There is lot to unpack in these 60 seconds.
Assuming this story is true, and we’re going to go out on a limb and believe it, gay TikToker @zephryn (and his older sister, who is bi) suffered the unthinkable blow of being kicked out of the house as teenagers when they came out of the closet to their father.
Then, after Zephryn’s homophobic dad donated an old laptop to a relative, his secret past as a gay Craigslist/Backpage prostitute and male sex party participant found its way back to him.
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He responded by airing the dirty laundry for the rest of the family in the form of a holiday stocking stuffer.
Wow.
Watch:
@zephryn Hmmm chil anyways soooo story time? #fyp #foryou #BagelBopsContest #CashAppInBio #storytime #gay #gayguy #lgbtqia #queer #homophobia
Here’s the transcript:
My sister at 16 coming out as Bi and getting kicked out by my homophobic father.
Me being born ~ 16 years later being raised to be anything but gay by my father.
Me coming out at 15 and getting kicked out by homophobic father and sleeping in the street for 2 days cause my parents were divorced and no way to tell my mom.
My dad starting a new job and giving his old laptop to my nephew but leaving his craigslist and email logged into so my sisters did some investigating.
My dad selling himself for gay s3x on backpages on Craiglist and getting money paypalled to him and finding years of cheating with men.
Having someone on grindr send me pictures of an orgy with my dads pictures as one of the participants.
My sisters and I putting all the evidence in Christmas stockings for the whole family on Christmas morning 2017.
glennmcbride
Perfectly modern response.
Cam
Karma can take a while, but it can be beautiful.
Paul Nadolski
What is that old line about he who doth protest too much?
Godabed
2017, why is this coming out now in a tiktok… um okay.
Caine
uh 1) who cares 2) not very well done and 3) man is that bad audio and a terrible use of the song
ShiningSex
well in their defense, it’s a shitty song to begin with.
ShiningSex
the video is stupid, but the story is hilarious!
Donston
There’s something kinda tacky about revealing all this in a silly TikTok. While I certainly wouldn’t have sent those vids to all my family members. Once again, rather tacky. Also, if this all went down three years ago, why is this a thing now?
I know that families can do a lot of damage. And it must be a life-long weight to get rejected by a parent. But this feels like using trauma and family drama to go viral.
Cam
One thing though, something like that removes the power of the person who kicked them out to bad mouth them to other relatives, they have been exposed as a liar, a hypocrite and an all around evil person. So closure to the kids, and also it let’s the father experience exactly what he did to them, and pulls away any support he may have had for his actions in the family.
I don’t find the same problem with it you do, I get what you’re saying, but I figure nothing they do to him could equal the terror of being a child thrown out of the house.
LifeinShaw
Timelines do not make sense. Let’s say the dad had the daughter at aged 20. That makes the dad around 36 when the sister comes out. Zephryn is born `16 years late when the dad is his late 50’s. Then Zephryn comes out 15 years later. The dad is now in his mid to late 60’s? Maybe my math is off but the dad would have had to been pimping himself out in his 20’s and that would have been before Craigslist was invented in 95. Right? His mom must have been an awful person too if his homophobic father raised him and the parents were divorced. Seems like this is just for ratings.
Donston
The timeline is a bit odd. It’s also strange that a 15 year old would be brazen enough to come out to their dad after their sister got kicked for coming out. It’s also hella convenient that the dad was not only DL for many years but got filmed indulging orgies and a random sent you the video proof. It’s also a bit odd to send that vid to all your family members.
The story doesn’t seem to click. But stranger things have happened and in stranger ways. If it is legit the dad is of course an ass, but his kid is also a bit tacky.
LifeinShaw
@Donston Exactly. And why not move in with your sister instead of living on the street for 2 nights. Certainly it could have been planned out better. Especially if his sister is 16 years older and has been out that long.
Joshua333
Someone really threw their teacup at TikTok.
nm4047
sounds very made up.
DennisMpls
My BS meter is going off big time on this one.
sfhairy
I would love to believe this is true, but somehow, it doesn’t seem like this would have happened.
Shackrat
Well, if it IS true, I’d love to hear the dad’s response to what they found. Like usual, however we will probably never hear the father’s side of the story
Doug
I really love the format he’s used to tell his story. Made up or not, he’s got a great voice.
IAMSONICE
This kid got all the closet dads shook ?
Jack Meoff
Sure Jan
hotdogla
Wow yeah, I think It’s true.I know someone one like this, Cheating on the wife with online randos and bath house Bettys,cruisy beaches, flight attendants, scruff, craigslist. His son and the girlfriend discovered some of this from a computer he left behind. After decades of getting away with things, men get sloppy, add mood stabilizers or prozac and you have a man made of teflon. I feel bad for the OP and his family. I belive him
Donston
It’s not that these things don’t happen. It’s that the timeline is a bit wonky and some of the the way it unfolded doesn’t quite add up. This type of story is also the perfect recipe for getting attention on social media (going “viral”), and on social media nothing can be trusted. It’s also undermines the heaviness of this situation and try events to make a goofy TikTok exposing the situation and your father.