When Colton Underwood was cast as The Bachelor in 2019, he met then 23-year-old Cassie Randolph who was competing for his heart. On the show, the two seemed to have a very strong relationship, and Cassie even made it to the hometown episodes where Colton got to meet her family. Despite the fact that their relationship seemed to be going well, that all seemed to change after Cassie's dad refused to give his blessing for Colton to propose at the end of the journey, something that weighed on Cassie's mind and was the main factor for her to quit the competition the week after hometowns.
Ultimately, Colton knew that Cassie was the one for him and decided to try to win her back, eliminating the remaining two contestants, Hannah Godwin and Tayshia Adams. After that, he had a long talk with Cassie and the two decided that they would leave together in a relationship, thus ending the season.
After the show, Colton and Cassie went on to date for a little over a year before announcing their breakup. Things seemed to be going well as the two agreed to remain friends, but that all changed when Cassie filed a restraining order against her former love due to alleged stalking. Despite the legal action taken against him, Colton denied that he ever stalked Cassie.
Once the pair split, Colton seemed to be taking it pretty hard as he went through excruciating pain, according to US Weekly. Post-split, Colton released a new chapter of his book titled The First Time: Finding Myself and Looking for Love on Reality TV that gave more insight into the pair's breakup. Also post-breakup, Colton took a two-month break from Instagram but returned to the platform after all of the legal drama was taken care of. Despite returning to IG, Colton deleted all of his previous posts from the platform, presuming that he wanted. to start with a clean slate amid everything that happened since their high-profile breakup.
Many fans of The Bachelor thought that Colton and Cassie were going to be a success story for the franchise. But ultimately, things did not end that way and the pair left fans baffled by the breakup. Not much is known as to what else Colton is up to now, but it seems safe to say that he wants fans to remember him the way they used to remember him, and not from all the recent drama.
The Bachelor airs Mondays at 8PM EST on ABC.
Source: US Weekly