Former "Bachelor" star Colton Unrwood out as gay - CBS News

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• THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
• 'BACHELOR' ALUM COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY: 'I'M THE HAPPIT AND HEALTHIT I'VE EVER BEEN'
• ‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT
• 'BACHELOR' ALUM CASSIE RANDOLPH ON HOW SHE 'FOUND OUT' ABOUT EX COLTON UNRWOOD COMG OUT AS GAY
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• BACHELOR'' NATN STARS REACT TO COLTON UNRWOOD COMG OUT AS GAY: 'YOU HAVE MY LOVE AND SUPPORT'
• FORMER "BACHELOR" STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• FORMER 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY
• BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY
• COLTON UNRWOOD, FIRST ‘BACHELOR’ STAR TO E OUT AS GAY, SAYS HE WAS BLACKMAILED
• COLTON UNRWOOD, FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR, OUT AS GAY
• BACHELOR'S COLTON UNRWOOD TO RETURN TO REALY TV AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• FANS WANT A GAY 'BACHELOR' SEASON WH COLTON UNRWOOD, BUT 'S NOT THE RIGHT MOVE. HERE'S WHY
• ‘BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY

THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

"And I'm gay. Ms Randolph then filed for a rtrag orr agast Mr Unrwood, accg him of stalkg her, but she later requted the police vtigatn be source, Getty ImagImage ptn, In The Bachelor, he chose nttant Cassie RandolphMr Unrwood said he cid to e out after the panmic h, addg that was a time which forced people to "look at 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" said he had been aware of his sexualy for a long time, knowg he "jt felt different" om the age of Unrwood said he "learned the Bible that gay is a s" Catholic school.

Durg his time playg football, he relled the term "gay" held "a nnotatn of negativy". "I thk there's a lot of thgs, when I look back, I'm like, 'No wonr I held , '" he may also be terted : Media ptn, Kenh Felts has e out as gay at 90 years old...

COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY

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. “I would have rather died than say, ‘I’m gay.

'BACHELOR' ALUM COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY: 'I'M THE HAPPIT AND HEALTHIT I'VE EVER BEEN'

“‘You know, Colt, we’d still love you and support you if you were gay, ’” he relled his mother tellg father was more nontatnal. “He’d pulled up the history of recent Google search, which clud gay porn s and a variety of qutns: ‘Am I gay? How do you know if you’re gay?

)In s 20 years, the anchise has never featured an all-gay st. And for me, I've ran om myself for a long time, I've hated myself for a long time, and I'm gay, " Unrwood TV star said was his down time spent durg the ronavis panmic that helped him procs his tth.

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

I got to a place where I'd rather die than thk I was gay, " he said. 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. “Now give the season we serve wh a gay bachelor please, ” said @anahigu. I see a glimmer of hope for the gay Bachelor season that we all so sperately serve.

'BACHELOR' ALUM CASSIE RANDOLPH ON HOW SHE 'FOUND OUT' ABOUT EX COLTON UNRWOOD COMG OUT AS GAY

To everyone sayg he should get another season and be the first gay bachelor- are you fettg how he treated Cassie?? 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 .

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Colton Unrwood publicly g out as gay me as a surprise to his ex-girliend Cassie Randolph. But Randolph eventually revealed how she first disvered the news that Unrwood, 29, is gay after he me out April 2021.

RELATED VIDEO: Cassie Randolph Didn't Know Ex Colton Unrwood Was Gay, Says Source: 'She's Still Procsg'. 13:36Former 'Bachelor' Colton Unrwood speaks his tth and out as gayColton Unrwood is ready to live his tth.

"When Roberts, who is also openly gay, said she uld "see the joy" and "see the relief" Unrwood, he said he was "emotnal , like such a good, happy, posive way, " and is "the happit and healthit" he's ever been. Unrwood said he went through a "dark and bad" time before feelg like he uld reveal this about himself and his "wake up ll" was feelg like he "would've rather died" than say he's gay.

BACHELOR'' NATN STARS REACT TO COLTON UNRWOOD COMG OUT AS GAY: 'YOU HAVE MY LOVE AND SUPPORT'

It took until high school for him to realize he "was more attracted to the boys and the men" than he was the oppose grown up the Catholic church, he remembered he "learned the Bible that gay is a s" Catholic gra school.

And durg his time sports, he remembered people g the word "gay" as a term that held "a nnotatn of negativy. Unrwood said he has grown "closer to God" this revelatn and said he knows some people will qutn how that's even possible for a gay man to say.

"I ed to wake up the morng and pray for him to take the gay away. I am proud to be gay. Bachelor Natn is rallyg around Colton Unrwood after he me out as gay on Wednday.

FORMER "BACHELOR" STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

I've hated myself for a long time, and I'm gay. "Jt a remr that homophobic ments will not accepted or tolerated today or any day, " she ntued a send tweet. If you're gay, be gay!

FORMER 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY

I've been gay forever & I love ! In the vio, Eichner suggts that Unrwood uld be the "first gay Bachelor and we don't even know, " while Unrwood looks visibly unfortable.

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.

BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY

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.

COLTON UNRWOOD, FIRST ‘BACHELOR’ STAR TO E OUT AS GAY, SAYS HE WAS BLACKMAILED

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.

COLTON UNRWOOD, FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR, OUT AS GAY

In the terview, Unrwood said that openg up about beg gay has led him to a better place life. The former Bachelor nttant me out as gay April 2021 and has been attached to Brown sce last fall.

BACHELOR'S COLTON UNRWOOD TO RETURN TO REALY TV AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

Unrwood then me out as gay April 2021 an terview wh Rob Roberts on Good Morng Ameri, and went on to star on Netflix docu-seri Comg Out Colton, tracg Unrwood's own g out journey and teractns wh other notable gay public figur. He was the first lead of The Bachelor anchise to e out as gay.

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

I'm Gay. Tellg the world he's gay. And I'm gay.

I would have rather died than say I'm gay and I thk that was sort of my wake-up ll.

Also worth notg -- Colton stated his March 2020 memoir, "The First Time, " his time on "The Bachelor" actually helped him realize he WASN'T gay. The bulli said he was gay, and he says he believed .

‘BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY

Colton Unrwood, The Bachelor season 23’s leadg man and a proment figure the anchise, has e out as gay. And I’m gay, ” he explaed.

He also knew that he was “different sce the age of 6” terms of beg gay. I would have rather died than said, ‘I’m gay, ’ and I thk that was my wake-up ll, ” he explaed, addg that he had suicidal thoughts 2020.

One particular anecdote revealed that he began to nsir if he was terted men elementary school, which led him to search “Am I gay? Bachelor Star Colton Unrwood Com Out As Gay. Colton Unrwood, the first star of “The Bachelor” anchise to e out, says he was blackmailed before he announced last month that he is gay.