Former Bachelor star Colton Underwood comes out as gay

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Former Bachelor star Colton Underwood sat down with Robin Roberts on Wednesday morning for a deeply personal interview, revealing that he is gay.

In the interview, Underwood, who is also a former pro football player, was very emotional revealing the truths he learned about himself during quarantine.

โ€œObviously this yearโ€™s been a lot for a lot of people, and itโ€™s probably made a lot of people look themselves in the mirror and figure out who they are and what theyโ€™ve been running from and putting off in their lives. For me, Iโ€™ve ran from myself for a long time and Iโ€™ve hated myself for a long time, and Iโ€™m gay. I came to terms with that that earlier this year and have been processing it,โ€ Underwood told Roberts. โ€œThe next step in all of this is sort of letting people know. Iโ€™m still nervous, but itโ€™s been a journey for sure.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m emotional, but Iโ€™m emotional in such a good, happy, positive way,โ€ he continued. โ€œIโ€™m like the happiest and healthiest Iโ€™ve ever been in my life. That means the world to me.โ€

(Read more at Variety)

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