Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticColton Underwood’s interview with Robin Roberts on “Good Morning America,” in which the former “Bachelor” star announced that he is gay, was a striking and surprising bit of television.
Consider the preconceptions an audience member may have brought to the table: Underwood was, for a season, at the center of a franchise that exists to find its star a wife, or at least a girlfriend.
And although he and his chosen bride, Cassie Randolph, broke up acrimoniously a year ago, “Bachelor” couples are generally short-lived.
Nothing about Underwood’s story as lived in public seemed to depart from a well-worn playbook.Which made his conversation with Roberts a healthy reminder about the power of the entertainment.
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