Colton Underwood and his husband, Jordan C. Brown, just welcomed their first baby together. Their son, Bishop Colton Brown-Underwood, was born on September 26, The Bachelor alum shared on Instagram on Monday, September 30. In May, Colton, 32, and his husband shared that they were expecting their first baby via surrogate. They both had dreamed of becoming parents. In May, Colton told People that “that was one of the things we bonded over early in our relationship. We both wanted to be dads…it’s been such an incredible experience for us to go through this together, and I cannot wait to watch Jordan become a dad.”
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Colton said their son has made their lives 'a million times better.'
In the Instagram post announcing the birth of their son, Bishop Colton Brown-Underwood, Colton wrote that “our world is a million times better with you in it.” He posted several photos, including one of him and his husband holding their son. He shared the newborn’s hand to his Instagram Stories, writing, “Our world has changed. We love you so much.”
Colton previously spoke about how becoming a parent felt 'big and really emotional.'
In May, Colton spoke to People about how he and his husband felt after finding out that they would become parents. Their loved ones were so happy for them, he shared at the time.
“Everybody’s been so excited. My family especially knows how long I’ve wanted to be a dad, and they just know my journey of coming out,” Colton told the magazine at the time. “[Wanting] to be a father was something that kept me in the closet for a long time. So for me to be able to say we’re pregnant is really big and really emotional.”
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He opened up about his fertility struggles and encouraged more men to talk about it.
Colton started a podcast called Daddyhood to document his journey toward fatherhood. When he found out he was struggling with infertility, he decided to talk about it to increase awareness of male infertility. “I wish somebody had educated me about my sperm and my body, and the decisions I made and how it would impact me,” he told Men’s Health.
He decided to share his journey because “nobody talks about this publicly,” he told the magazine. Speaking to People, he shared another reason why men should be having more conversations about fertility.
“I think outside of the LGBTQ+ matters — the obvious discrimination and what’s at stake for us — straight couples too, need to stop putting the blame on the women,” he told People. “I think that’s one thing that I could at least say, from two men going through this, is I’ve had some fertility issues and struggles, and I don’t think a lot of men openly talk about that.”
He came out as gay in 2021.
In 2021, Colton came out as gay in an interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America. “I’ve ran from myself for a long time. I’ve hated myself for a long time,” he said at the time. “And I’m gay. And I came to terms with that earlier this year and have been processing it. And the next step in all of this was sort of letting people know.”
After coming to terms with his sexuality and opening up about it, Colton shared that he was “emotional in such a good, happy, positive way.”
“I’m the happiest and healthiest I’ve ever been in my life and that means the world to me,” he said at the time.
'I feel like I was born to be a dad,' he shared previously.
Before coming out, Colton was ashamed of his sexuality and thought having the family he had always dreamed of would be impossible. Coming out helped him realize that he “can still have” the family he’s always wanted.
“I want a family. I want kids, I want dogs, I want the whole nine yards, and I never knew that was possible until I came out and got to lean into my truth,” he previously told Variety. “I can, for the first time in my life, actually picture myself with a family — and my family looks a little different than when I pictured it four or five years ago, but it just makes me happy, even thinking about it.”
