"I went on The Bachelor before we knew he was gay. As I joke, I said, because we knew he was a virgin, I said, 'You might be the first gay Bachelor and we don't even know it.' And then when he came out a few years later, that went very viral."
"I actually DMed him and I said, 'Hey, I'm sorry I put you on the spot like that. I had no idea you were gay. If I thought you were, I wouldn't have asked you about that on national television."
Billy Eichner recalls a moment from 2019 on The Bachelor where he jokingly suggested Colton Underwood might be the first gay Bachelor. This comment became significant when Underwood came out publicly in 2021. Eichner later expressed regret for his remark, stating he had no knowledge of Underwood's sexuality at the time. He reached out to Underwood to apologize for putting him on the spot during the show, acknowledging the potential stress his joke may have caused.
Read at Queerty
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