'Bachelor' alum Colton Unrwood out as gay: 'I'm the happit and healthit I've ever been' | Fox News

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• THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
• OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHSHOP THE BT DORM SENTIALSCULTURETHE BACHELORAPRIL 14, 2021FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• 'BACHELOR' ALUM CASSIE RANDOLPH ON HOW SHE 'FOUND OUT' ABOUT EX COLTON UNRWOOD COMG OUT AS GAY
• BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY
• 'BACHELOR' ALUM COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY: 'I'M THE HAPPIT AND HEALTHIT I'VE EVER BEEN'
• FORMER "BACHELOR" STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• BACHELOR'' NATN STARS REACT TO COLTON UNRWOOD COMG OUT AS GAY: 'YOU HAVE MY LOVE AND SUPPORT'
• 'BACHELOR' ALUM COLTON UNRWOOD SAYS HE WAS 'BLACKMAILED' BEFORE G OUT AS GAY
• COLTON UNRWOOD, THE FIRST GAY ‘BACHELOR,’ CONONTS HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMG OUT
• FORMER 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY
• COLTON UNRWOOD, FIRST ‘BACHELOR’ STAR TO E OUT AS GAY, SAYS HE WAS BLACKMAILED
• ‘BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY
• ‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT
• 'THE BACHELOR' 'S COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE RAN OM MYSELF FOR A LONG TIME'
• FANS WANT A GAY 'BACHELOR' SEASON WH COLTON UNRWOOD, BUT 'S NOT THE RIGHT MOVE. HERE'S WHY
• A FORMER BACHELOR STAR ME OUT AS GAY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS AS MSY AS HIS SEASON.

THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

"And I'm gay.

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

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.

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“‘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?

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

How do you know if you’re gay? )In s 20 years, the anchise has never featured an all-gay st. 13:36Former 'Bachelor' Colton Unrwood speaks his tth and out as gayColton Unrwood is ready to live his tth.

BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY

"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.

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.

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

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.

FORMER "BACHELOR" STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

"I ed to wake up the morng and pray for him to take the gay away. I am proud to be gay.

Colton Unrwood publicly g out as gay me as a surprise to his ex-girliend Cassie Randolph.

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

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'.

'BACHELOR' ALUM COLTON UNRWOOD SAYS HE WAS 'BLACKMAILED' BEFORE G 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.

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

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.

FORMER 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY

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.

I got to a place where I'd rather die than thk I was gay, " he said.

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

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. 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.

‘BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS 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 show's stg ll is askg for both men and women — a first for the entire anchise Unrwood beme the first openly gay man Bachelor Natn April Unrwood.

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

It was dropped that 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 male volved wh the Burt me out as bisexual durg "Bachelor Paradise, " and she later proposed to her girliend durg the Burt.

'THE BACHELOR' 'S COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE RAN OM MYSELF FOR A LONG TIME'

The former Bachelor nttant me out as gay April 2021 and has been attached to Brown sce last fall. 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. Related ntent: Former Bachelor Colton Unrwood out as gayStars celebrate newly out Bachelor alum Colton Unrwood: 'You're ee now'Why Comg Out Colton is a major fumble Episo Reps Zach on the season fale of The Bachelor S27 E10 Rep The Bachelor fale rep: Zach go om 'eak-out mo' to pickg a fiancée By Kristen Baldw The Bachelor rep.

Bachelor Natn is rallyg around Colton Unrwood after he me out as gay on Wednday. 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.

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

If you're gay, be 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. Unrwood game out as gay on "GMA" a month after Colton Unrwood publicly me out as gay an terview wh "Good Morng Ameri, " he said that he did so, part, bee he was "blackmailed.

A FORMER BACHELOR STAR ME OUT AS GAY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS AS MSY AS HIS SEASON.

"Unrwood told the outlet he received an anonymo email om someone claimg to have nu photos of him at a Los Angel spa known for s gay clientele, which he had recently vised.

"And I'm gay, " he ntued. Colton Unrwood didn’t plan on ever tellg the world that he was gay.