Colton Underwood Admits He Once Thought He Might Be Gay: ‘I Wanted Answers’

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Colton Underwood tells all in his new book, The First Time, and even addresses quite a sensitive topic: His sexuality.

Colton, a former pro football player, publicly revealed that he was a virgin when he first appeared on The Bachelorette at 26 years old, which led some Internet trolls to question how he could “possibly be straight.” Well, it turns out that this was something that Colton struggled with himself as a teenager.

It all started when he was a senior in high school and broke up with his girlfriend, who was captain of the cheerleading team. “Rumors flew around the school that I was gay,” Colton writes in the book. “The rumor became so rampant in our small town, even my mom heard about it.