Bachelor’s Cassie Randolph Is ‘Very Happy’ Ex Colton Underwood Came Out as Gay: I’m Glad He Isn’t ‘Carrying That Burden’
usmagazine.comMaking peace with her past. Bachelor alum Cassie Randolph revealed that she wishes ex Colton Underwood nothing but the best — even if their split led to dark times.“I feel like this is a very loaded question,” Randolph, 27, said during the Monday, October 17, episode of the “Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast,” after being asked how she felt about Underwood, 30, coming out as gay through headlines before sharing the news with her.“I’m very happy that he is you know is at peace with himself and not carrying that burden anymore, of course,” she explained. “It was a very just overall hard time for me, so I feel like there was just one thing after another and I was just extremely overwhelmed with everything going on.”Randolph and the former NFL player met during season 23 of The Bachelor, which aired in 2019.
While the pair had an instant connection, their relationship hit a snag when the speech therapist’s father wouldn’t give Underwood his blessing to propose and Randolph subsequently left the show.While the twosome decided to give their romance another shot during the season finale — with the Indiana native even moving to California to be closer to Randolph — they ultimately called it quits for good in May 2020.Two months later, Randolph filed a restraining order against her ex, claiming he had put a tracking device in her car and showed up at her apartment and her parent’s house uninvited.
The order was granted, forcing him to stay at least 100 yards away from her and to not contact her until the matter was privately settled in November 2020.In April 2021, during an emotional interview with Good Morning America, the athlete came out as gay and publicly apologized to Randolph for their messy breakup.“I’m sorry for any
