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Former Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson just revealed his somewhat unorthodox approach to fatherhood: he is raising his son Beckett to be gay instead of straight.
Ferguson made the tongue-in-cheek confession to Ellen DeGeneres during a March 8 interview on her talk show. The actor, 45, opened up about raising an 8-month-old, and how it has changed his outlook on life.
“We’re raising him gay until he decides he’s straight,” Ferguson said of he and husband Justin Mikita’s approach to parenting. “On the way back from the hospital, we played Britney Spears because that was what Justin demanded we listen to, his first exposure to music.”
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Ferguson also added that the couple loves to play showtunes for their son, and often read him the book The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish. That said, if Beckett grows up straight, the couple will still accept him.
“Justin and I were saying, we can just tell he’s gonna be such a straight kid,” Ferguson added. “Who knows? He can do whatever he wants. I have a feeling he’s gonna wanna play football. I can just tell. I’m gonna have to learn how to do all those things.”
For Ferguson, getting to know Beckett is a day-to-day adventure, which is part of the joy of parenting.
“It’s a new person in your life and just like anyone else … you’ve gotta figure out if you like him,” the said. “It takes a little bit of time. I really do like him. It’s been a lot of fun.”
Jesse Tyler Ferguson rocketed to fame with his featured role in the original Broadway production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. He became a household name in 2009 with his breakout role on the ABC sitcom Modern Family, which saw him snag five Emmy nominations.
Josh447
Good sociology experiment though it sounds like they think they are too gay to know how to raise a straight kid so they are winging it. That’s hilarious.
Beckett is a very cool name.
Heywood Jablowme
They’re waiting for their next kid – Godot.
Josh447
Good sociology experiment though it sounds like they think they are too gay to know how to raise a straight kid so they are winging it. That’s hilarious.
Beckett is a very cool name.
Prowelsh56
Raising a kid as gay until he decides he is straight ? What an absolutely pathetic post.
Joshooeerr
You could grow a sense of humour.
Cam
Interesting, so tell us, what enrages you so much about his joke?
ashersea
And how disappointed with daddy be when his son decides to be straight?
Den
If you actually read the article you would not be asking that question.
ambroses
Invitation to a sex club – xmeet.fun
Alex_S
Imagine the sh*tstorm if a straight celebrity would tell they will raise thier kid straight and if kid grows up gay, they will _still accept_ them. Obviously if you’re a Hollywood power gay you can say any stupid/offensive thing possible.
mailliw110
OK, try this. Imagine if your parents raised you to be a compassionate human and you turned out to be neither compassionate nor human?
Cam
Straight parents do raise their kids to be straight.
trsxyz
Great sense of humor!
SinthiaDoom
I thought the article was very cute. I love Jesse’s sense of humor, too bad too many people will take it all way too seriousl. I believe this based on several responses here. Everyone chill