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• COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
• FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR AND NFL PLAYER COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY ON 'GOOD MORNG AMERI,' SAYS HE'S 'THE HAPPIT AND HEALTHIT' HE'S EVER BEEN
• THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• FORMER "BACHELOR" STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• ‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT
• ‘THE BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• COLTON UNRWOOD BEG THE 'FIRST GAY BACHELOR' WOULD BE A MAJOR MISTAKE FOR THE EMBATTLED ABC ANCHISE
• MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
• 'THE BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• BIG COLTON UNRWOOD GAY ROUNDUP. BACHELOR FANS SEE PLOT TWIST, SEND CT CONGRATS OR SER QUTNS AT FORMER NFL, BACHELOR STAR

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.

FORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR AND NFL PLAYER COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY ON 'GOOD MORNG AMERI,' SAYS HE'S 'THE HAPPIT AND HEALTHIT' HE'S EVER BEEN

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THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

"And I'm gay.

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FORMER "BACHELOR" STAR COLTON UNRWOOD 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. 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. Could there be a gay season of “The Bachelor?

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

“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.

‘THE BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

I see a glimmer of hope for the gay Bachelor season that we all so sperately serve.

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.

COLTON UNRWOOD BEG THE 'FIRST GAY BACHELOR' WOULD BE A MAJOR MISTAKE FOR THE EMBATTLED ABC ANCHISE

” In a clip rurfaced Wednday, “Billy on the Street” host Billy Eichner suggted that Unrwood was the first gay Bachelor whout even knowg .

MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY

Unrwood, the former football tight end who found fame on “The Bachelor” has revealed that he is gay. Colton Unrwood, the former football tight end who found fame on “The Bachelor, ” has revealed that he is gay.

“And I’m gay.

“If you’re gay, be gay! Jerod Harris / Getty Imag for TubiColton Unrwood me out as gay durg a "Good Morng Ameri" terview that aired then began to speculate whether he'd be the first openly gay lead for the "Bachelor" we n't ignore that Unrwood's wner, Cassie Randolph, filed a rtrag orr agast Insir's homepage for more the former NFL player and one-time "Bachelor" star Colton Unrwood me out as gay on Wednday, speculatn began to swirl over whether ABC would make him the first openly gay star of "The Bachelor.

'THE BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly. 16 and the first one to e out as gay while on an active roster. Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired.

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In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay. Colton Unrwood, the former football player who found fame on “The Bachelor, ” has revealed that he is gay. “And I'm gay.

The world rotated on s axis aga today as former NFL player and Bachelor star wh a bad reputatn and dismissed rtrag orr for stalkg his ex me out as gay on Good Morng Ameri. Though he knew sce he was six years old that he was different, he relied on tryg to pray “the gay” away and thanked God his prayers when he land the Bachelor gig, thkg that was God's way of gettg him the wife and home and kid he wanted along wh fully straight attractns and sir. As Towleroad reported last year, Unrwood had thought he might be gay when he was bullied as a kid.