On April 14, former Bachelor Colton Unrwood told the world he's gay an emotnal terview wh Good Morng Ameri anchor Rob Roberts. It was a major step forward followg his volvement a realy datg anchise that's showsed…
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- ‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT
- THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A GAY ‘BACHELOR’-TYPE SHOW, AND IT WAS ESRTED OFF AIR AFTER JT ONE SEASON
- THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A GAY ‘BACHELOR’-TYPE SHOW, AND IT WAS ESRTED OFF AIR AFTER JT ONE SEASON
- FANS WANT A GAY 'BACHELOR' SEASON WH COLTON UNRWOOD, BUT 'S NOT THE RIGHT MOVE. HERE'S WHY
- ‘THE BACHELOR’ HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY WHEN TO GAY ROMANCE. IT’S NOT ALONE
- BACHELOR'S COLTON UNRWOOD TO RETURN TO REALY TV AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
- COLTON UNRWOOD, FIRST ‘BACHELOR’ STAR TO E OUT AS GAY, SAYS HE WAS BLACKMAILED
- COLTON UNRWOOD, THE FIRST GAY ‘BACHELOR,’ CONONTS HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMG OUT
- COLTON UNRWOOD'S COMG OUT SPARKS DISCSNS OF GAY 'BACHELOR' SHOW
- GAY ‘BACHELOR’ COLTON UNRWOOD SAYS RELATNSHIP WH GOD IS ‘BT ’S EVER BEEN’
‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT
The former “Bachelor” star announced he is gay on natnal TV April. A new Netflix realy seri seeks to share his journey and addrs the cricism. * gay bachelor series *
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe former “Bachelor” star announced he is gay on natnal TV April. Lebacker, who ma hearts flutter two years ago as the virgal leadg man on ABC’s aggrsively heterosexual h datg anchise “The Bachelor, ” said the no-gog-back words “I’m gay.
The seri, which started filmg before his “Good Morng Ameri” appearance, is a heartfelt but refully packaged diary, which Unrwood reveals his sexual orientatn to unspectg fay members, iends and others, and gets a crash urse gay. But he also wants to make amends for gog on “The Bachelor” a failed attempt, he said, to “bury beg gay. ”Unrwood gets an assist on the seri om his iend G Kenworthy, the skier and Olympian who me out as gay 2015.
Compared to Unrwood, Kenworthy is a gay sage: He teach Unrwood what cisgenr means (“cis means that your genr that you intify wh is the same as the genr you were assigned at birth, ” he explas one scene) and ss wh Unrwood for a history lson at the Stonewall executive producer on the seri, Unrwood knows he has privilege and a platform, which is why he said he sought unsel om people who aren’t whe gay cisgenr men, cludg Nile Garcia, a transgenr Lata pastor. In an email, Garcia said Unrwood uld be a role mol, pecially to let young athlet know they “n be male, athletic, gay and be succsful, loved and rpected.
THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A GAY ‘BACHELOR’-TYPE SHOW, AND IT WAS ESRTED OFF AIR AFTER JT ONE SEASON
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 * gay bachelor series *
”This beg realy TV, Unrwood didn’t prepare the people he out to on mera — what we see, he said, is their genue reactn to the news that he is gay.
THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A GAY ‘BACHELOR’-TYPE SHOW, AND IT WAS ESRTED OFF AIR AFTER JT ONE SEASON
* gay bachelor series *
“We cid if we uld help a sgle fay, and hopefully multiple fai, by showg the love and support that I believe I displayed, other gay men and women hidg uld see a flicker of hope that their parents are gog to rpond wh open arms, ” she said a phone terview.
Unrwood said his hand had been forced bee, as he also told Variety, he got an anonymo email last year om someone who claimed to have nu photos of him at a spa known for a gay clientele. “The easit way for me to say is that was like me brgg a girl home, ” Unrwood said, blhg and soundg like someone who really is new to this whole gay thg.
FANS WANT A GAY 'BACHELOR' SEASON WH COLTON UNRWOOD, BUT 'S NOT THE RIGHT MOVE. HERE'S WHY
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. * gay bachelor series *
”Unrwood isn’t sure what next — maybe another gay TV project of some kd. “I have to take re of myself first, ” he that means social media, Christians, gay guys, Bachelor Natn, everybody else will have to wa. Could there be a gay season of “The Bachelor?
“Ok let’s see a gay Bachelor season, ” wrote one Twter er rponse to the news.
‘THE BACHELOR’ HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY WHEN TO GAY ROMANCE. IT’S NOT ALONE
After starrg on The Bachelorette, Bachelor Paradise and The Bachelor, Colton Unrwood is set to star a different kd of realy seri after g out as gay. * gay bachelor series *
“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. 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. ” In a clip rurfaced Wednday, “Billy on the Street” host Billy Eichner suggted that Unrwood was the first gay Bachelor whout even knowg .
BACHELOR'S COLTON UNRWOOD TO RETURN TO REALY TV AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
Lance Bass talks about why he wants to host a gay season of The Bachelor, and the signifince of beg the first gay host on the anchise. * gay bachelor series *
In realy, there’s already been a gay “Bachelor”-type show — “Fdg Prce Charmg. ”Thirteen gay men moved to a mansn to try to w the affectns of a handsome eligible bachelor, terr signer Robert Sepuvelda Jr.
Former ‘NSYNCer Lance Bass played the Chris Harrison-que 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.
“Fdg Prce Charmg” was not whout ntroversy, though, but not for s gay filmg and jt prr to s premiere, reports emerged that Sepulveda had prevly been a sex worker.
COLTON UNRWOOD, FIRST ‘BACHELOR’ STAR TO E OUT AS GAY, SAYS HE WAS BLACKMAILED
” Unrwood has been filmg a realy TV seri for Netflix about his journey g out as a gay origal story There’s Already Been a Gay ‘Bachelor’-Type Show, and It Was Esrted Off Air After Jt One Season At TheWrap. Former “Bachelor” star Colton Unrwood, who me out as gay durg an terview wh ABC’s “Good Morng Ameri” Wednday, is filmg a realy seri for Netflix, TheWrap has learned. Per the webse, Unrwood, who starred on Season 23 of “The Bachelor” 2019, has been followed by a film crew over the past few weeks for the streamg show, which will foc on his life as a gay man and his cisn to e out.
COLTON UNRWOOD, THE FIRST GAY ‘BACHELOR,’ CONONTS HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMG OUT
On April 14, former Bachelor Colton Unrwood told the world he's gay an emotnal terview wh Good Morng Ameri anchor Rob Roberts.
COLTON UNRWOOD'S COMG OUT SPARKS DISCSNS OF GAY 'BACHELOR' SHOW
He was brand as the "virg Bachelor" durg his time on the show, fuelg fan speculatn that he was gay. Fast-forward to 2021, he's now openly gay, wh a high-profile terview announcg his sexualy and a mored Netflix realy show about this new phase of his life. For example, 2014, when former Bachelor Juan Pablo Galavis was lled out for sayg there shouldn't be a gay Bachelor, longtime host Chris Harrison somewhat fend this posn, turng to a qutn of whether showg LGBTQ+ romance would be good for ratgs.
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GAY ‘BACHELOR’ COLTON UNRWOOD SAYS RELATNSHIP WH GOD IS ‘BT ’S EVER BEEN’
Thirteen gay men moved to a mansn to try to w the affectns of a handsome eligible bachelor, terr signer Robert Sepuvelda Jr. “Fdg Prce Charmg” was not whout ntroversy, though, but not for s gay slant. ” Unrwood has been filmg a realy TV seri for Netflix about his journey g out as a gay man.