Lance Bass is hopeful for an LGBTQIA season of “The Bachelor.” Getty Imagesīut this isn’t the first request to make more LGBTQIA-friendly dating shows. Tituss Burgess will be next to fill the role as a guest host later this season. “Demi obviously had the first LGBT storyline on ‘Bachelor in Paradise,’ so that seems like a place that is a great venue for all love stories,” Bass added.īass is the first-ever gay host of “The Bachelor,” serving as a guest host for three episodes, with his temporary position ending after tonight’s episode. The show was nominated for a GLAAD award, but Burnett is back on this season of “Bachelor in Paradise” in search of love again. “The Bachelor” franchise was praised in 2019 when Demi Burnett made history on the show coming out as bisexual and proposing to then-girlfriend Kristian Haggerty on Season 6. Bass (third from left), once a member of *NSYNC, is openly gay.
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In 2016, he hosted a gay dating series modeled after “The Bachelor” called “Finding Prince Charming,” but it only lasted one season of eight episodes before it was canceled.
How he met his now-husband might be a foreshadowing into the future of the “Bachelor” franchise, having met Michael Turchin near a “Bachelor in Paradise” shooting site.īass also said there is a need for more gay dating shows like the ones in Bachelor Nation. “And I definitely know a host if you need it.”Īlthough he said he hasn’t talked to anyone officially about the idea, he’d “be down” to host. I think that would be so much fun,” the former *NSYNC member, who is openly gay, told Variety. “I think maybe it’s the time for ‘The Bachelor’ to do a gay Bachelor.
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Lance Bass wants to say bye, bye, bye to a season of a straight bachelor.Īs a “Bachelor in Paradise” guest host and lifelong Bachelor Nation franchise fan, Bass said that he would love to host a full season of “The Bachelor,” but with a gay lead. “The Bachelorette” 2022 zodiac signs reveal their prospects for loveĪBC ripped artists’ work for ‘The Bachelor’: lawsuit jocks: ‘Bachelorette’ star prefers these guys after working as nurse & NFL cheerleaderįans react to ‘humiliating’ ‘Bachelorette’ format fail after both women rejected I think he’s gonna sit back and listen and learn about what’s going on and educate himself and hopefully will be a great part of the community in the future.Docs vs. It’s a brand new experience for him, so I know he probably doesn’t think he’s gonna be leading the charge and doing all the parades and everything. You gotta sit back, you gotta listen to the community. “He’s Bachelor franchise royalty,” Bass continued. But also you can’t ignore how big that coming out is.” He claimed that people will call Underwood “just another privileged white guy that we get to see this coming out story, we’ve seen that so many times.”īass stated: “I think the community’s like, ‘Can we have more variety of the stories that we tell of our community of people coming out?’ And, you know, I understand that. “I relate to a lot of the things that he grew up with and the reasons why he stayed closeted so long and I wish him the best of luck,” Bass said. He claimed that he related to the former bachelor. RELATED: Why Lance Bass Thought Fans Would Label Him a ‘Liar’ After He Came Outīass recently went on the On the List podcast with Brett Gursky on the Bleav Podcast Network and discussed the news story about Underwood coming out. And I came to terms with that earlier this year and have been processing it… I’m the happiest and healthiest I’ve ever been in my life.” /isP7SptUu7- Good Morning America April 14, 2021 JUST IN: Former “Bachelor” star Underwood speaks his truth and comes out to “I’m gay.
I’m still nervous, but yeah it’s been a journey for sure.” Lance Bass related to Colton Underwood’s coming out story The next step in all of this was letting people know.
“I’m gay and I came to terms with that earlier this year and have been processing it. “I hated myself for a long time,” he continued. “It’s probably made a lot of people look at themselves in the mirror and figure out who they are and what they’ve been running from or what they’ve been putting off in their lives.” “This year’s been a lot for a lot of people,” Underwood stated. The lead dropped the announcement about his sexuality following his split from former girlfriend Cassie Randolph as well. Underwood, more than a year after trying to find love with women on The Bachelor, came out as gay on Good Morning America. Lance Bass | Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV Colton Underwood came out as gay on ‘Good Morning America’ in 2021 Now, he’s pointing out something he has in common with the former football player. The former NSYNC member had plenty to say about the former lead of The Bachelor, Colton Underwood, coming out as gay. Lance Bass might have come out as part of the LGBTQ community almost 20 years ago, but he still can relate to modern coming out stories.
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