Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph.Photo: Amy Sussman/E! Entertainment/ Getty
Cassie Randolph is speaking out for the first time sinceexColton Underwoodcame out as gay.
On Wednesday, during a sit-down interview withRobin RobertsonGood Morning America, the formerBachelorstar, 29, said he “came to terms” with his sexuality earlier this year after a long period of self-reflection.
“It means so much,” she added.
Randolph went on to share that she will be posting a new video on herYouTube channelnext week, although she did not specify whether she would be addressing Underwood’s interview.“And yes, some of you are asking about my Youtube for this week. I decided to take the week off, but will have one again next week!!” she wrote.
Cassie Randolph.Cassie Randolph/Instagram
Underwood led season 23 of the ABC dating show in 2019, when he ultimately gave his final rose to Randolph — who was a contestant on the series — though they didn’t get engaged.
They continued dating after the cameras stopped rolling before laterannouncing their splitin May 2020, two months after she helped nurse himback to healthafter he contractedCOVID-19.
Months after the breakup announcement,Randolph filed a restraining order against Underwoodin September, alleging that he placed a tracking device on her vehicle and that he had showed up to both her L.A. apartment and her parents' house in Huntington Beach unannounced.
She claimed that on one occasion, Underwood loitered in the alley outside her bedroom window of her parents' home at 2 a.m., and said that he started sending her alarming text messages.
In early November, Randolphdropped the restraining order against Underwood. In a statement to PEOPLE at the time, Underwood said the two “were able to reach a private agreement.”
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OnGMA, Underwood told Roberts, 60, that he was in love with Randolph during their relationship. “And that only made it harder and more confusing for me,” he said. “I loved everything about her.”
“It’s hard for me to articulate what my emotions were going through that relationship with her, because I obviously had an internal fight going on,” Underwood continued. “I would just say that I’m sorry from the bottom of my heart. I’m sorry for any pain and emotional stress I caused, I wish it wouldn’t have happened the way it did. I wish that I would’ve been courageous enough to fix myself before I broke anybody else.”
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During a Wednesday appearance onExtra, fellowBachelorfranchise alumClay Harbor, shared that Underwood had opened up to him about his sexuality prior to theGMAsit-down. Harbor also said he asked Underwood about Randolph during their conversation.
“I asked him if he had told her, and at that time he had said he hadn’t and he didn’t know if he was going to tell her before or after the interview,” Harbor said. “Honestly, we didn’t go that in-depth on the Cassie stuff, kept it more on what will happen in the interview, what happens when people find out.”
source: people.com
