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD'S GAY REVEAL PLIT HIS PAST — BUT DON'T ERASE
But stead of lettg the foc of the show be one man’s search for love, "Boy Meets Boy" clud a twist: some of the nttants were straight 's 2003 gay datg seri "Boy Meets Boy.
FORMER 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY
" (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
“I’m gay, ” he told anchor Rob Roberts, shaken though visibly relieved. I’m hant to ame Unrwood’s g out as some kd of signifint “gay first”, given how such narrativ often end up portrayg LGBTQ+ people as new, as if we haven’t been here the whole time.
“The media that make visible simultaneoly obscure our prence history by ntually amg trans people [and, this stance wh Unrwood, gay people] as new, as a morn, medilized phenomenon only now g to light, ” wrer and artist Man M Page wrote 2017. Other nttants have, siar to Unrwood, publicly e out after filmg all that md, feels like would be a real missed opportuny for the Bachelor powers that be to not rest Unrwood for the anchise’s first-ever Actually Gay season wh an Actually Gay would the first gay season of The Bachelor look like? That was one of the first major attempts at givg gay guys the gay versn of The Bachelor so many longed for, though greatly hred self by secretly addg a bunch of straight men to the st whout rmg s starrg bachelor first.
Drawg on stereotyp about gay people beg ceptive and untstworthy? Though for all the ways that Fdg Prce Charmg provid better reprentatn than s spirual precsor, was also borg – seemgly more ncerned about provg to viewers that gay men’s romantic aspiratns were every b as normal as their straight unterparts than wh pictg gay men on their own The Bachelor portrayed love eply heteropatriarchal terms (multiple women pete for the attentn of a sgle man, lookg for monogamy and, of urse, marriage), Fdg Prce Charmg simply gave the long-nng seri a h at of homosexual pat.
FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR SAYS HE IS GAY
Could the first gay season of The Bachelor offer somethg different om what the aforementned rivativ spired gave years past?
), I’d want s hypothetil first-ever gay season to look somethg like MTV’s sexually fluid 2019 season of Are You the One? I’d love to see a Bachelor season do new thgs like acknowledge the probable sexual tensn between the nttants, and a gay season of The Bachelor seems as well poised as any to explore that terrory.
Somethg tells me that we wouldn’t see that kd of sex-posive change of format on the first gay season of The Bachelor though.
FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
) So, maybe I don’t really want a gay season of The Bachelor after all?
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. “So now, obvly, do a long overdue gay Bachelor season, ” posted another.