"Bachelor" star Colton Unrwood me out as gay on Wednday on "Good Morng Ameri."
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- COLTON UNRWOOD, THE FIRST GAY ‘BACHELOR,’ CONONTS HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMG OUT
- BACHELOR ALUM COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY ON GMA: ‘I RAN FROM MYSELF FOR A LONG TIME’ (WATCH)
- THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A GAY ‘BACHELOR’-TYPE SHOW, AND IT WAS ESRTED OFF AIR AFTER JT ONE SEASON
- FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY ON ‘GMA’
- DID COLTON UNRWOOD KNOW HE WAS GAY WHEN HE WENT ON THE BACHELOR?
- 'BACHELOR' ALUM COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY: 'I'M THE HAPPIT AND HEALTHIT I'VE EVER BEEN'
- 'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD REVEALS HE IS GAY
- ‘THE BACHELOR’ HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY WHEN TO GAY ROMANCE. IT’S NOT ALONE
- 'THE BACHELOR' 'S COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE RAN OM MYSELF FOR A LONG TIME'
- BACHELOR NATN CELEBRAT COLTON UNRWOOD AFTER HE COM OUT AS GAY
- CASSIE RANDOLPH SHAR ‘HORRIBLE’ WAY SHE FOUND OUT EX COLTON UNRWOOD IS GAY
COLTON UNRWOOD, THE FIRST GAY ‘BACHELOR,’ CONONTS HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMG OUT
Colton Unrwood, who starred Season 23 of 'The Bachelor,' me out as gay on Wednday durg a 'Good Morng Ameri' terview * which bachelor is gay *
Colton Unrwood didn’t plan on ever tellg the world that he was gay. “I’ll jt say , ” Unrwood reveals on a recent afternoon, still adjtg to his new life as an openly gay man. Acrdg to him, last year, while livg Los Angel, he secretly vised a spa known for terg to gay clientele.
BACHELOR ALUM COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY ON GMA: ‘I RAN FROM MYSELF FOR A LONG TIME’ (WATCH)
Did Colton Unrwood know he was gay when he went on the 'The Bachelor'? What we learned om him g out on 'Good Morng Ameri.' * which bachelor is gay *
At one time, g out of the closet was emed a reer killer, but shows like “The Real World, ” “Survivor” and the origal “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, ” now rebooted on Netflix, led to a profound, posive transformatn how gay people are perceived, and helped brg about progrsive chang to LGBTQ civil rights.
As new generatns of lennials and Gen Zers have grown up wh LGBTQ iends and role mols, gay Amerins have attaed the right to marry, and queerns has bee more mastream media, as proven shows like HBO’s high school h “Euphoria” and sentially half of the characters the Ryan Murphy universe. A gay “Bachelor, ” though?
His announcement that he was gay cid wh news that he was filmg a Netflix realy show about his new life.
THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A GAY ‘BACHELOR’-TYPE SHOW, AND IT WAS ESRTED OFF AIR AFTER JT ONE SEASON
* which bachelor is gay *
And others legimately argued that as a hunky whe gay man, he was benefg om privilege, takg a platform that other members of the queer muny served more than he did.
“If you’re gay, be gay! “I had never seen a football player that had ma to the NFL that had been gay, growg up Catholic. “I’ve had hundreds of gay Christian men and women who are nfed their walk wh J say, ‘I felt closer to God when I me out.
FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY ON ‘GMA’
"The Bachelor's" Colton Unrwood is gay. The realy star, 29, me out on Good Morng Ameri on Wednday, sayg he is the "happit and healthit I've ever been my life." * which bachelor is gay *
“I never want people to thk that I’m g out to change the narrative, or to bsh over and not take rponsibily for my actns, and now that I have this gay life that I don’t have to addrs my past as a straight man, ” Unrwood says.
DID COLTON UNRWOOD KNOW HE WAS GAY WHEN HE WENT ON THE BACHELOR?
The last time the subject of a gay "Bachelor" me up, didn't go well. TV history is ltered wh datg shows that have mishandled LGBTQ inty. * which bachelor is gay *
Cled to ment for this story, or answer qutns about whether there have been discsns about velopg a gay season of “The Bachelor.
'BACHELOR' ALUM COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY: 'I'M THE HAPPIT AND HEALTHIT I'VE EVER BEEN'
Realy TV has the power to change mds, showsg unrreprented muni to sectns of the untry who might not e across gay, bisexual or transgenr people their everyday liv.
The number of high-profile gay love stori at the movi — among them, the Hulu romantic edy “Happit Season” and 2017 Sundance darlg “Call Me by Your Name” — remas small.
'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD REVEALS HE IS GAY
It’s rare to see a full-fledged gay love story, or hts of gay romance, on a realy TV show. When Lance Bass, who is openly gay, appeared on the program 2008, he was paired wh a female partner. Unrwood’s faced mons as a closeted gay man.
‘THE BACHELOR’ HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY WHEN TO GAY ROMANCE. IT’S NOT ALONE
For Unrwood, growg up Washgton, Ill., wh a populatn of 15, 000, there were no gay role mols. “We had one gay person my entire town, ” Unrwood says.
'THE BACHELOR' 'S COLTON UNRWOOD COM OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE RAN OM MYSELF FOR A LONG TIME'
Though he felt that he was different at the age of 6, Unrwood never got the chance to teract wh gay people.
BACHELOR NATN CELEBRAT COLTON UNRWOOD AFTER HE COM OUT AS GAY
“I would have done anythg to see a gay football player, ” he says, gettg choked up.
He ed a iend’s Blockbter rd to rent the movie, so that no one his fay would spect him of beg gay. “Gay porn was sort of what I gravated towards, ” Unrwood adms, clenchg his jaw.
CASSIE RANDOLPH SHAR ‘HORRIBLE’ WAY SHE FOUND OUT EX COLTON UNRWOOD IS GAY
At the time, Unrwood nied beg gay to his father. He remembers that when Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player drafted by the NFL 2014, no one the locker room supported the ia.