'The Bachelor' has a troubled history when to gay romance. It's not alone

Contents:

• FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• 'THE BACHELOR' HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY WHEN TO GAY ROMANCE. IT'S NOT ALONE
• COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
• HOW MANY GUYS ARE GAY ON THE BACHELORETTE? ANDI SPILLS! PL, THERE MIGHT BE A "HARRY" SPOFF (NO, REALLY)
• THIS BACHELORETTE NTTANT IS CLEARLY GAY - HOW DO NO ONE ELSE SEE
• COLTON UNRWOOD, FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR, OUT AS GAY

FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

Colton Unrwood beme the first openly gay man Bachelor Natn April 2021.

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. Colton Unrwood is ready to live his former "Bachelor" star me out as gay an exclive terview wh Rob Roberts on "Good Morng Ameri" on Wednday.

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

"And I'm 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.

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

HOW MANY GUYS ARE GAY ON THE BACHELORETTE? ANDI SPILLS! PL, THERE MIGHT BE A "HARRY" SPOFF (NO, REALLY)

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.

“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.

THIS BACHELORETTE NTTANT IS CLEARLY GAY - HOW DO NO ONE ELSE SEE

(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.

COLTON UNRWOOD, FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR, OUT AS 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. 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. " (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.