Colton Underwood and Savannah Chrisley.Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty, Savannah Chrisley/instagram
Savannah ChrisleyandColton Underwoodare looking back on their brief past together.
For Chrisley, 25, her reasons were simple.
“When we met [for] the first time, Iknew you were gay. Like, I knew it,” she told Underwood, 31, on the episode, which was titled “My Gay Ex-Lover.”
It all took place before Underwood was the star ofThe Bachelor, right as he was recovering from his breakup from Olympic gymnastAly Raisman. Chrisley was also in a post-breakup dating phase.
“It was theACM Awards… It was afterLuke Kennardand I broke up,” she said. “I was like, ‘Alright, screw this.’ You know how it goes. You go through a breakup.”
Underwood had a similar thought. “I was coming off of a breakup [too] and I was just like, ‘Oh, why not. Let’s go see,'” he added.
But, things ultimately didn’t work out as Chrisley recalled how “there was no connection whatsoever” between the two. Underwood, who has since come out as a gay, added that the lack of spark was due to “obvious reasons.”
“When I say, ‘It’s not you, it’s me,’ I truly mean that. And obviously, I’ve proven that at this point,” Underwood joked.
Underwood even recalled having a conversation with Chrisley’s father,Todd, about dating his daughter.
“I remember riding to the carpet with your dad and he leans over and he goes, ‘Son, my daughter is not ready for a man like you,'” Underwood said. “And I was like, ‘Todd, I’m not ready for your daughter either.’ I didn’t say that, but I just remember him saying that to me.”
Todd and Savannah Chrisley.Santiago Felipe/Getty
He then went on to become the star ofThe Bachelorfor season 23. His time on the ABC reality series ended with him beginning a relationship with Cassie Randolph. They ultimately split in May 2020.
In April 2021, Underwoodcame out as gay.
“I’ve ran from myself for a long time. I’ve hated myself for a long time, and I’m gay. And I came to terms with that earlier this year and have been processing it,” he toldRobin Robertsduring a sit-down interview onGood Morning America. “The next step in all of this was letting people know. I’m still nervous. It’s been a journey, for sure.”
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“I’m emotional, but in such a good, happy, positive way,” he added. “I’m the happiest and healthiest I’ve ever been in my life, and that means the world to me.”
He’s now engaged to political strategistJordan C. Brown.
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