Grab the tissue because this one’s a real tearjerker.
Rising internet stars Austin and Aaron Rhodes decided to start off the new year in a big way. The twin brothers decided to use their social media platform to come out to their father over the phone. And they recorded the entire thing.
In less than one year, the Rhodes brothers have garnered over 55,000 subscribers and nearly 1 million views on Youtube. Their latest video shows the guys calling their father in Ohio then struggling to break the news. When they finally do, their father offers pretty much the perfect response.
“It’s the way things are, you know?” he says. “You’re grown people. You grew up in a lot different generation than me. I just don’t really know what to say — you know I love you both and that’ll never change.”
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Billy Budd
They are cute. The dads response was better than my own’s.
Zekester
The dad’s response was better than many but I wouldn’t call it “perfect”.
wagnerwallace
Why does everyone have to share their personal moments? I don’t need to see it. Deal with your family issues personally. It only makes you seem like a narcissist. How is this beautiful?! It’s disturbing that people need a camera to document every moment in their lives. Now cue the comments calling me “hateful” and “self-loathing”.
arischer
this coming out couldn’t have been much of a surprise.
i know it is a big event the moment that it is finally admitted to a parent verbally, but still.
not very big news to the parent i’m sure.
the father had a decent enough reaction.
seems like every fame whore or pair of fame whores,
feels like we have to see every moment of their lives no matter how private.
would they have posted this if the father had said
“F*** off” i never want to speak to you again”
so tired/bored with all these internet age kids who think everyone should or does care about the minutia of their lives
wagnerwallace
@arischer: my thoughts exactly! Fame whores like these guys have to make a huge spectacle and a big announcement for every moment in their lives.
Tackle
Coming out to family should be a very, private, personal and special moment. But this big public announcement, only cheapens the moment. Guess everyone wants to be celebrities…
middleagespread
Thankfully I didn’t have the ability to record my coming out. I was hoping for a big emotional moment. Nope, it was as boring as watching how to learn to knit. My family was like “Yeah, we know, now tell us something we don’t know.”
Cormi
@wagnerwallace: It’s merely an image of hope…videos like this inspire and encourage people like me that things are okay and not everyone is a mere ignorant biggot like previously believed. If you don’t want to listen to them or their personal lives, then don’t…but videos like this are very important to the cause, in my opinion.
Kieru
In theory I agree; coming out is a personal and emotional process for everyone involved. Recording their father in this fashion seems a bit of an invasion of privacy. I do hope they had the courtesy to ask their father if it was okay to release the recording.
That being said… I can see one clear benefit to this sort of publicized coming out. It is one thing to have a friend tell you their coming out went okay. It is another thing entirely to SEE someone coming out and to be able to watch the entire process unfold. I think that could help a lot of people struggling or fearful of coming out to their family.
Dev.C
Good for the twins and their dad, I’m glad they finally said something.
money718
Aaron’s lips are soooooo sexy
Dakotahgeo
Congratulations and 110% support to both guys! They are now part of the blessed 10%… no more hiding! The dad I would be very proud of! The naysayers above present a very strong case for abortion, at the very least… neutering.
Pastor Dak!
Ryuun12
*user uploads video of parents attacking/harrassing kids after they come out* “omg what assholes they need to get beat.”
*user uploads video of a parent being supportive of their kids coming out* “ugh why do people feel the need to post crap like this?”
Jesus. The gay community can never be satisfied can they? This video can help other kids who are scared to come out to their own parents. Maybe give them some courage. There’s a lot of violence and hate towards gays, and yet one of the few videos of something good, and you guys act like they murdered someone. Be happy for them you assholes.
Dakotahgeo
THANK YOU! RYUUN12, YOU ARE SPOT ON THE MARK!
lauraspencer
A special moment cheapened by the need for these two guys to have their 15 minutes of fame.
DolceFarNiente
This is my first comment and I find it funny that it says “…avoid personal attacks on editors and your fellow commenters” because that’s all I’ve seen in the comments on previous articles haha, you rebels.
But I agree with @lauraspencer. I’ve met Aaron and his main focus was fame. These days everyone has a youtube, so one (or two) must come up with a gimmick to stand out, but judging by the title of this article it worked for them, so congrats guys!
