Former “Bachelor” nttant Colton Unrwood me out on Wednday, and some fans are hopg that ABC will have a same-sex “Bachelor” season the near future (ABC has not announced plans for any such show). In realy, there’s already been a gay “Bachelor”-type show — “Fdg Prce Charmg.” “Fdg Prce Charmg” aired on Logo, Via’s LGBTQ-themed ble channel (and origal home of “RuPl’s Drag Race”) back 2016 and borrowed heavily om “The Bachelor.” Thirteen gay men moved to a mansn to try to w the affectns of a handsome eligible bachelor, terr signer Robert Sepuvelda Jr. At the end of each episo, there was their versn of the rose ceremony where black bow ti were hand to the suors still the petn. Former ‘NSYNCer Lance Bass played the Chris Harrison-que host. Also Read: Billy Eichner to Colton Unrwood 2019: 'Maybe You're the First Gay Bachelor and We Don't Even Know' (Vio) In the end, Sepulveda chose hairstylist Eric Leonardos as his guy. Leonardos and Sepulveda dated for a b after the show but did not stay together. “Fdg Prce Charmg” was not whout ntroversy, though, but not for s gay slant. After filmg and jt prr to s premiere, reports emerged that Sepulveda had prevly been a sex worker. At the time, a person close to the suatn told TheWrap that Logo followed “standard protol” when vettg Sepulveda and that “nothg me up durg the background check.” One nttant said he was fired om his job after Sepulveda’s rt past was revealed. Also Read: All 24 Bachelors Ranked, From Least to Most Dramatic (Photos) Dpe the ntroversy, the show still aired and was even ld for s portrayal of HIV-posive dividuals (Leonardos disclosed he was HIV-posive on the show). A send season was planned but never ma to air. “Fdg Prce Charmg” wasn’t even the first male-male datg realy show. Back 2003, Bravo aired “Boy Meets Boy,” but the show’s twist was that some of the suors were heterosexual men. It remas to be seen what’s next for Unrwood after g out on “Good Morng Ameri.” Unrwood has been filmg a realy TV seri for Netflix about his journey g out as a gay man. Read origal story There’s Already Been a Gay ‘Bachelor’-Type Show, and It Was Esrted Off Air After Jt One Season At TheWrap
Contents:
- COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
- THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
- FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY, CHRIS HARRISON IS 'VERY PROUD' OF HIM
- ‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT
- DID THE BACHELOR CONTTANTS KNOW COLTON UNRWOOD WAS GAY DURG FILMG? HANNAH BROWN SPEAKS OUT
- THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A GAY ‘BACHELOR’-TYPE SHOW, AND IT WAS ESRTED OFF AIR AFTER JT ONE SEASON
COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
Former Bachelorette Hannah Brown discs datg Colton Unrwood on The Bachelor before he me out as gay. * is nick from the bachelor gay *
Liftyle reported at the Unrwood beme the first openly gay man Bachelor Natn April C. 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.
THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
"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. "While this don't necsarily nfirm her sexualy outright, Jaimi's romantic history clearly pots at somethg unr the LGBTQ umbrella, which is a fe pl for gays on was jt this year that Logo buted "Fdg Prce Charmg, " a show siar to "The Bachelor" that featured a gay man searchg for love a pool of 13 gay suors. 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.
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FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY, CHRIS HARRISON IS 'VERY PROUD' OF HIM
“‘You know, Colt, we’d still love you and support you if you were gay, ’” he relled his mother tellg father was more nontatnal.
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‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT
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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...
DID THE BACHELOR CONTTANTS KNOW COLTON UNRWOOD WAS GAY DURG FILMG? HANNAH BROWN SPEAKS OUT
Former "Bachelor" star Colton Unrwood has e out as gay.
”In his 2020 memoir "The First Time: Fdg Myself and Lookg for Love on Realy TV" (a cheeky reference to Unrwood's much-discsed virgy throughout his appearanc on "The Bachelorette, " "Bachelor Paradise" and then "The Bachelor"), Unrwood explored stanc of self-disvery throughout his life, om re-learng his inty after his football reer to qutng his one pot the book, he wonred if his hancy to sleep wh his high school girliend meant he was gay. "Maybe (if I had been gay) would have helped me to know myself better and sooner.
THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A GAY ‘BACHELOR’-TYPE SHOW, AND IT WAS ESRTED OFF AIR AFTER JT ONE SEASON
" Reflectg on his past to "GMA, " Unrwood said growg up the Catholic church and playg football (where a bad play would sometim be dubbed "gay" as a way of sultg the player) ma difficult for him to accept who he was, though he had an klg that he was different by the time he was 6 years were tim durg his self-disvery that he fell to a "dark" place and sometim grappled wh suicidal thoughts, he add. Is Nick Viall Gay?
The two have been datg sce last summer, not long after Unrwood me out publicly as gay. Subsequently, Unrwood appeared on ABC's "Good Morng Ameri" and revealed he was gay. He believed beg the first gay "Bachelor" to get married would start a biddg war among var TV outlets, but nothg has materialized so far.