‘The Bachelor’ Star Colton Underwood Apologizes to Cassie Randolph After Backlash
Following The Bachelor‘s Colton Underwood coming out on Good Morning America on April 14, people expressed their frustration over the fact that at no point was his past with Cassie Randolph addressed. That has now changed.
The two met on the ABC dating series and were together for a year and a half. (He didn’t propose at the end of his season). Afterward, however, she got a restraining order against him, which she dropped last year.
Now Underwood has told Variety: “I did not physically touch or physically abuse Cassie in any way, shape or form.”
He insisted: “I never want people to think that I’m coming out to change the narrative, or to brush over and not take responsibility for my actions, and now that I have this gay life that I don’t have to address my past as a straight man.
“Controlling situations to try to grasp at any part of the straight fantasy that I was trying to live out was so wrong.”
Randolph breaking up with him left him in “such a dark place” because he knew it was his last straight relationship, he said.
Underwood didn’t share many details “out of respect to” Randolph but did apologize in his new interview.
“It’s not who I am as a human being, and it’s not how I carry myself,” he said. “If there was anything I could do to take more ownership, I would…I’m sorry, and I want her to know that I hope she has the best, most beautiful life.”
He added that he didn’t plan to talk about her in the future because he didn’t see it as “fair” for her name to keep coming up in articles.
Randolph briefly addressed the situation at the beginning of a video (below) posted to her YouTube Channel on April 22.
“Before I get into anything, I just wanted to say thank you so much for the kind comments and messages from you guys, I really appreciate it,” she said.
“Regarding the topic in the media that brought my name up this week, just want to let you know that I’m not going to be further discussing it or commenting on it for now. There’s a lot of layers to it and I just feel like the best thing for me at this time is to move forward and just focus on going forward,” she said.
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I'm sure these comments will all be deleted. Which is a clear indication to prove exactly one of the things that I'm talking about. People are places or companies not having a backbone and giving in to what's wrong all because they are more worried about putting money in their pockets or what others will say, possible backlash. So I will end with this, as I mentioned earlier we don't need each other's acceptance, but our father in heaven's acceptance.... corporation's etc, that delete comments bc ur afraid of backlash etc, Do you not realize that when you meet your maker, you're not going to be buried with all that money and that money will not buy your way into heaven? Your heart will buy your way to heaven. Trying to be as close to God as possible we'll buy your way to heaven. Trying to be as good of a person as you possibly can will buy your way to heaven. Trying to do the things I've spoken of in the Bible , will get you to heaven. Or hasn't that been made clear in the Bible? What's acceptable, was not etc? I refuse to act stupid or dumb and to act like I don't know what's going on. Again, people that are against it, simply just love their God and everything he stands for. Being against it, is what God stands for. So who r ppl really mad at? Hmmmm... Answer is...what's our father in heaven stands for.
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I love my God and I love everything he stands for. So for the people that don't like what he stands for, and the people who are simply loving their father in heaven, then that's your own downfall! Stop trying to do the devil's work through your protests and hatred on social media etc etc trying to make it more and more acceptable for others. Stop trying to make other people give in and move away from God. Pretty sad that people don't realize what eternity means. While they live in there "acceptance" for this little bit of time while we are here living on this earth, realize that come judgment Day we will spend eternity in either heaven or hell. That's FOREVER in case some people forgot! We will either burn in hell for eternity or will be in heaven. Nowadays I just try to become as close as possible to God and only worry about myself. But I am making a statement and letting it be known that I am one person out here who loves my Father in heaven and I do have a backbone. Right is right, wrong is wrong!
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Ppl know right between wrong deep down inside. Or some people are just not religious and they don't care. Or some people are religious and they are just living in a fantasy world of their own acceptance and others. How can people not understand that it's not their own acceptance that they need or others...but Gods acceptance. So , this goes also out to people who want to accept it. You have no backbone! People are more worried about backlash in one way or another then they are about sticking to their guns about what's truly right and wrong. When people should be more worried about becoming a better person and closer to God. Now, I will say how messed up it is that people want to use some psychological warfare towards people that are not okay with it and talk crap about them and treat them like they're the most hideous horrendous people when that certainly is not the case. Let's call it what it really is... When it comes down to it the people that are against it. They are against it for a good reason. They are following their father in heaven! So if people want to be mad, they can take their anger out on God even though that's not recommended! It's pretty sad that people don't realize that that's what they're actually doing! Well they sit there and put people down 4 not accepting it. They're actually allowing the devil in putting pressure on people doing the devil's work&trying 2 make them okay with it as well. That's not happening here! I love my God!
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So while ppl want to sit back& seek approval from others while we are here living on this Earth, I'm sure you must understand that seeking others approval or being happy that others approve of it, simply does not make it okay. Or a person finally"accepting" it themselves, doesn't make it ok. Whether you seek approval or don't seek approval, the fact remains that basically around the last decade, more and more people are jumping around happy about it because they see the others are being okay with it. How can people sit back and ignore the elephant in the room? And act as if just because others want to make it okay or even yourself, like that means that it's so... As if it means that it's truly okay then? The only thing I can say is that it must mean that people are living in a fantasy world &must not be thinking about eternity. About the fact that when they meet their maker just like everybody else in the world and have to answer for our sins, that people will not be answering to us lol! I mean common already!!! Every single one of us will be answering to our Father in heaven. When you get to judgment Day you can't sit back and be like well times changed out here when I was living and it was more acceptable than it once was and I also finally admitted to myself the truth about my sexuality, so it must be okay...like, um, no! It doesn't work that way lol. Haven't that been made clear through the Bible? I know people can feel it deep down in their heart they know
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