Thomas
The video left out the part when they told their dad the conversation was being recorded and posted to YouTube, and his response of “what is wrong with you narcissists?”.
polarisfashion
I’m happy these guys had a positive coming out experience. We have to remember that not everyone is so lucky. Some parents aren’t loving or understanding at all. Parents who send their kids to anti gay therapy are proof of that.
crowebobby
If their emotional upset and reactions weren’t sincere, they are the best actors in the world. And perhaps it will help some closeted kid understand his “secret” may not be the earth shattering-life destroying revelation he currently thinks it will be. As for the “fame whoring,” this whole YouTuber life-sharing thing is a generational phenomenon that isn’t going to go away anytime soon . . . any more than gangster rap is. It’s just one of those things a new generation does that the former generation will never be able to make sense of. End of lecture.
jwtraveler
@wagnerwallace: I share your feelings. You and I grew up before the contemporary generations, in which every moment of one’s life is documented in photo or video for the world to see. I don’t get it, but that’s the world we live in.
DarkZephyr
@Ryuun12: I agree with you 100%. I am SO f*cking sick of hateful gay snark that is almost always aimed at fellow LGBT people OR at our straight allies. So what if they want to be famous, why is that a crime worthy of contempt from their gay brothers? If they want to be famous and they succeed at it then I say more power to them. Jesus H. Christ, guys.
Dakotahgeo
@DarkZephyr: THANK YOU, DARKZEPHYR! These anti-good feeling gaybots don’t have enough of a life to take joy in others’ accomplishments! I say, GET A LIFE OF YOUR OWN and don’t bother the good people! In short, MYOFB!
corey
@wagnerwallace: it helps other when u “come out” in every way in your life. its 2015, everyone is watching everyone and letting everyone see who they are. id rather have a culture like this than one where all u see is a bunch of robots, no small talk on the bus or with the mail man, we are social animals.
MarkmBha
@Tackle: I fully agree !
Mr-DJ
@arischer: So then why did you watch it? If it’s not for you, don’t watch it. The title was quite clear about the contents. It’s for people who WANT to watch it, or NEED to watch it.
thecoloradohiker
Narcissism. Really. Get a grip. How about it was something meaningful to them and they wanted to share it with others so that those who might watch it can see that if you struggle with telling, then watching this video can give some encouragement to do so and be who you are. It is not a spectacle or a NEED to announce it to the world, it is something on their hearts they wanted to share in hopes of helping others. Gay people gripe if they can’t tell someone and gripe if someone does……no wonder the world thinks we are messed up. How about way to go guys. Thanks for sharing something that means something to you in hopes that it will maybe help someone. Geeeesh
IanHunter
@wagnerwallace: Derp. That is the purpose of posting on a Youtube site.
IanHunter
@Mr-DJ: Exactly. Thank you!
robho3
Like many others above have said- I just don’t get the whole ‘I have to record every moment of my life so the world can see’. It does seem very narcissistic. But this entire younger generation seems to be like like- very self absorbed and entitled. Maybe I’m just getting old idk. I just feel that moments like that are personal- not to be shared with the entire world.
Dakotahgeo
@thecoloradohiker: THANK YOU! These negative turds need to dehydrate rapido!
man5996853
@wagnerwallace: Why is it a problem? An extraordinarily high percentage of people who are homophobic, hateful or even just uncomfortable with gays are so because they have little or even no actual exposure to real, live human gays. They don’t know of the struggles, hate and violence against the GLBT community nor can they comprehend the struggles of coming out to family, friends and the larger society. An almost equally large percentage of people who have evolved and changed their minds about gays have done so because of exposure to them, because of hearing their stories and experiencing coming out moments like the one above. The moment hasn’t been cheapened in any way. The experience has been shared and I don’t see a problem with it. You knew exactly what the video entailed and yet you watched it anyway.
wagnerwallace
@IanHunter: Well maybe that’s the purpose for some people. I use YouTube to watch DIY videos, music videos, news, etc. Not to watch videos from people who do any and everything in an attempt to get their 15 minutes of fame, or their next “viral” video.
