Did Colton Unrwood Know He Was Gay When He Went on ‘The Bachelor’? – SheKnows

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• FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• COLTON UNRWOOD, FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR, OUT AS GAY
• DID COLTON UNRWOOD KNOW HE WAS GAY WHEN HE WENT ON THE BACHELOR?
• DID THE BACHELOR CONTTANTS KNOW COLTON UNRWOOD WAS GAY DURG FILMG? HANNAH BROWN SPEAKS OUT
• FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD: ‘I’M GAY’
• COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
• COLTON UNRWOOD, THE FIRST GAY ‘BACHELOR,’ CONONTS HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMG OUT
• FORMER 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY

FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

The former Bachelor nttant me out as gay April 2021 and has been attached to Brown sce last fall.

THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD 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. 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.

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. "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.

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

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. 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. 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.

DID COLTON UNRWOOD KNOW HE WAS GAY WHEN HE WENT ON THE BACHELOR?

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... Former "Bachelor" star Colton Unrwood revealed that he is gay a taped terview wh "Good Morng Ameri" anchor Rob Roberts that aired Wednday.

And I’m gay, and I me to terms wh that earlier this year, and I’ve been procsg and the next step all of this was sort of lettg people know, " Unrwood, 29, told Roberts. ""I'm proud to be gay, " Unrwood said later the terview.

In an terview wh Entertament Tonight last year, he said that "The Bachelor" helped him realize that he was not gay, after stgglg wh his sexualy.

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

And a book he published 2020, "The First Time: Fdg Myself and Lookg for Love on Realy TV, " he revealed that growg up, people would qutn whether he was gay, sce he was a virg and a football player.

The tth is, I was a virg bachelor bee I was gay and I didn't know how to handle , " Unrwood told Roberts.

"He said his Catholic upbrgg and athletic life ma him supprs his sexualy, even though he knew he was gay his hman year of high now, Unrwood said he is closer to God than ever before.

FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD: ‘I’M GAY’

"And I know even sayg that now as a gay man, people are gog to be like 'how is that even possible?

'""I ed to wake up the morng and pray for him to take the gay away, " Unrwood explaed. (Sarah Morris / Getty Imag for Baby2Baby) Colton Unrwood won’t be “The Bachelor” much longer: Ls than a year after g out as gay, the former star of the ABC datg show is engaged to polil strategist Jordan C. ”The former NFL player, who said the Netflix doc that he ially “didn’t want to be gay, ” lled 2021 the “most transformative year” of his life.

Two years after his season of The Bachelor aired on ABC, former realy star Colton Unrwood has e forward to set the rerd straight about his sexualy, g out to Good Morng Ameri‘s Rob Roberts (and her natnal dience) on Wednday morng as a gay man who’d only recently e to terms wh his inty.

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

As he starts to open up about the procs of g out to fay and iends, many are cur at exactly what pot Unrwood had the realizatn that he might be gay — specifilly, whether or not that realizatn happened before he went on The Bachelor. All the Openly Gay Male Celebs Who Are Out, Proud & Smok' Hot.

As anyone wh knowledge of the procs of g out n attt, there is no one light-swch moment of homosexualy that n be poted to, after which Unrwood is tegorilly brand a liar any time he may have dited otherwise. Raised a vout Christian home and gog on to bee a pro football player, he was surround throughout his life by homophobic rhetoric and toxic ias about masculy that told him he uldn’t be a man and have a good life while feelg the way he felt.

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

“And I uldn’t procs and put my fger on until high school, my hman year, when I knew I was gay.

And by that time I had already grown up the Catholic church, I have gone to Catholic gra school, I learned the Bible that gay is a s. I had ma mistak my sports and my athletic reer, and when you make mistak, ‘that play was gay’ or that was a bad… gay was always affiliated wh a nnotatn of negativy, and I thk there’s a lot of thgs when I look back, like, ‘No wonr I held . “I ed to wake up the morng and pray for Him to take the gay away.

FORMER 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY

The fact that we’ve prevly had such personal accs to Unrwood’s life will make people eager to revis our history wh him, and see how might be rewrten through our new unrstandg of him as a gay man. Unrwood is not the first gay Bachelor — or rather, lookg at him as the first gay Bachelor would be an entirely unproductive thg to do, given that he me on the show out of pure termatn for that not to be his fate.