Logo’s Gay Bachelor: Contestants Say Producers Knew About Star’s Escort Past (Exclusive)

Multiple contestants on Logo TV’s gay “Bachelor”-like dating show, “Finding Prince Charming,” charge that show producers and network executives not only knew its leading man had worked as a male escort and appeared in a sex tape, they planned the entire scandal to drum up ratings for the ailing network.

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The first contestant said that he confronted Logo producers after recognizing Sepulveda from a sex tape he remembered seeing — the Prince Charming has since claimed an ex-boyfriend posted a private video without his permission.

“As soon as I left the house and got my phone back” — contestants’ phones were confiscated for the duration of the shoot — “I Googled ‘Robert Sepulveda’ and the words ‘sex tape’ and there it was,” he said.

Logo did send TheWrap the same statement it has previously sent: “We are aware of Robert’s past and fully support him as he moves forward in his search for love on ‘Finding Prince Charming.'”

A person close to the situation told TheWrap earlier this month that the network followed “standard protocol” when vetting Sepulveda and that “nothing came up during the background check.”

The second suitor said that Logo “wanted to churn up some drama to get attention,” but believes the network never expected the backlash that followed.

Ironically, he said, the show’s contract specifically stipulated that cast members should not appear in sex tapes or naked pictures that show contestants’ faces.

Many LGBT community have criticized Logo for its handling of its first same-sex dating show, which premiered last week and is hosted by former *NSYNC member Lance Bass.