Colton Underwood Hints At Becoming a member of ‘DWTS,’ Says He Desires A Male Associate

May followers be seeing Colton Underwood buying and selling roses for rumba? The previous “Bachelor” star 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 preferrred accomplice 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’d be so terrified. I’d wish to do it, as a result of I really like pushing myself outdoors of my consolation zone. However I’ve tight hips. My mobility isn’t the very best, however what I lack in my flexibility, I make up for in power.”

Underwood didn’t hesitate when naming his most popular accomplice. “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 shortly turned immediate fan favorites. Shangela and Gleb Savchenko additionally made waves because the present’s first drag performer and accomplice 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 just accept his identification and be sincere 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 through the interview. “And I’m homosexual. I got here to phrases with that earlier this 12 months and have been processing it. And the following step in all of this was kind of letting folks 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 may not run from his fact. “It made folks take a look at themselves within the mirror and work out who they’re and what they’ve been pushing aside,” he stated.

The truth 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 wakened and I didn’t suppose 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 may “see the enjoyment” and “see the reduction” in Underwood, one thing he confirmed, sharing that he’s now “emotional in such a very good, blissful, optimistic manner” 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.