It’s just getting old how every day I log onto the news blogs, social media, etc and I’m faced with stories like “SALLY TELLS HER MOM ______. WATCH HOW MOM RESPONDS.”
I dont know, maybe I’m just a cynic…
Dakotahgeo
I wouldn’t call you a cynic. Arrogant, yes and especially ignorant. If you find these videos distasteful, scroll on past them… or do you enjoy suffering?? (There’s a word for that, I believe.).
onthemark
I’m also mystified by YouTube narcissism, but that’s not the main problem here.
There’s something really weird about coming-out stories like these that focus almost entirely on the parents’ reaction, be it bad OR good.
The point of coming out is to come out! The point of coming out is to help YOU, the gay person. Who gives a shit what the parents’ reaction is? – even if it’s good? Let alone “perfect,” whatever the fvck that means in such a subjective case.
Stunts like this won’t necessarily encourage a closeted young person to come out, if he’s worried that his parent would react in a negative way. He might even think it’s his own fault if his parent doesn’t react in a “perfect” way.
It’s important to stress that coming out has another, much more important purpose, totally aside from the modern cult of parent-worship.
@Mr-DJ: “The title was quite clear about the contents.” Hardly. The word “perfect” has a specific meaning in, say, bowling or baseball. But here it’s totally subjective. Maybe some people here clicked on this to see what “perfect” could possibly mean in this case.
Arcamenel
fake and gay
Dakotahgeo
@Arcamenel: Maybe to you, but thankfully, you’re not part of the equation. You may be fake, however!
lauraspencer
Sad that at such an important moment in two young gay men’s lives there is more value placed on recording their father on the phone and getting his reaction than having a face to face meeting with him.
Obviously, the brothers took the time to plan this coming out since they were going to shoot it for their youtube channel. If the moment was truly important don’t you owe it to yourself and your parent to do it in person? If they took the time to shoot it for online couldn’t they have take the time to plan a trip to visit their father and come out? Weren’t they just home for the holidays?
What makes it even odder is that their were 2 brothers and 1 parent. The guys had each other for support so why not share the coming out in person? Kudos to all those who didn’t have a gay sibling and were brave enough to come out to 2 parents.
ingyaom
Are these guys identical (rather than fraternal) and if is it common for both twins to be homosexual?
demented
@ingyaom: I read somewhere that it happens half the time (like with Tegan and Sara). But sometimes they aren’t, one will be gay and one will not. Nobody is sure why or how, since they have identical genetics and nearly identical prenatal conditions.
Professor Fate
Well isn’t that special.
As nice as it seems to be be, I agree with the people who say these twins are exploiting their father to score YouTube points.
OzJosh
As the majority of comments on here indicate, people actually do themselves a serious disservice by posting these private moments on Youtube. It leaves them open to justifiable allegations of exhibitionism and narcissism, which inevitable detracts from any worthwhile intent. There’s also the likelihood that the unsuspecting parent wasn’t told they were being recorded, which makes the whole thing doubly dubious. There are now numerous “private” coming out moments posted on Youtube, and most of them merely make the posters look like vile, self-obsessed, empty-headed, attention-seeking posers, and leave you feeling sorry for the poor damn parents, however well or badly they’ve reacted.
As for Dad’s reaction here being “100 per cent perfect” (sic) – are you kidding?! “It’s the way things are” and “I don’t know what to say” is, at best, resigned acceptance. “You grew up in a different generation” is a distancing comment, indicating he doesn’t share the same values or attitudes. So it’s hardly approval. In fact, there’s nothing approaching approval or genuine acceptance in his response. The best you can say is that he managed to say he’d still love them.
I’m left thinking that Queerty is so grateful for this kind of content that they’re willing to slap a “feelgood” label on it and turn it into clickbait, no matter what. Which only means it’s at the expense of their credibility too. At least it’s reassuring that most readers demonstrate more nuanced judgement and a more solid set of values.
scotshot
@arischer: @wagnerwallace: @Tackle: @lauraspencer: If this is all so very offensive to you and affects you in such a negative fashion: (1) Why did you watch all 8+ minutes of this video? (2) Why did you take the time to comment – several times? (3) You state you click on and watch this type of video multiple times? Walk away.
