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• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• DID THE BACHELOR CONTTANTS KNOW COLTON UNRWOOD WAS GAY DURG FILMG? HANNAH BROWN SPEAKS OUT
• 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD'S GAY REVEAL PLIT HIS PAST — BUT DON'T ERASE
• WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON THE GAY-BAG "BROKEBACK BROMANCE" EPISO OF "THE BACHELORETTE"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY DAN AVERYJUNE 2, 2015/3:45 PMBY DAN AVERYJUNE 2, 2015 / 3:45 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON THE GAY-BAG \"BROKEBACK BROMANCE\" EPISO OF \"THE BACHELORETTE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-06-02T19:45:06.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-06-02T19:45:06.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE PAST WEEK ABC HAS BEEN TEASG A "BROKEBACK BACHELOR" ON THE BACHELORETTE, WH PROMOS SHOWG NTTANT CLT MAKG CLEAR HE'S MORE TERTED ANOTHER MALE NTTANT, JJ, THAN BACHELORETTE KALYN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: ABC'S "THE BACHELORETTE" TEAS POSSIBLY GAY "BROKEBACK BROMANCE"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I FEEL LIKE I'VE NNECTED WH JJ PROBABLY MORE THAN KALYN RIGHT NOW. WE'RE SO SIAR 'S ACTUALLY SANE," SAID CLT AN NFSNAL. "I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'D MEET SOMEONE HERE. … WE'VE GROWN SO CLOSE – ALMOST TOO CLOSE," HE NTUED, MENTNG THAT THE TWO BROS HAD “GOTTEN CLOSE THE SHOWER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, AS AMERI LEARNED LAST NIGHT, REALY TV EDG IS A HELL OF A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE REALLY WAS NO SAME-SEX ROMANCE ON THIS SEASON OF THE BACHELORETTE, UNLS YOU UNT POPPG ZS OFF OF EACH OTHER’S BACKS UNTS AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLEARLY PRODUCERS WATCHED BIG BROTHER LAST SEASON, WHEN FRANKIE GRAN AND ZACH RANCE HAD THEIR SHOWMANCE-BROMANCE, AND TRIED TO EMULATE . EXCEPT, UNLIKE THAT SUATN, NEHER CLT NOR JJ ARE OPENLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LONG, LANGUID GLANC TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M G TO THE REALIZATN THAT KALYN’S PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT GIRL FOR ME,” CLT SAID AFTER A GROUP DATE. “I’M UNR NO FALSE PRETENS THAT THIS IS WORKG OUT. BUT THERE’S STILL SOME RELATNSHIPS WH THE GUYS THAT I’M REALLY ENJOYG, AND JJ PARTICULAR. HE’S GOT A LOT OF LEVELS AND HE IS A SWEETHEART. HE’S A GOOD DU.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SWEETHEART? WE KD OF GET THE FEELG THE GUYS PLAYED UP THE BROMANCE FOR THE MERAS. (WHAT? Y, DO HAPPEN.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE’S A BROMANCE GOG ON BETWEEN CLT AND JJ,” ANOTHER NTTANT, JT, CLAR. “THEY’RE CHILLG BY THE POOL, OKG TOGETHER AND JT EATG OR WHATEVER, STG ON THE UCH. CLT AND JJ REALLY JT HAVE THIS ONE-ON-ONE VIBE GOG... IT’S LIKE THEY’VE GOT A LTLE PEP THEIR STEP TOGETHER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BOND BETWEEN THE TWO SEEMS TO IRK THE OTHER NTTANTS, WHICH IS ODD NSIRG THE POT IS TO WOO THE BACHELORETTE, NOT EACH OTHER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HONTLY THK THAT THEY’RE SO TO EACH OTHER THAT THEY JT HONTLY ARE BLD, THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOG,” SAYS ANOTHER BACHELOR, AS WE SEE CLT AND JJ THE HOT TUB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK THEY’RE JT ALL ABOUT EACH OTHER. NOT KALYN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLT PLAYS THE WHOLE FX-GAY ANGLE TO THE HILT, SERENADG JJ ON THE GUAR, AND TALKG ABOUT HOW THEY'VE "NNECTED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE’VE GROWN VERY CLOSE... ALMOST TOO CLOSE I THK, AT TIM," HE NFS, " THE ROOM AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND THE SHOWER... THE POSSIBILY OF G ON TO THE BACHELORETTE AND FALLG LOVE WH A MAN NEVER CROSSED MY MD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S SO AWKWARDLY WORD YOU N'T REALLY PPOT IF CLT IF SAYG HE ACTUALLY DID FALL LOVE WH A MAN OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE EVENTUALLY SISTS HE NEEDS TO GET A ROSE OM KALYN, BUT ONLY SO HE N SPEND MORE TIME WH JJ. OH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLT AND KALYN EVENTUALLY MAKE OUT BUT, A VOICEOVER, HE SUGGTS HE ONLY DID  TO ENSURE HE WOULDN'T BE SENT HOME—AWAY OM HIS BELOVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I LOVE JJ—I FEEL LIKE I’VE NNECTED WH J.J. MORE THAN KALYN AND I WANT TO STAY HERE, SO ABSOLUTELY MA ME WANT TO FIGHT FOR THIS MORE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FIGHT FOR WHAT? THE SHAM-OF-A-REAL RELATNSHIP WH KALYN OR THE SHAM-OF-A-FAKE RELATNSHIP WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DON'T EXPEND TOO MUCH BRA POWER ON , BEE BY THE END OF THE EPISO CLT TURNED TO A MAJOR DICK—TRASH-TALKG THE OTHER NTTANTS AND BRAGGG ABOUT HOW KALYN'S MOUTH MT TASTE LIKE HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"CLT IS ONE OF THE BIGGT DOUCH BACHELOR HISTORY," KALYN ANNOUNC BEFORE THE EPISO ENDS A CLIFFHANGER. "CLT HAS NO IA WHAT'S STORE FOR HIM. HE IS GOG DOWN FLAM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUDGG OM THAT, WE'D SAY HE'LL BE PACKG HIS BAGS. OR ELSE 'S JT MORE CREATIVE EDG AND CLT STICKS AROUND FOR MANY MORE WEEKS TO E. ONLY WHOUT HIS NVENIENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• KEEP YOUR BACHELORETTE PARTY OUT OF MY GAY BAR
• MOST LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE SUPER FE WH BACHELORETTE PARTI AT GAY BARS
• GAY BACHELOR TV SHOW HAS NASTY SURPRISE

