Gus Kenworthy to be Colton Underwood's 'gay guide' in upcoming Netflix series

Out Olympian Gus Kenworthy will serve as Colton Underwood's "gay guide" in an upcoming Netflix reality series.

Variety broke the news on the same day that Underwood, a former bachelor on ABC's The Bachelor, announced that he's gay.

(Related: Bachelor star Colton Underwood comes out gay.)

The series is described as "focusing on Underwood living his life publicly as a gay man."

"[A]n insider tells Variety that Olympian Gus Kenworthy will appear in the series, acting as a guide, of sorts, for Underwood," Variety wrote.

The outlet added that the project is already in production.

"Underwood's identity as an athlete and gay man is said to be a theme in the new Netflix show," Variety wrote.

Kenworthy, a 29-year-old freestyle skier, came out on the cover of ESPN Magazine following his silver medal win at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

(Related: Gay celebrities, including Billy Eichner, Dan Levy, react to Colton Underwood's coming out.)