Dakotahgeo
@scotshot: THANK YOU, scotshot! There really are people in this world who are not happy unless everybody is unhappy! Avoid them like the plague… ANY plague!
Stache99
@onthemark: Speaking of narcissism they have one with Davy Wavy. This is nothing but a vanity project. It’s as real as reality shows.
Shorti
As for this being narcissistic, they are trying to be famous. You have to be narcissistic to want that. I am happy for these guys and glad that their father told them that he won’t stop loving them. No, his reaction wasn’t perfect, but he probably didn’t have a speech planned and said what he thought sounded accepting and supportive. I wish that everyone who came out as something other than straight had at least this amount of support. For some, coming out distances the person from their families and friends.
Btw-if you don’t want to watch this kind of thing, don’t. Nobody forced you to and you could pretty much guess what it was about from the title.
lauraspencer
I always find it interesting when posters feel the need to attack comments with which they don’t agree.
I, along with several other commenters above, simply stated what we felt about the clip. If you like the clip…..that’s great. If you don’t like the clip….not a problem. I’m not attacking your opinion.
You do realize if everyone simply thought the same way the internet would be a very boring place and wouldn’t get much traffic. Grow up and respect that people have different opinions and stick to commenting on the topic and not other people who are posting.
As for why I clicked on the link it’s the same reason most of you did. The guys were attractive. If they weren’t cute most of us would have never bothered to watch.
@Dakotahego, I’m very happy thank you.
Dakotahgeo
@lauraspencer: A fluke, I’m sure. You’re welcome!
Timnor
You boys are beautiful in every way. I am so glad your father is such an outstanding dad. I didn’t deal with my sexuality until I was forty. I feel I missed out on allot. At the same time AIDS had just come on the scene when I was 24. It was a scary time so I guess for that I’m glad I was a late bloomer. Boys have a wonderful, happy and inspiring life. You inspire me.
DarkZephyr
@lauraspencer:
“Grow up and respect that people have different opinions and stick to commenting on the topic and not other people who are posting.”
That just isn’t how it works as you know full well because you felt the need to do exactly what you are saying we shouldn’t be doing. My gut reaction to the bitchy snark posted about these boys was probably the same as yours when you saw people calling the bitchy snark out.
“As for why I clicked on the link it’s the same reason most of you did. The guys were attractive. If they weren’t cute most of us would have never bothered to watch.”
These boys are not my type, this is not why I clicked it. I clicked it because I was hoping to watch a heart warming, pro-gay video and it didn’t disappoint.
Dakotahgeo
@DarkZephyr: AGAIN, Thank you! lauraspencer seems to be ill at ease with anyone who values people and not just sexual content. Methinks she is a trans whose operation didn’t quite “stick”! Try again, laura!
jockjack5
Several commenters have used the term Fame Whores.
That is surely an apt and fitting name for these two twinky queens.
There.
Now I can fantasize about the scorching “twin-cest” that undoubtedly occurs between these two totally self-absorbed individuals.
o.codone
the one on the right has smokin’ hot eyes and those lips … i’m hope he puts them to good use. however, (there always a however), i don’t find either of them sexy. two very cute boys and no evidence of a Y chromosome. not that they care what i think, i’m sure they’re both busy boys.
onthemark
@DarkZephyr: @DarkZephyr: To me, the salient objection is to the assumption that a stunt like this automatically helps OTHER closeted kids to come out.
It definitely doesn’t do that, and may even backfire in many cases.
It does the bizarre modern thing of setting up the parent’s reaction as the point. The parent’s reaction is not the point of coming out.
I’ve read the whole comment thread again and don’t see that much “snark,” bitchy or otherwise. But after many years in gay life, I wasn’t aware that “snark” is suddenly considered a bad thing in the Gay Community. What an odd notion. Who promulgated this “New Rule” – you?
