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When Colton Underwood was announced as the star of ABC’s longest-running reality show, producers dubbed him the “Virgin Bachelor.”
We now know that that headline wasn’t accurate.
Sure, Colton was ignorant of the ways of women before his stint, but it looks like he’s hooked up with a lot of people.
Colton recently opened up about the extreme measures he took to hide his sexuality before publicly coming out as gay in 2021.
During an appearance on the “We Need to Talk” podcast, Colton admitted that he limits his dates to a very specific group: married men.
Underwood explained, “Even when I was physically experimenting with people and trying to understand myself, I was very careful.”
“I was very careful about how I did everything.”
That caution applies to who he chooses to get involved with.
“To protect myself, I will only have relationships with married men,” she said. (via People).
“(Married) ‘straight’ men. So that was kind of my rule that I would never break. When I was in the closet, the only time I would ever have relationships with men was if they were married… because they had a lot more to lose than I did.”
According to Underwood, this decision was made out of fear.
“I was very careful,” he said, discussing the years he spent struggling with his sexuality behind closed doors.
Underwood explained that he sees married men as a safer option because they have just as much – if not more – to lose if their conversations become public.
Looking back, Colton admits that mentality was unhealthy.
He described it as a form of self-preservation during a period when he was fearful that his sexuality would be exposed and potentially derail both his football aspirations and his public image.
when he appeared The Bachelorette and later became the lead the Bachelor In 2019, his virginity became a major story. At that time, the label followed him everywhere.
Now, Underwood says she didn’t like the attention.
He revealed that he worried that the constant questions about his virginity would lead people to delve deeper into his personal life and expose the secret he was desperately trying to hide.
“I was always asked why I was a virgin,” Underwood recalled, adding that producers accepted the narrative while fearing what further investigation might reveal.
Many social media users sympathized with the fear and pressure she described, while others questioned the morality of pursuing married men regardless of the circumstances.
These days, Colton is married to Jordan C. Brown. And in 2024, The couple welcomed their first child.
So the road to happiness may have been a winding one — but at least Colton got there eventually.
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