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Doing a double take. Gus Kenworthy poked enjoyable at pal Colton Underwood‘s speedy engagement to fiancé Jordan C. Brown.
The Olympian bonded with the season 23 Bachelor, each 30, throughout Netflix’s Coming Out Colton. Kenworthy solely informed Us Weekly on Sunday, March 27, that he has spoken to the fact star and Brown, 39, after they introduced their relationship milestone final month.
“I’ve. Colton’s fiancé, Jordan, is my boyfriend’s greatest buddy, so we’ve seen a number of them,” the freestyle skier mentioned on the thirtieth annual Elton John AIDS Basis Academy Awards Viewing Celebration in Los Angeles.
Jordan C. Brown and Colton Underwood Courtesy of Colton Underwood/Instagram
Although the 2 {couples} are shut, the athlete famous that they “haven’t been [on] a ton” of double dates. “I really feel like they’ve been on their whirlwind romance,” Kenworthy mentioned of Underwood and the political strategist, who had been first linked in late 2021. “They’re, like, utterly swept out to sea with each other. … They purchased a home, they’re engaged. They’re shifting on the velocity of sunshine.”
The U.Okay. native revealed that he “knew concerning the engagement” earlier than the information made headlines. “I did get the decision that they had been engaged and I used to be like, ‘Oh, my God, you guys actually simply met,’” he teased. “[Like], ‘Oh, my God, I’ve had meals poisoning longer.’”
All jokes apart, Kenworthy is rooting for the couple wholeheartedly. “I feel that they’ll in all probability be in it for the lengthy haul,” he informed Us. “They’re very in love with each other, nevertheless it’s bat s–t loopy. They’re shifting quick.”
The American Horror Story: 1984 alum added, “I feel that they each have what the opposite particular person is searching for. I feel that Jordan may be very good and composed and really attention-grabbing. And Colton’s very candy and good-looking.”
Underwood publicly got here out as homosexual in April 2021, practically one 12 months after splitting from ex-girlfriend Cassie Randolph, whom he met throughout his time on The Bachelor. Within the wake of their breakup, the California native, 26, filed a short lived restraining order towards her ex, alleging that he was stalking and harassing her. The order was dropped in November 2020.
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“I haven’t talked about it, so it’s actually laborious for me to speak about it in any respect, and even know the fitting factor to say when addressing it,” Randolph mentioned of her relationship with Underwood throughout an look on the “Off the Vine” podcast earlier this month. “I really feel a lot stress when requested about it that I’d love to have the ability to be open and candid about issues, however I’m simply not there but. I’m positive I’ll sooner or later wish to converse on it as a result of there’s only a lot there.”
The First Time writer, for his half, confessed on the March 14 episode of the “Virtually Well-known” podcast that he “may have dealt with a number of issues higher” after his break up, noting, “My path to discovering happiness was positively one which was fairly rocky.”
Following his ups and downs, Underwood is trying ahead to beginning recent with Brown. In terms of wedding ceremony planning, the pair appear to be retaining issues underneath wraps.
“I’m not going to be a groomsman, I don’t suppose so. I don’t know something,” Kenworthy informed Us on Sunday, joking that he doesn’t suppose the couple will elope as a result of “Colton likes consideration.”
With reporting by Hannah Kahn
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