@jockjack5: Damn. I had a bet going on how many comments it would take before someone brought up “twin-cest.” I lost; it took a LOT longer than I expected! Queerty commenters are certainly becoming more mature.
onthemark
@DarkZephyr: Holey moley! If you object to “bitchy snark” so much, look no further than your ally, the nasty vicious hypocritical pr1ck “Reverend” Dak: @Dakotahgeo:
Dakotahgeo
@lauraspencer:@onthemark: Thank you both! Your comments are noted… dismissed! Good weekend to all!
enlightenone
@wagnerwallace: “…Now cue the comments calling me “hateful” and “self-loathing”.”
I call you wise!!!!!!!!!!! These so called “coming out” stories have become rather cliche of their “15 minutes” of “followers/fans.”
What we need are gay teens and adults who have NEVER put themselves in a closet in the first place, who took life/career risks to make it possible for these attention-seeking kids to YouTube what should be a private matter NOT knowing what the father’s response/reaction would be or his not wanting his feels or thoughts recorded for the world to see permanently.
I initially avoiding it because of my above characterization above, but then stopped after the second kid falling apart. I thought they were confessing to a murder!
enlightenone
@Cormi: “…videos like this inspire and encourage people like me that things are okay and not everyone is a mere ignorant biggot like previously believed.”
Things are not okay, yet everyone is not a “mere ignorant bigot.” You believing that was the problem very much like this build of of fear that presumably had no grounds in the reality of the father’s thinking and feelings! Glad you don’t believe that now.
What making these ANNOUNCEMENTS so cliche and not progressive is 9.9x of of 10, the closet case tells us how “wonderful” and “accepting/already knew/suspected” everyone was when they told them!
enlightenone
The one thing I do appreciate is that they are teenagers NOT some 30,40, 50, 60, 70 your old!
enlightenone
@Kieru: “It is another thing entirely to SEE someone coming out and to be able to watch the entire process unfold. I think that could help a lot of people struggling or fearful of coming out to their family.”
Somewhat agree, BUT it can give a false sense of the outcome and possibly life-threatening outcomes especially for people no matter the age do not have the financial means or social support system to buffer or shield them if needed.
lauraspencer
@dakotahgeo….not sure what it matters if I’m trans, gay, bi, lesbian, male, female, intersex, two spirited, queer or questioning. Actually, I’m a daytime icon.
I said the young men were attractive and clicked on the link. That is why queerty promoted the story. It gets clicks. I also value people. I didn’t click on the story because I thought it was sexual content. You are an odd one dakotahgeo.
Happy Friday!
lykeitiz
@wagnerwallace: Couldn’t agree more! The fact that they are “rising internet stars” says it all.
AtticusBennett
visibility is important, and things like this put Coming Out and being gay in perspective for a lot of straight people who’ve never really thought about the process.
that said, “100% perfect”? Not even close. I came out to my family when i was in high school, (youtube wasn’t invented yet and camera recorders were still big boxy things) but my dad’s response was as close to perfect as perfect can get.
we were at the dinner table, i said i’d met a guy and I’d been seeing him, and that i was gay and that for the first time in my life i felt really excited about my life. my dad’s first words, “That’s wonderful. When do we get to meet him?”
littlekiwilovesbauhaus.blogspot.com
Stache99
@AtticusBennett: I’m jealous. Mine was..”now your lower then the Ni*gers.” Then a few Leviticus quotes from my dear ol serial adulterer dad and my 19 yo ass was thrown out the door. Never talked to him again.
Yup. That’s my coming out youtube video if it was around.
enlightenone
@Ryuun12: “…you guys act like they murdered someone. Be happy for them you assholes.”
Actually THEY acted as if they “murdered someone” that doesn’t help young, impressionable kids not internal “homophobia” in the first place, especially given the father’s reaction if it was sincere.
To refer to us as “assholes” says more about you and not being able to RESPECT and appreciate those of us of a certain age, time, culture, ethnicity, nevertheless deal in the world from the inside out during our teen years!
Given your reaction, I have no expectation that you would have a clue.
enlightenone
@Thomas: “…The video left out the part when they told their dad the conversation was being recorded and posted to YouTube, and his response of “what is wrong with you narcissists?”.
