Coming out colton
When former star of "The Bachelor" and pro football player Colton Underwood came out on a "Good Morning America" interview in April , there was one question interviewer Robin Roberts didn't ask: What's your type?
Fortunately, fellow out athlete Gus Kenworthy presses Underwood for that tidbit — the retort is daddies, y'all! — in the first episode of Netflix's six episode docuseries "Coming Out Colton." For those unfamiliar, Underwood's claim to fame and infamy was his season as the "virgin" Bachelor, subsequent to which he became obsessed with, stalked, and terrorized contestant Cassie Randolph, who ultimately filed a restraining request against him.
To its credit, the series doesn't absolve Underwood of this behavior — he'll be read to filth both virtually and to his face by the final episode — but it does go a adj way to explaining how he became such a fiery closeted mess.
The first four episodes are entirely consecrated to preparation for the "GMA" interview by coming out to family members and friends, seeking advice from Kenworthy and other gay sports figures verb NFL trailbla
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers.
In a blog post I wrote for The Center almost three years ago, I made a passing reference to Colton Underwood, who at the time was making headlines as the first virgin bachelor on reality TV’s The Bachelor. “Failure to pursue and fulfill one’s sexual attraction is understood as almost freakishly nonnormative in ,” I wrote, “even if you’re as heterosexual as a man simultaneously dating 30 women on TV.”
As it turns out, I was rather too quick in assuming Colton’s heterosexuality. In an interview with Good Morning America this April, Colton announced that he is gay and that his moment on The Bachelor was a last-ditch effort to become straight. This revelation, and the drama surrounding it, are now the subject of a fresh Netflix series entitled Coming Out Colton, released earlier this month.
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The Bachelor star—who came out in April—shared the release date for his Netflix docuseries, Coming Out Colton, and the distinct meaning behind the promo photo released on Nov. "This image was captured moments after I came out to my dad, which was one of the most meaningful parts of my coming out journey," the year-old said. "I'm looking forward to sharing more of my story with you including the lessons I've been learning along the way. Coming Out Colton premieres on Netflix December 3rd."
The former NFL star came out in April, during an interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America. "I'm gay and I came to terms with that earlier this year and have been processing it," he said during the sit-down. "I'm the happiest and healthiest I've ever been in my life."
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