Variety, the newly out gay reality star and former football player said it was a visit to a gay spa in Los Angeles last year and a subsequent blackmail attempt that set the wheels in motion for the CBS This Morning interview in which he revealed his truth.
Underwood said he visited the spa, which he did not name, “just to look" and he “should have never been there.” After visiting the location, he received an email from a person who claimed to have taken nude photos of Underwood there and threatened to out him to media.Underwood did not see the alleged pictures.