‘I remember feeling so guilty’: Colton Underwood recalls fear of being outed while on ‘The Bachelorette’

The 29-year-old was a contestant on Becca Kufrin’s season of “The Bachelorette” in 2018.

His virginity again became promotional material when he served as “The Bachelor” in 2019.

I was a miserable person living as a shell of a human being, and being who the world wanted to see.

“Growing up in sports, I was taught that gay is wrong and gay is bad and football players are not gay,” Underwood said.

The show plans to highlight various LGBTQ stories making sure to amplify voices of people that are in less privileged positions than himself, according to the Variety article.

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