Paulie Calafiore, best known for his appearances on various reality competition shows, is opening up about his sexuality.

The 34-year-old reality star just came out as bisexual following his elimination from the CBS series The Challenge: USA.

Paulie hinted at his sexuality while having a conversation with a fellow contestant in episode three. He said, “I came through athletics, so that forced me to repress who I was, sexually. I didn’t know if I was attracted to women, attracted to men, or if it was just like an energy thing… I’d be like, I need to prove that I’m the most alpha human in the world.”

After the show aired on Thursday night, Paulie officially came out during a Zoom interview with GLAAD’s Anthony Allen Ramos.

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“I am bisexual,” he said. “I feel good about finally being able to talk about this.”

“I almost felt guilty that it’s taken me this long,” Paulie added. “And I really had to change my perspective and be like, ‘Well, you know there might be other people that are going through this exact same thing… and maybe this is what they needed to hear and what they needed to see in order to do it themselves.’ Maybe there’s a younger version of me somewhere who gets to see this and [says], ‘You know what? I don’t have to pretend to be this because I’m an athlete.’”

Paulie was also a contestant on Big Brother 18.