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

His sensibily as a gay artist has shaped and elevated the magaze’s athetic, but he has to keep his creativy check lt Mx be seen as a magaze for gay men. But fish strong, as the nflict over Richie’s bathhoe project grows and Mx has to nsir whether ’s too risky for the magaze to speak to gay men, or even gay moments like this, the historil fictn feels not entirely historil. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

Along wh beg lled a liar by some fellow Bachelor Natn alumni, he and the women who dated him have also had to aga face qutns about whether they knew Unrwood was gay when he was datg dozens of women simultaneoly on The Bachelor. [We weren’t like], ‘No, surely he’s not gay.

DID THE BACHELOR CONTTANTS KNOW COLTON UNRWOOD WAS GAY DURG FILMG? HANNAH BROWN SPEAKS OUT

But all mak so much more sense wh jt who he was and the Brown ma a good pot sayg any lack of spark between Colton Unrwood and his nttants didn't tomatilly mean he was gay, jt that he wasn't what they expected, nor a good romantic match.

I thk ’s really ol that he’s fally beg able to, for the first time, be himself, which is weird that I’m sayg that bee I dated him and he was gay the whole time. … I thk I like him better as a gay man. “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. 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 .

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

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.

”Clt plays the whole fx-gay angle to the hilt, serenadg JJ on the guar, and talkg about how they've "nnected. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar suatns.It's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON THE GAY-BAG "BROKEBACK BROMANCE" EPISO OF "THE BACHELORETTE"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY DAN AVERYJUNE 2, 2015/3:45 PMBY DAN AVERYJUNE 2, 2015 / 3:45 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON THE GAY-BAG \"BROKEBACK BROMANCE\" EPISO OF \"THE BACHELORETTE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-06-02T19:45:06.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-06-02T19:45:06.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE PAST WEEK ABC HAS BEEN TEASG A "BROKEBACK BACHELOR" ON THE BACHELORETTE, WH PROMOS SHOWG NTTANT CLT MAKG CLEAR HE'S MORE TERTED ANOTHER MALE NTTANT, JJ, THAN BACHELORETTE KALYN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: ABC'S "THE BACHELORETTE" TEAS POSSIBLY GAY "BROKEBACK BROMANCE"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I FEEL LIKE I'VE NNECTED WH JJ PROBABLY MORE THAN KALYN RIGHT NOW. WE'RE SO SIAR 'S ACTUALLY SANE," SAID CLT AN NFSNAL. "I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'D MEET SOMEONE HERE. … WE'VE GROWN SO CLOSE – ALMOST TOO CLOSE," HE NTUED, MENTNG THAT THE TWO BROS HAD “GOTTEN CLOSE THE SHOWER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, AS AMERI LEARNED LAST NIGHT, REALY TV EDG IS A HELL OF A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE REALLY WAS NO SAME-SEX ROMANCE ON THIS SEASON OF THE BACHELORETTE, UNLS YOU UNT POPPG ZS OFF OF EACH OTHER’S BACKS UNTS AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLEARLY PRODUCERS WATCHED BIG BROTHER LAST SEASON, WHEN FRANKIE GRAN AND ZACH RANCE HAD THEIR SHOWMANCE-BROMANCE, AND TRIED TO EMULATE . EXCEPT, UNLIKE THAT SUATN, NEHER CLT NOR JJ ARE OPENLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LONG, LANGUID GLANC TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M G TO THE REALIZATN THAT KALYN’S PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT GIRL FOR ME,” CLT SAID AFTER A GROUP DATE. “I’M UNR NO FALSE PRETENS THAT THIS IS WORKG OUT. BUT THERE’S STILL SOME RELATNSHIPS WH THE GUYS THAT I’M REALLY ENJOYG, AND JJ PARTICULAR. HE’S GOT A LOT OF LEVELS AND HE IS A SWEETHEART. HE’S A GOOD DU.