Colton Underwood opens up about 'darkest' secret in life

Colton Underwood has shared the time in his life when he "protected" himself.

The American reality television personality first gained fame after he led season 23 of ABC's The Bachelor.

Now, opening up about his past, he revealed how he used to take extra measures to protect himself.

Speaking on the We Need to Talk podcast to the host Paul C. Brunson, Colton confessed what he used to do to conceal his sexuality, when nobody knew he was gay.

He stated, "To protect myself, I would only hook up with married men. [Married] ‘straight’ men,"

He added, "So that was sort of my rule that I would never break. When I was in the closet, that would be the only time I would ever hook up with men was if they were married … because they had more to lose than I did."

It is to be noted that the 34-year-old came out in 2021 and before that he made a decision to keep his truth to himself.

The former footballer continued, "I was very careful, even when I was physically experimenting with guys and trying to, like, figure myself out,"

"So if they tried to, you know, ruin my career and my life for football, they had a whole family that they’d be risking as well," Colton concluded.

Notably, the athlete stopped playing sports because he had a severe shoulder injury.

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