Colton Underwood Hints At Joining ‘DWTS,’ Says He Wants A Male Partner

Might followers be seeing Colton Underwood buying and selling roses for rumba? The previous “Bachelor” star just lately revealed that his time filming season 4 of Peacock’s hit competitors sequence “The Traitors” has him critically contemplating a future stint on “Dancing with the Stars,” and he already has his best associate in thoughts. The 33-year-old actuality TV character, who got here out as homosexual in 2021, opened up about bonding with longtime “DWTS” professional Mark Ballas throughout filming for “The Traitors.” Their friendship, Colton Underwood admits, has sparked a brand new dream of taking the ballroom ground collectively as a same-sex dancing couple.

In a current interview with Us Weekly, Underwood confessed, “I might be so terrified. I might wish to do it, as a result of I like pushing myself outdoors of my consolation zone. However I’ve tight hips. My mobility just isn’t the very best, however what I lack in my flexibility, I make up for in energy.”

Underwood didn’t hesitate when naming his most well-liked associate. “I wish to dance with Mark, as a result of I do know him from ‘Traitors,’” he stated, confirming their shut connection.

If Underwood joins the present, he wouldn’t be the primary to carry out as a part of a same-sex pairing on the long-running ABC competitors.

“Dancing with the Stars” has more and more embraced inclusivity over time, that includes a number of groundbreaking partnerships. In 2021, JoJo Siwa and professional Jenna Johnson competed collectively and rapidly turned instantaneous fan favorites. Shangela and Gleb Savchenko additionally made waves because the present’s first drag performer and associate pairing, whereas Nyle DiMarco and Keo Motsepe delivered the American model’s first-ever same-sex dance again in 2016.

Earlier than hinting at a possible run on “Dancing with the Stars,” Underwood made headlines in 2021 when he publicly got here out as homosexual throughout an emotional interview with Robin Roberts on “Good Morning America.” The previous “Bachelor” star revealed that it took him years to simply accept his identification and be trustworthy with each himself and the world.

“I’ve ran from myself for a very long time. I’ve hated myself for a very long time,” Underwood admitted during the interview. “And I’m homosexual. I got here to phrases with that earlier this 12 months and have been processing it. And the subsequent step in all of this was kind of letting individuals know.”

Underwood defined that the challenges of 2020 pressured him to replicate deeply on his life, describing it as a turning level the place he might not run from his reality. “It made individuals take a look at themselves within the mirror and work out who they’re and what they’ve been laying aside,” he stated.

The fact star additionally opened up a few darkish interval main as much as his popping out, admitting that he had skilled “suicidal ideas” earlier than reaching a second of readability and deciding to take again management of his life. “There was a second in L.A. that I awakened and I didn’t assume I used to be gonna get up,” he recalled. “I didn’t have the intentions of waking up. And I did.”

Following his announcement, Roberts famous she might “see the enjoyment” and “see the aid” in Underwood, one thing he confirmed, sharing that he’s now “emotional in such a very good, blissful, optimistic approach” and feels “the happiest and healthiest” he’s ever been.

That happiness has solely grown since marrying Jordan C. Brown, a political strategist and entrepreneur.