“I’ve ran from myself for a long time. I’ve hated myself for a long time. I’m gay and I came to terms with that earlier this year," he told Roberts.Online discourse has largely split into two camps: Colton Underwood is Good or Colton Underwood is Bad.
The truth is, of course, somewhere in between. Underwood is a human — a human who allegedly behaved in inexcusable ways and terrorized his ex-girlfriend and who has been deeply harmed by oppressive prescriptions about what it means to be a man. To ignore either of these realities is a mistake. Accepting Underwood’s full humanity and expressing empathy for his struggle should not require the erasure of Randolph’s humanity or the pain Underwood caused her.
Although the"GMA" segment didn’t dive into Underwood’s treatment of Randolph after their breakup beyond a mention of the restraining order, the former Bachelor did apologize to Randolph directly. "I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart. I'm sorry for any pain and emotional stress I caused,” he said. “I wish that I would've been courageous enough to fix myself before I broke anybody else.”But more interesting than parsing whether Underwood is good or bad is looking at the reality franchise that made him a figure of interest in the first place.
That might seem like a leap. But what it speaks to is the show’s core values. “The Bachelor” prizes heterosexual marital partnership over all other relationships and purports to pluck the most eligible, desirable men and women — men and women looking for heterosexual marital love — from obscurity during the casting process.
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emmaladyrose Daily I’ve only watch bachelor 1 or 2 times, & think that making a game show out of marriage is absolutely disgusting. Ya don’t go on TV & have 20 women parade in front of U and sleep with you and then think that the winner is true love. Gimme a break. & yes I’m old & been married 40+