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SWEETHEART? WE KD OF GET THE FEELG THE GUYS PLAYED UP THE BROMANCE FOR THE MERAS. (WHAT? Y, DO HAPPEN.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE’S A BROMANCE GOG ON BETWEEN CLT AND JJ,” ANOTHER NTTANT, JT, CLAR. “THEY’RE CHILLG BY THE POOL, OKG TOGETHER AND JT EATG OR WHATEVER, STG ON THE UCH. CLT AND JJ REALLY JT HAVE THIS ONE-ON-ONE VIBE GOG... IT’S LIKE THEY’VE GOT A LTLE PEP THEIR STEP TOGETHER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BOND BETWEEN THE TWO SEEMS TO IRK THE OTHER NTTANTS, WHICH IS ODD NSIRG THE POT IS TO WOO THE BACHELORETTE, NOT EACH OTHER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HONTLY THK THAT THEY’RE SO TO EACH OTHER THAT THEY JT HONTLY ARE BLD, THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOG,” SAYS ANOTHER BACHELOR, AS WE SEE CLT AND JJ THE HOT TUB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK THEY’RE JT ALL ABOUT EACH OTHER. NOT KALYN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLT PLAYS THE WHOLE FX-GAY ANGLE TO THE HILT, SERENADG JJ ON THE GUAR, AND TALKG ABOUT HOW THEY'VE "NNECTED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE’VE GROWN VERY CLOSE... ALMOST TOO CLOSE I THK, AT TIM," HE NFS, " THE ROOM AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND THE SHOWER... THE POSSIBILY OF G ON TO THE BACHELORETTE AND FALLG LOVE WH A MAN NEVER CROSSED MY MD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S SO AWKWARDLY WORD YOU N'T REALLY PPOT IF CLT IF SAYG HE ACTUALLY DID FALL LOVE WH A MAN OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE EVENTUALLY SISTS HE NEEDS TO GET A ROSE OM KALYN, BUT ONLY SO HE N SPEND MORE TIME WH JJ. OH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLT AND KALYN EVENTUALLY MAKE OUT BUT, A VOICEOVER, HE SUGGTS HE ONLY DID  TO ENSURE HE WOULDN'T BE SENT HOME—AWAY OM HIS BELOVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I LOVE JJ—I FEEL LIKE I’VE NNECTED WH J.J. MORE THAN KALYN AND I WANT TO STAY HERE, SO ABSOLUTELY MA ME WANT TO FIGHT FOR THIS MORE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FIGHT FOR WHAT? THE SHAM-OF-A-REAL RELATNSHIP WH KALYN OR THE SHAM-OF-A-FAKE RELATNSHIP WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DON'T EXPEND TOO MUCH BRA POWER ON , BEE BY THE END OF THE EPISO CLT TURNED TO A MAJOR DICK—TRASH-TALKG THE OTHER NTTANTS AND BRAGGG ABOUT HOW KALYN'S MOUTH MT TASTE LIKE HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"CLT IS ONE OF THE BIGGT DOUCH BACHELOR HISTORY," KALYN ANNOUNC BEFORE THE EPISO ENDS A CLIFFHANGER. "CLT HAS NO IA WHAT'S STORE FOR HIM. HE IS GOG DOWN FLAM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUDGG OM THAT, WE'D SAY HE'LL BE PACKG HIS BAGS. OR ELSE 'S JT MORE CREATIVE EDG AND CLT STICKS AROUND FOR MANY MORE WEEKS TO E. ONLY WHOUT HIS NVENIENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen is gay. No NFL ach had ever publicly e out as gay, so Maxen, an assistant strength and ndng ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, kept quiet about his sexual that ma him angry — at himself.

