Colton Underwood formally made the leap from “Bachelor” to doting dad final week.
The fact TV character and his husband, political strategist Jordan C. Brown, confirmed the start of their son, Bishop Colton Brown-Underwood, on social media Monday. The infant arrived final Thursday.
“Our world is a million times better with you in it,” Underwood wrote within the caption of an Instagram submit exhibiting him and Brown posing with their son.
Afterward Monday, Underwood shared a brief Instagram video of himself in what gave the impression to be a hospital room whereas feeding Bishop with a child bottle.
“Our sweet Bishop,” he wrote.
The information drew an outpouring of well-wishes from a few of Underwood’s well-known pals, together with actors Sophia Bush and Amanda Seyfried.
“WONDERFUL!!! WELCOME!!” Seyfried wrote within the feedback of Underwood’s Instagram submit.
Added Bush: “Sweet angel is home! Congratulations loves!!”
Brown and Underwood have been married in 2023 after about two years of courting. In Could, the 2 males introduced that they have been anticipating a toddler by way of a surrogate.
After sharing information of his impending arrival that month, Underwood unveiled a brand new podcast, “Daddyhood,” wherein he paperwork his journey to turning into a first-time father.
As one-half of a same-sex couple, he mentioned he was notably obsessed with highlighting male infertility on the podcast after studying early within the course of that he “literally had no sperm.”
In an interview with Males’s Health timed to the “Daddyhood” launch, Underwood mentioned his No. 1 aim as a father was “just giving our child the freedom to express themselves and to be pure.”
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“For me, having the experiences that I have from both the church and football, I’ve dealt with a lot of the toxic masculinity,” he mentioned on the time. “I know that phrase gets overused quite a bit, but there’s very much still stigma and things that go on in the sports culture, specifically.”
Underwood and Brown, who labored on former President Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns, first confirmed their relationship in fall 2021, roughly six months after Underwood publicly introduced he was homosexual in an emotional “Good Morning America” interview.
However the former “Bachelor” star’s coming-out was not with out controversy.
Some members of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood accused him of “monetizing” the coming-out expertise when he introduced plans for a six-episode Netflix collection, “Coming Out Colton,” that might chronicle his path to dwelling honestly.
Others slammed Netflix for seemingly “glorifying” Underwood, who in 2020 confronted allegations of stalking his ex-girlfriend, “Bachelor” contestant Cassie Randolph.
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