Colton Underwood
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Colton Underwood is an American reality television personality, former professional football player, and author, best known for starring as the lead on season 23 of ABC's The Bachelor in 2019.
He gained further notoriety after publicly coming out as gay in 2021, following his engagement and breakup on the show, and later appeared in his own Netflix docuseries, Coming Out Colton.
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Colton Underwood went from dodging roses on The Bachelor to leaping fences like a caffeinated gazelle.
When Colton Underwood announced he was gay, it was like the final plot twist in a rom-com nobody saw coming.
Colton Underwood's pivot from gridiron to Grindr became the ultimate glow-up storyline of 2021.
Fans still debate if Colton Underwood's Bachelor season was peak drama or just prequel to his real coming-out special.