Men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Former San Francis 49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers beme the NFL’s first ach to e out as gay 2017. Acrdg to the article, Maxen ma his cisn to do so last year and reached out for advice om Carl Nassib, who 2021 beme the NFL’s first out gay active player as a member of the Las Vegas was Nassib who put Maxen ntact wh Outsports.

KEEP YOUR BACHELORETTE PARTY OUT OF MY GAY BAR

” In a promo for the episo, one of the two men mak a seri of anodyne statements (“I never thought I would meet someone like that”; “fallg love wh a man never crossed my md”), eded together to build the sense that there’s a gay love affair blossomg among the men who are meant to be seekg Bristowe’s hand marriage. If the gay subplot is beg created om whole cloth, ’s far worse than that. Start wh the phrase self: The term “Brokeback” isn’t jt a word terchangeable wh “gay.

” It’s a reference to Brokeback Mounta, a 2005 film (and before that, a short story) that outl the social ndns that keep gay men om ever acknowledgg, even to one another, their te feelgs. ” The lewd double-entendre asi, only on The Bachelorette would the existence of gay people be treated as md-blowg.

Enough time has passed sce the movie’s release, and enough legal and cultural victori have been won by gay people, that this uld be amed as all--fun japery. A simple unrstandg of how realy-show promotn works dit that this gentleman is probably not, fact, a gay man, and that the “Brokeback Bachelors” are jt havg a lgh. But while the show, perhaps rightly, has cid ’s not equipped to handle issu of misogyny or class, eher felt the need to entirely vent a gay storyle or market aggrsively, all for the apparent purpose of provg that gay people are funny, weird and md-blowg.

MOST LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE SUPER FE WH BACHELORETTE PARTI AT GAY BARS

Last year, Juan Pablo Galavis, the then-star of The Bachelor, clared an terview that gay people should not be a part of The Bachelor, sayg: “They’re more pervert a sense. There’s Kalyn and her real suors, there to fd acceptable, TV-iendly love, and then there’s the real or perceived threat of homosexualy at the margs. Wt Hollywood gay bar The Abbey recently cid to ban straight bachelorette parti.

GAY BACHELOR TV SHOW HAS NASTY SURPRISE

But 's also a slap the face to my ctomers and my life that we n't have that same 's what Cooley isn't sayg — bachelorette parti at gay bars are fuckg 's nothg agast straight people. There's jt somethg particularly sufferable about hostg a bachelorette party at a gay bar.