Help me understand, so the disclosure/disclaimer came before the tears? Or expound on your comment if you care to…
wagnerwallace
@enlightenone: THANK YOU!! I just rolled my eyes and stopped responding after someone called me “ignorant” – some people just can’t accept the fact that not everyone shares their opinion.
enlightenone
@polarisfashion: “…We have to remember that not everyone is so lucky.”
That is why the video/social media platform is a two-edged sword even if the motivation and intention is to educated and not for “15 minutes of fame.”
enlightenone
@crowebobby: “If their emotional upset and reactions weren’t sincere, they are the best actors in the world.”
Very low bar for “best” acting!
Social media makes all the sense in the world to me. It is my primary platform for reaching out and working with gay youth (I’m a proud parent of a gender non-conforming child and now a young adult who is “transgender” and a working professional.
enlightenone
@Dakotahgeo: “These negative turds need to dehydrate rapido!
Many of us made it possible for you to not have a bottle broken over your head when you are dancing at a club with your boyfriend or not be literally snatched from your bedroom for the crime of “sodomy!”
Dakotahgeo
@enlightenone: I was there also. Your point is? You are not a martyr! Your comment noted… dismissed!
enlightenone
@scotshot: “If this is all so very offensive to you and affects you in such a negative fashion: (1) Why did you watch all 8+ minutes of this video? (2) Why did you take the time to comment – several times? (3) You state you click on and watch this type of video multiple times? Walk away.”
Asked and answered!
Just as some kid will benefit from the video as some here suggest, so can too some one of the younger generation commenting and appreciate what the elders/”turds” have to share – criticism and otherwise.
enlightenone
@Stache99: I hope you had Anita Baker to get you through it all? I feel you!
onthemark
@Stache99: Damn, that sucks. But (as usual IMO) you get the big picture.
People need to be prepared for rejection, and STILL come out. The parent’s reaction is almost irrelevant. That is not the purpose of doing it.
Coming out is an action for the gay person’s benefit.
@Dakotahgeo: Where did you get your “Rev.” certificate, Dak? I realize you are rather elderly so you must pre-date the online stuff. Was Kellogg’s giving out Rev titles for cereal box tops back in the 1950s?
enlightenone
@Dakotahgeo: You are right, I am “not a martyr!”
I was/am a self-actualized black gay teen/man who doesn’t make choices based on someone else’s discomfort, ignorance, or stupidity (YOU)!
tdh1980
While I do applaud folks for coming out in whatever manner they see fit, I must admit that I also have become weary of the social-media documentation of every monumental moment in people’s lives, from the flash-mob wedding proposals to the elaborate pregnancy announcements to the wisdom-teeth removals. I don’t want to be as presumptuous as to call everyone who does such a thing as attention starved or approval seeking, but it does make me wonder what they all hope to gain, especially when the event is as personal as this. Having told my father through a text message, my coming out to him couldn’t have been less of an event had I tried to make it one.
Dakotahgeo
@enlightenone: You just did by answering me. I have absolutely no discomfort because of your comfort, lolol. Kudos. 🙂
Dakotahgeo
@onthemark: LOLOL… Nope, bu they did give out dishes. Listen, little punk, I was in the LGBT tussle long before you were born, no matter when that was!
@enlightenone: I think you mean Anita Bryant, right? Knowledge, to some, is a scary thing!
onthemark
@Dakotahgeo: It’s clear from context that “enlightenone” meant Anita Baker.
“Knowledge, to some, is a scary thing!” But that’s no reason to avoid it, gramps.
Dakotahgeo
@onthemark: I take the title, “Gramps,” as an honor, left brain. Something I hope you never become. I have more intelligence and knowledge than you can dream of having! Your comments and shallow digs mean nothing! You can’t even insult people with aplomb (Look it up!)!
Saint Law
This thread is Pure Gold.
rcblue73
Hmmm, as usual, a video by some cute gay guys bring out the negative comments from the BOQ’s (bitter old queens) and the straight woman who’s here only because of interest in male on male turn on stuff.
