{"id":226864,"date":"2021-04-14T21:45:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T18:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-will-colton-underwoods-revelation-impact-the-bachelor-going-forward\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T21:45:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T18:45:24","slug":"how-will-colton-underwoods-revelation-impact-the-bachelor-going-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-will-colton-underwoods-revelation-impact-the-bachelor-going-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Will Colton Underwood’s Revelation Impact ‘The Bachelor’ Going Forward?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How Will Colton Underwood’s Revelation Impact ‘The Bachelor’ Going Forward?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

It was the three words heard \u2019round Bachelor Nation. \u201cAnd I\u2019m gay.\u201d That brave declaration, from a clearly terrified Colton Underwood to Good Morning America<\/em>\u2018s Robin Roberts this morning, has the power to change not only the Season 23 star\u2019s life, but the Bachelor<\/em>franchise as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve ran from myself for a long time. I\u2019ve hated myself for a long time,\u201d the Indiana native and former pro football player confessed to Roberts of his painful road to self-acceptance. \u201cAnd I\u2019m gay. And I came to terms with that earlier this year and have been processing it. And the next step in all of this was sort of letting people know.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Underwood continues his personal journey, the hit dating game<\/a> that made him a household name when he first app<\/a>eared as a suitor on Becca Kufrin\u2019s 2018 season of The Bachelorette<\/em><\/a> is in a position to take a few steps forward as well. The franchise has long been under fire for its poor track record regarding representation, and this past season hit a low with host Chris Harrison\u2019s atrocious defense of a contestant\u2019s participation in a racist, Antebellum-themed party during an equally unfortunate interview with the show\u2019s first Black Bachelorette, Rachel Lindsay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe Colton\u2019s openness and honesty is exactly what Bachelor Nation needs to see right now and could help [the show\u2019s producers] make the changes that need to happen,\u201d says entertainment journalist Emily Longeretta, who has long covered the franchise for Us Weekly<\/em>. \u201cNow is the perfect time for a gay or bisexual lead.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Josh Vertucci\/ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

And she\u2019s right. Almost seven years ago, then-Bachelor<\/em> lead Juan Pablo Galavis was infamously quoted<\/a> as saying that a gay Bachelor<\/em> would never happen because \u201cThey\u2019re more pervert in a sense. To me, the show would be too strong, too hard to watch on TV.\u201d He later clarified that he meant sexually aggressive instead of perverted (English was not the Venezuelan soccer player\u2019s first language, remember) and that he believed that ABC would be hesitant to go down that road.<\/p>\n

But in recent years, MTV and Netflix (which is reportedly producing a docuseries on Colton\u2019s coming out<\/a>) have both proven there is an audience for diversity in dating shows with Are You the One?<\/em> and Dating Around<\/em>, respectively. Both featured queer contestants without leaning into the stereotypical lasciviousness that fueled Galavis\u2019 theory and marred Bravo\u2019s one-and-done Boy Meets Boy<\/em> back in 2003.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Are You the One?\u2019 on MTV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Casting outside of the heteronormative box would both change the game (literally) and elevate the conversations around fluidity and the sexuality spectrum. In addition, a same-sex season of The Bachelor<\/em> or even The Bachelorette<\/em> would help the Disney-owned ABC break new ground, says TV critic Andy Dehnart.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bachelor<\/em> franchise has been way behind in acknowledging the diversity of the human experience, including in sexuality, and has instead clung to antiquated notions of sexuality and gender roles,\u201d posits Dehnart, who has covered the unscripted landscape at RealityBlurred.com since 2000. He blames a fear of alienating viewers, adding that the show is \u201cso archaic it makes an old Disney cartoon like Sleeping Beauty<\/em> seem progressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s changed? \u201cNow that Colton has shared his story and come out as both gay and someone who suppressed his sexual orientation because of societal pressure to conform to traditional roles, perhaps both the franchise and the toxic parts of its fandom will see how damaging those roles are,\u201d he says. In addition, the show \u201cclinging a little less tightly to gendered expectations might help people who are watching\u2026and would also just make for better television.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think? <\/strong><\/em>Should ABC get down with the LGBQTA and do a gay Bachelor? Who would you choose to star and host? Let us know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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