Out Olympian Gus Kenworthy will serve
as Colton Underwood's “gay guide” in an upcoming Netflix reality
series.
Variety broke the news on the
same day that Underwood, a former bachelor on ABC's The Bachelor,
announced that he's gay.
(Related: Bachelor
star Colton Underwood comes out gay.)
The series is described as “focusing
on Underwood living his life publicly as a gay man.”
“[A]n insider tells Variety
that Olympian Gus Kenworthy will appear in the series, acting as a
guide, of sorts, for Underwood,” Variety wrote.
The outlet added that the project is
already in production.
“Underwood's identity as an athlete
and gay man is said to be a theme in the new Netflix show,” Variety
wrote.
Kenworthy, a 29-year-old freestyle
skier, came out on the cover of ESPN Magazine following his
silver medal win at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
(Related: Gay
celebrities, including Billy Eichner, Dan Levy, react to Colton
Underwood's coming out.)