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Colton Underwood’s six-part documentary covering his coming out will drop on Netflix next week.
The former Bachelor star revealed he’s gay in an interview in April with Good Morning America. Within hours of that interview, news leaked that he was in the process of filming a docu-series about his coming out journey.
It was widely reported that Netflix would be airing the show, but the streaming giant declined to comment at the time.
It has now confirmed the show’s premiere next week, with Variety saying it will, “chronicle Underwood’s coming out story, as he reveals he is gay to his family and friends, with cameras following his journey. In the series, the former star of “The Bachelor” will also address the controversy that surrounded him coming out.”
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Within hours of his GMA interview in April, Underwood received backlash. News of the documentary series prompted criticism that he was monetizing his coming out process.
Others pointed to his participation on The Bachelor franchise of shows, in which he competed for the attention of a range of women and his subsequent relationship with Cassie Randolph.
She took out a restraining order against him in September 2020, alleging Underwood stalked her. The order was dropped a couple of months later after the two reached an agreement addressing Randolph’s concerns.
Last May, Underwood revealed that he’d partly been prompted to speak to the press about his sexuality after a threat of blackmail. He’d gone to a men’s spa in Los Angeles and someone told him they had naked photos of him that they would leak to the media.
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Underwood posted confirmation of the documentary’s premiere date to his Instagram.
Beneath of photo of himself, he said, “This image was captured moments after I came out to my dad, which was one of the most meaningful parts of my coming out journey. I’m looking forward to sharing more of my story with you including the lessons I’ve been learning along the way. Coming Out Colton premieres on Netflix December 3rd.”
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Donston
It seems as if this was initially gonna be a lite-weight “reality” show centered on Colton embracing his “gayness”. But they likely reconstructed it a bit after the backlash, looking to give it more of a documentary feel and give it more emotional gravitas.
I’m over hating on Colton. But he really shouldn’t be given such a spotlight after putting out a whole ass book barely a year ago that was significantly focused on explaining how not “gay” he is and so soon after restraining orders and accusations of stalking and putting tracking devices on people. And he would not likely be given such a chance if he wasn’t a conventionally good-looking white male. While I am tired of folks looking to automatically monetize and exploit “coming out” and their queerness, especially after spending years monetizing and exploiting their hetero privilege and hetero appeal. But he is a reality star. And this is Netflix. It is what it is.
Mister P
Well said.
Cam
“”In the series, the former star of “The Bachelor” will also address the controversy that surrounded him coming out.””” (In other words, they backtracked and re-shot some of the series when they realized there was backlash.)
“”Last May, Underwood revealed that he’d partly -(Totally)- been prompted to speak to the press about his sexuality after a threat of blackmail. He’d gone to a men’s spa -(Bath House)- in Los Angeles and someone told him they had naked photos -(Photos of him engaged in sex acts)- of him that they would leak to the media.::””
winemaker
The rumors are Colton Underwood was spotted in a gay sauna with another man. Is the Hollywood Spa on North Ivar still operating? I thought these bath houses were closed years ago (in San Francisco where I live, they were shut down in October 1984 and still remain closed) All in all give the guy a much needed break from the catty comments.
Prinny
I love the hypocrisy the fans of the bachelor constantly show.
AngryGayPope
Six parts? SIX PARTS? I live in Hollywood. Being hot is not good enough. Groan. He couldn’t even shoot an OnlyFans that would be engaging! But he will eventually try.
Tombear
I’d love to sleep with him! All the super hot things we could do to each other’s bodies. Licking and kissing, ok, I’m starting to get obscene. I like him.
Openminded
He’s just another self proclaimed Reality Star to me. They will all do just about anything to be in the spotlight. My money is on him announcing he’s straight again in a few years, or whenever the light on him goes dim.
mohawk
Wow. This just seems so contrived. Is contrived. I’m glad he came out, but do we need a whole six episode series about it? No. I certainly didn’t have that. On Netflix. My whole coming out lasted much longer than that. And I did not have the luxury of cellphones and snapshots and social media. Then there’s fact that he basically could not live up to himself and led all these women along until he “found” himself and did this on national TV no less. You know, some of us had a period where we “thought” or “tried” to be “straight”, before we accepted, for ourselves that we knew otherwise, and tried relationships with women. And ultimately, we hurt each other. This just seems like a slap in the face of all that. Like I can go on national TV and essentially catfish women and now I’m gay. And I have a Netflix show now, because I was misunderstood. No Colton, you misunderstood common decency and should have let those women know in the beginning.
Tombear
Oh please! There isn’t a gay men in America that doesn’t enjoy watching Colton walking around shirtless!
Den
Oh come on! I am willing to bet that there are a few out there who cannot stand the sight of him (men who love heavy guys come to mind). But he is cute, he will go over well with the circuit party crowd if that’s his style.
But there is that slim chance that this series will make gay folks a little bit more tolerable to some people, and that there are some young gay jocks who will feel they might not need to stay closeted. So some good might come of it.
winemaker
Hey all of you jealous Jerrys give Colton a much needed break. Aside from this he’s nice looking and just wants what we al want, to be accepted and treated just like anyone else. Really most of us don’t know his real story and have no business judging him. There’s an old native American saying’ don’t judge a man until you’ve walked in his moccasin’ or something like that. And how many of us wouldn’t capitalize on this if it wouldn’t pay big bucks or advance our agendas? At least his story should be positive and interesting unlike the continuing drama of ellen degenerate who’s done little to nothing for the gay community and used us to promote her own personal agenda and worth to the tune of over 500 million dollars.