Last month, bisexual reality star Carlton Morton was posting cryptic things on Twitter and had police show up at his front door for a wellness check following his appearance on Netflix’s Love is Blind. This month, he says he’s ready for another chance at love on the show.
Speaking to TMZ recently, Morton says that, if given the opportunity, he would “absolutely” return for the show’s second season, which is currently casting.
“I’m looking for love right now,” he says. “So if someone started a season two today, I’d be like ‘let’s go to the pod’.”
It’s quite a reversal from just a month ago, when Morton said that being on the show resulted in him ultimately needing to seek therapy.
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In early March, Morton implied he was “done” with celebrity life in a since-deleted Instagram post. Following a particularly bad radio interview, he said he was no longer responding to media requests because of how poorly he was being treated as an LGBTQ person.
“I’m really done,” he wrote. “Black lives matter until it’s an LGBT Black life.”
Shortly after that, he took to Twitter to say he’s been “crying for help” since Love Is Blind premiered and “no one cares.”
Today is one of those days where I don’t want to be here. I feel extremely alone and unsupported. I’ve cried for help since Feb. 13. No one cares.
— Carlton Morton (@carltonjmorton) March 3, 2020
And shortly after that, he was rushed to an Atlanta area hospital after a friend called 911 asking police to do a wellness check on him.
After being released from the hospital, Morton revealed that he had been receiving hate mail and death threats from Love is Blind fans. It all got to be too much, so he started seeing a therapist who was helping him to “[deal] with this the best that I can.”
Evidently, one month later, he’s doing much better because he’s ready to jump back into the reality TV dating pond.
Speaking to TMZ, he continues: “I want to find love… I’ve reached out to several companies and then the moment that I tell them my truth, they’re like, ‘Oh, this doesn’t work for our show.”
“Why don’t you want someone that’s truthful on your show? [Love is Blind] made me comfortable and took care of me. I would love to further my relationship with them and find love.”
Morton adds that the show is “open to starting the conversation about what LGBT+ love looks like.”
But this doesn’t quite jive with what showrunner Chris Coelen told Metro last month when he said the show couldn’t feature any LGBTQ contestants because of the “logistical difficulties” and because it’s not a show “that is particularly about sexuality.”
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Cam
1. It’s interesting, even the ones who say they don’t like the fame, seem to get hungry for it when it’s over.
2. “”Chris Coelen told Metro last month when he said the show couldn’t feature any LGBTQ contestants because of the “logistical difficulties” and because it’s not a show “that is particularly about sexuality.””
Translation: Typical bigotry.
Donston
It was and will likely remain just another goofy, trashy reality show full of people ready to exploit themselves. The producer’s response was highly problematic. He probably doesn’t have the same standards for female contestants. And what he really meant was that he doesn’t want any “out” contestants. The producers forced Carlton to “come out” on the show. But they probably didn’t like that brand of controversy, divisiveness and animosity. So, they don’t want to touch that again. On the other hand, Carlton can’t help but make himself come off like a trash person. He didn’t come off well on the show. While just a month ago he’s claiming he’s done with reality TV, done talking to the press and is focused on his mental health. Now, he’s practically begging to be brought onto another reality show and is acting as if he can’t have a relationship unless millions of people are watching. He’s already done multiple reality shows. It’s really making him come off as someone who’s either sad and desperate and/or thirsty for attention and fame and overall a bit off his rocker. The people who once defended him really have no standing now.
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enlightenone
The SHOW, like 9 out of 10 of them have NO VALUE, just another disturbing distraction like the Buffoon-in-Chief aka narcissistic psychopath drug addict, along with his Satan minion sidekick aka Pence! To emotionally immature Calton, go to therapy, which isn’t the therapist to the likes of Frankie – what’s his name.
boymikefl
If you’re not 100% knowing who you are, stay quiet until you are. Not everybody throws you a party & some use it as an excuse to beat you down (arguement wise). That will be until the end of time. Ask a Baptist or Mike fa***t Pence. Basically religion will beat you down for those fake believers.
Kangol2
This poor man should be getting intensive counseling and psychological help, because he clearly craves attention in a way that’s destructive to his mental health. If he truly wants to find “love,” he can do that without appearing on TV. In fact he probably is more likely to find it if he stays far away from TV, since he’s appeared on TV more than once (RHOA and now this trashy show), and he nearly got into a fistfight the first time and suffered a meltdown because of this show. But the incentives are to appear on TV, pursue fame and attention, and if you’re destroyed in the process, I doubt most of the show runners, producers, etc. really care. As long as it’s compelling TV, that’s all that matters.
MusicBoi74
Because a “reality” show is really the ideal way to find “love”. Maybe dude should look for companionship in a more realistic place than a tv show.