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Colton Underwood: I Thought The Bachelor Would Make Me Straight “I Prayed To God”

Explore episode Jun 16, 2026

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Being Blackmailed And Coming Out

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The blackmail arrived as an email to Colton's publicist containing precise factual detail — dates, times, locations — of a same-sex encounter Colton believed had been photographed without his knowledge. He denied it at first, then let his team handle it. His publicist — himself a gay man — eventually called Colton in his grandmother's driveway in Illinois and asked one direct question: 'Are you gay?' Colton answered yes immediately, for the first time in his life. That single moment cracked everything open. The Netflix documentary came together with the same executive producers who had been present from the start. Colton's family came next: his mother over dinner the night before the cameras rolled, his brother second, and his father on camera — whose off-camera verdict was: 'Go be gay. Just don't become a Democrat.'

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Coming Out to His Family

Colton Underwood: I Thought The Bachelor Would Make Me Stra… · Jun 16, 2026 Society & Culture

Colton told his mum the night before the Netflix cameras rolled, so she wouldn't be blindsided. His dad's reaction was flawless on camera — and off it he said: 'Go be gay. Just don't become a Democrat.' His whole family gave him love, and each positive response built the confidence to tell the next person.

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