Colton Underwood's appearance on helped him find love — but it also taught him valuable lessons about himself and his sexuality.
In his new book,, the former football player opens up about his virginity and how he spent some of his adolescence and early 20s questioning whether he was gay.
In an interview with ET's Lauren Zima, Underwood credited for helping him realize he was straight. "[The show taught me] that I'm straight and I'm very, very attracted to Cassie [Randolph] and women — but it would have been OK if it would have been the other way too," he admitted. «I think that's the biggest message I have for people.»«If anybody takes anything from this or is going through this, if I help one young man or one young woman go through