Is Colton Underwood gay?

FORMER Bachelor Colton Underwood revealed that he was gay in an interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America on April 14, 2021.

On May 13, 2023, he tied the knot with his significant other in a three-day ceremony in Napa Valley.

Is Colton Underwood gay?

Colton Underwood confirmed he was gay on Good Morning America on April 14, 2021.

In a very candid interview, he spoke with Robin Roberts about his struggle with accepting who he was.

"This year has been a lot for a lot of people. It's probably made a lot of people look in the mirror and confront what they were running from," he began.

"For me, I've run from myself for a long time, and I've hated myself for a long time. I'm gay. And I came to terms with that earlier this year. The next step in all of this was letting people know. I'm still nervous, it's been a journey for sure."

He told Robin that he's now the "happiest and healthiest" he's ever been in his life after overcoming a bout of depression.

At one point, he claimed he would've rather died than admitted that he was gay. When asked if he had ever harmed himself, Colton replied:

"There was a moment in LA that I woke up where I didn't think I was going to wake up. I didn't have the intentions of waking up , and I think for me, that was my wake-up call of 'this is your life, take back control.'

"Looking beyond that, even just suicidal thoughts, driving my car close to a cliff and thinking 'if I drive my car off this cliff it's not that big of a deal...'"

"I don't feel that anymore," he declared.

He told Robin that it was true he remained a virgin, and when he was confronted with questions about his virginity, he simply said: "I was a virgin Bachelor because I was gay."

Colton previously opened up about questioning his sexuality in his memoir The First Time but denied that he was gay.

He recalled a particular experience in high school that he battled with throughout his life, in which he was "super insecure" and "thought he was gay."

The reality star revealed his classmates thought he may be gay as they questioned his faith and abstinence from sex, writing: "It was one of those things where you hear something so often, you start believing it.

"I thought, maybe I am gay. The captain of the football team should be having sex and drinking, right? But I wasn’t."

Who is Colton Underwood in a relationship with now?

Underwood announced he was engaged to political strategist Jordan C Brown on February 28, 2022.