“The Bachelor” alum Colton Underwood is going to bat for his son, Bishop. After sharing a photo of himself posing with his 20-month-old son, a social media troll left a shady comment about the minor that Underwood took issue with. In a series of posts thereafter, Underwood defended his parenting skills and shamed the troll for using “loaded comments to express disapproval” about his lifestyle.
Underwood recently uploaded a photo of himself with his son, Bishop, to his Instagram. According to Us Weekly, one netizen replied to the image, writing, “I feel bad for that kid.” While it’s unclear what the commenter meant, Underwood assumed the user’s comment was a dig at the reality star and his husband, Jordan C. Brown.
Underwood clapped back at the troll, pinning their comment in a separate post and writing, “Genuinely curious what you meant by this. Because if you ‘feel bad’ for Bishop, I’d love to understand why. He’s loved, supported, celebrated, happy and surrounded by people who show up for him every single day.”
Colton Underwood Slams Adults Who Use ‘Loaded’ Language To Belittle Other People Over Differences
That wasn’t all Underwood had to say. Continuing, the 34-year-old implied that he was more than capable of providing his son with what he needed to be successful. “What a child actually needs protection from isn’t a loving family,” he said.
Underwood, who came out as gay in April 2021, then blasted the social media user for using their words to put him and his family down.
“It’s ‘adults’ who use vague, loaded comments to express disapproval they don’t have the courage to say out loud. Words like yours, ambiguous enough to deny, pointed enough to wound, are exactly how kids learn that who they are is something to be ashamed of. That’s the thing worth feeling bad about,” he said.
Underwood opened up even more about the pain comments such as the ones above can cause him and his family. In the caption, Underwood explained that he actually wrote about these moments in his memoir, “Dear Bishop.”
“Some days they don’t affect me. Other days they ruin my day,” Underwood said. “Most days, they remind me why sharing my life this publicly is worth it…because somewhere there’s a kid, or a man, who might find comfort or something familiar in my story. That’s what keeps me living openly.”
Netizens quickly rushed to Underwood’s defense to drown out the negativity, with one cheering, “Keep sharing. The world needs to see it!” Another one of Underwood’s followers wrote, “That boy is sooooo lucky to have yall as his parents.”
Underwood Felt Slighted By His Co-Star During His Season Of ‘The Traitors’
this moment with Michael Rapaport on the newest Traitors episode is so vile. love that Rob Rausch immediately clocked him for the incorrect grammar though
Michael: “Nobody in this room would be better at holding a secret than you”
Colton Underwood: “There it is. You think it… pic.twitter.com/kDcPZkUfMo
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) January 16, 2026
Earlier this year, Underwood was the topic of conversation when his “Traitors” co-star, Michael Rapport, said, “Nobody in this room would be better at holding a secret than you,” during one of the show’s heated round-table discussions. While Rappaport later said his comments were taken out of context, many viewers labeled them as homophobic.
According to The Blast, Underwood admitted to being a bit thrown off by Rapport’s comments, saying, “The reason I said yes to doing a show like ‘The Traitors’ is it’s not personal.”
He added, “The drama and the intensity of the show is always so game-focused, so I think that’s what just threw me a little bit, is when it got personal and he was using me as a human being instead of my gameplay against me. That’s what caught me off guard, and I think you felt that and saw it in the episode.”
Rock Singer Comes Out As Gay
Per The Blast, rock singer Caleb Shomo recently came out as a “proudly gay man” after 14 years of marriage to his wife, Fleur Shomo.
“This is something I’ve been unpacking and reckoning with in my life for quite some time now. It’s been difficult to navigate the feelings surrounding the subject and figure out what to do with this fact,” he wrote in his heartfelt post.
Fleur broke her silence on the news hours after Caleb went public, saying their years of marriage were “wonderful and full of so much fun, adventure, and love.”
“Nobody will know anything about our marriage like we do. And no one can ever truly know what depths of love exist between two people unless they are those people,” she said. “I already miss it & my husband more than anything. Our story was a good one. And now it’s done.”
