Last week popular YouTube vloggers Austin and Aaron Rhodes posted a video they shot of themselves coming out to
their father shortly after coming out to their 56,000 subscribers.
The emotional video quickly went viral and has been viewed more
than 14.5 million times as of this posting.
Ellen DeGeneres this week welcomed Aaron, Austin and their dad to
her show. After hearing the twins' story, Ellen spoke with dad, who told his
side of the story:
"When they called I knew they were crying and something was
wrong. As a father you just feel it. What's wrong? I could hear it coming from
them, their voices. When they told me, I just felt as though, the only
thing came through me was 'I love you both. I love you both
unconditionally. You're my children. I can't undo being your father and I don't
want to...' I really feel like now there's a weight off both our sides. Now I
feel like we can talk about anything. I was very proud of my boys."
Ellen praised his reaction:
"That is the right thing to say ... 'I love you both'. Even if
you don't fully understand it right now there are ways to understand it and
time will help with that...I can't tell you how amazing it is for you to just
love them and accept them."
Ellen also gave the twins a special gift to help them get settled
in L.A.
SOURCE: TOWLEROAD
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