Bachelor Star Who Stayed Single Sorry For Joking Hes Gay

A German celebrity and star of the TV show ‘The Bachelor’ has been forced to apologise after pretending to be gay to explain why he did not choose any of the women he was introduced to.

Sebastian Preuss, 30, from the German city of Munich is a professional kickboxer and he caused a sensation when he starred in the local version of The Bachelor.

After reaching the final round where he had to select one of the women by giving them his last rose, in the end he decided to choose none of them. Instead he kept the rose for himself – and left the show with no girlfriend – the first time this has ever happened on German TV.

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Bachelor Sebastian Preuss

The controversial decision left people speculating as to the reason, and he appeared to answer when he posted this week on Instagram that he was gay.

He wrote: “Hey my Dear People. I think it’s time to get the truth out. My best and long-time boyfriend has become my beloved sweetheart @chrisnecka. You have become particularly important to me over the years and I used my time as a bachelor to see whether my feelings for you were really true.”

He then appeared to make an apology to the young women on the show for pretending he was interested in them by saying: “To all the girls, I’m terribly sorry.”

He added that he was proud of himself for “finally having the courage to share this message with you”. He said also explained why he had not given a rose to any of the young women.

However it later transpired that it was a bizarre joke, which caused outrage online.

Author Riccardo Simonetti, 27, wrote: “For you it is certainly not a big deal, but any teenager who still struggles to show their true self to the world cannot simply take the joke back tomorrow. Every person who manages to get their coming up behind them has usually come a long way with personal conflicts and that deserves respect and should not be used to get a few laughs.”

As the criticism mounted, the celeb then rushed to post a public apology saying: “I want from the depths of my heart to get a message to everybody that has criticised my post from earlier today. It was not my intention to hurt anybody’s feelings or criticise the way they live their lives. For me homosexuality is just something that is so common, that I never thought that my joke could have been interpreted in any other way. I have many gay friends, and I can only repeat that I didn’t want to insult anyone.”


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