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There are some momentsColton Underwood’sdad wishes had gone differently.
Ahead of the release of Colton’s upcoming Netflix docuseriesComing Out Colton, his father, Scott Underwood, opened up about the moment his son came out to him on camera, saying he wishes the intimate conversation had been kept private.
“I’m not saying I’m upset about it, but I would have preferred it had been done differently,” Scott told theNew York Times.
Scott added that his son is an “entertainer,” saying. “That’s what he’s chosen to do for his career.”
The conversation between Colton and Scott was featured in the trailer for the series. “I guess basically what I’m trying to tell you is I’m gay,” Colton tells his dad.
Colton, 29, first gained recognition as a contestant onBecca Kufrin’s season ofTheBachelorettein 2018. After appearing onBachelor in Paradise, the former NFL player stepped further into the spotlight as the season 23 lead ofThe Bachelor, dating 30 women at once while looking for love.
In April, hecame out as gayduring a sit-down interview withRobin RobertsonGood Morning America.
“I didn’t want to be gay,” he says in the trailer. “And the main voices in my head were just telling me, ‘You’ll get through this, you’ll get through this, you’ll get through this.’ "
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Colton ended hisBachelorseason in 2019 in a relationship withCassie Randolph, though theyannounced their splitin May 2020. Cassie, 26, thenfiled a restraining order against himthat September for allegedly harassing her, butdropped itnearly two months later.
Colton is expected to address the drama with Randolph in the upcoming series, as he recalls putting “a poor girl through [a] hell of my own insecurities.”
“You want to sit down and apologize to make yourself feel better,” a church official tells Colton in the trailer. “The best thing you can do is face up to what you’ve done and find out who the hell you are.”
Coming Out Coltonhits Netflix on Friday.
source: people.com
