Colton Underwood Regrets Not Coming Out After Seeing Michael Sam Become First Openly Gay NFL Player

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Colton Underwood: “I can, for the first time in my life, actually picture myself with a family — and my family looks a little different than when I pictured it four or five years ago, but it just makes me happy, even thinking about it.”

The future star of “The Bachelor” had been hiding his sexuality — from his family, his friends and himself — for his entire life. Underwood knew, at the age of six, that he was different; by his early teenage years, he knew he was attracted to men. But growing up in a religious and conservative small town, especially as a star football player, he was taught that being gay was wrong.Variety

“I’ve had a conversation with Michael about this, since I came out. I just sort of had a heart-to-heart with him,” Underwood says. “I said, ‘I just want to let you know that you should have given me the confidence to stand up and say, ‘You’re not alone.’ But unfortunately, I went to a different locker room. And I told him, ‘In the locker room that I was in, they didn’t say nice things about you.’”

Underwood smiles as he recalls a time from his childhood when his second grade teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grows up. Today, Underwood beams with excitement as he speaks out loud — for one of the first times in his life — about his desires for his future.

 

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