Dakotahgeo
@rcblue73: Thank you, rcblue! I usually read these diarrhea comments from such as you describe for shits and giggles. Once in a blue moon, the good, positive comments outweigh the nasty, but they’re mostly for laughs. Again, my thanks!
jockjack5
@onthemark:
Well well… off-the-mark
You seem to be assailed in this thread from multiple commenters.
Perhaps it has something to do with your haughty sense of self-importance.
At any rate, my comment about these two self-absorbed twinks and the suggestion of a possible “twin-cest” relationship was made light-heartedly, but nevertheless, it would NOT be out of the realm of possibility given that these two are clearly in love with themselves, and what better (or hotter) way than to show that self-love than with each others hot bodies.
So…
On the mark, get set, go (comment on something you know a little about)
Dakotahgeo
@jockjack5: THANK… YOU! Salient, and I couldn’t have said it better! These has beens that never were give themselves away every time. Kudos.
onthemark
@jockjack5: Oh, I agree with you regarding the likelihood of “twin-cest” between these self-absorbed twits. It merely surprised me that it took so long for anyone to bring up such a creepy thing here, even in a “light-hearted” way.
By Queerty standards, I suppose a “200 percent perfect” dad answer would have been if the dad had said, “Hey, I’m gay too! So when are you guys doing a porn video together?”
Later they can apply unsuccessfully to be high school teachers – for some reason, that is the default career choice for washed-up porn actors – and Queerty will get upset at the supposed horrible injustice of them not getting hired.
aliengod
Look at me! Look at me! These videos serve no purpose other than to fuel their narcissism.
Merv
@Stache99: That’s horrible. I doubt anyone ever completely gets over something like that.
Chris
Being closer to the father than to the kids in age, I can see where he was coming from. And his response is that much more genuine and generous — in spite of what people who are parsing his words might say. He is telling them something about himself – much as they told him something about themselves. He is telling them that he has evolved from the bigoted person he used to be; and (though he may not use 100% the words that people approve of), he will never abandon them the way that his own father abandoned him.
That his kids waited so long to tell him shows that they were not sure if he had evolved or if he was still as conservative as they’d known him being while growing up. I think that is why they were stressed. They clearly love their old man (for all his flaws) and they were afraid that, by coming out to him, they were putting the relationship at risk.
Every generation makes what it thinks of as progress, only to find the next generation hop-scotch past them as if their progress are not the hard earned steps they were. I hope those who judged this man so harshly in these posts live to see how the next generation passes them with nary a look back. As for me, my hat’s off to the old man and to the relationship between him and his kids. The kids may be narcissistic; but their old many still loves.
Dakotahgeo
@Chris: Thank you for a wonderful response! So very true!
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Use the Googles and search “peter twins” to see a possible outcome for these two………….. :p
onthemark
@Dakotahgeo: Of course I know what “aplomb” means. It’s in that poem – Little Jack Horner stuck his thumb in the pie and pulled out aplomb.
Dakotahgeo
@onthemark: (Sigh… looking heavenward) Thank you for proving all my other remarks regarding you. You really don’t get out in the sunlight much!
bigboynow
@Tackle: It’s about the money they are making on YouTube from the views. If the video goes viral they will make a lot of money off it.
Tackle
@bigboynow: Correct. And I believe that. I’m surprised that so many think they did it for the betterment of young LGBTQ youth. No they did it for celebrity and money. But there is nothing evil or wrong in this. But lets just call it for what it truly is…
enlightenone
@Tackle: “…did it for the betterment of young LGBTQ youth…”
If that was so, don’t cry and freak as if you like they were confessing some horrible crime! Not at all helpful or an example for gay youth. Offer at least a 180 approach.
Milton Appleby
Please stop giving these two publicity. They are fame hungry.
Diane Lyle
two nice looking young men ! glad dad was accepting also understanding that your his sons /loves you no matter says alot about dad too .
Jilian Essandre
this is 29 years old
Milton Appleby
http://allofusgaymen.blogspot.com/2015/10/national-coming-out-day-or-as-new-now.html?m=1
Appleby
http://allofusgaymen.blogspot.com/2015/10/national-coming-out-day-or-as-new-now.html?m=1
Kevin Davis
At this point I think people are doing this just to get ten grand from Ellen