Cassie Randolph Is ‘Very Completely happy’ Colton Underwood Got here Out as Homosexual

Making peace together with her previous. Bachelor alum Cassie Randolph revealed that she needs ex Colton Underwood nothing however one of the best — even when their cut up led to darkish occasions.

“I really feel like this can be a very loaded query,” Randolph, 27, mentioned in the course of the Monday, October 17, episode of the “Ben and Ashley I Virtually Well-known Podcast,” after being requested how she felt about Underwood, 30, popping out as homosexual via headlines earlier than sharing the information together with her.

“I’m very joyful that he’s you understand is at peace with himself and never carrying that burden anymore, after all,” she defined. “It was a really simply general onerous time for me, so I really feel like there was only one factor after one other and I used to be simply extraordinarily overwhelmed with all the pieces occurring.”

Randolph and the previous NFL participant met throughout season 23 of The Bachelor, which aired in 2019. Whereas the pair had an prompt connection, their relationship hit a snag when the speech therapist’s father wouldn’t give Underwood his blessing to suggest and Randolph subsequently left the present.

Whereas the twosome determined to provide their romance one other shot in the course of the season finale — with the Indiana native even transferring to California to be nearer to Randolph — they finally referred to as it quits for good in Might 2020.

Two months later, Randolph filed a restraining order towards her ex, claiming he had put a monitoring gadget in her automotive and confirmed up at her condominium and her mum or dad’s home uninvited. The order was granted, forcing him to remain at the very least 100 yards away from her and to not contact her till the matter was privately settled in November 2020.

In April 2021, throughout an emotional interview with Good Morning America, the athlete got here out as homosexual and publicly apologized to Randolph for his or her messy breakup.

“I’m sorry for any ache and emotional stress I triggered,” he mentioned on the time. “I want that it wouldn’t have occurred the way in which that it did. I want that I had been brave sufficient to repair myself earlier than I broke anyone else.”

In March, Randolph revealed throughout an episode of the “Off the Vine” podcast with Kaitlyn Bristowe that she came upon about Underwood’s sexuality via the headlines with the remainder of the world.

“I came upon the identical method that everybody else did,” she defined, including that she noticed a video concerning the information on social media. “It was horrible.” (Underwood introduced his engagement to Jordan C. Brown in February.)

On Monday’s “Virtually Well-known” episode, the California native shared that her now-boyfriend, Brighton Reinhardt, helped her via her cut up as a pal earlier than they even started courting.

“Me and Brighton had been buddies for seven years,” she instructed cohosts Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti. “That final summer season, he was very very supportive simply via all the pieces. He’s by no means been bizarre. If something he’s simply very defensive or protecting and makes me discuss I tout with him greater than I want to. Not in a foul method, in a great way.”

When requested if she thought that Reinhardt, 25, was “The One,” Randolph replied, “I really feel like that’s an enormous query to ask, however I hope so. I feel so.”