Aaron and Austin Rhodes came out to their dad at the same time and
have shared their emotional YouTube where they are already a popular presence.
The twins live in a different state from their dad so they called
him in the phone to break the news.
It was not easy.
They had already told the rest of their family and had plans to go
public on their The
Rhodes Bros YouTube channel.
They had taken a break from posting videos and Aaron says in the
video that 'we want to come back as authentic as possible.'
They nervously call their dad and Aaron nervously begins to tell
him about a video that's coming out.
He starts to cry and Austin takes the phone briefly before Aaron
gets back and is able to say: 'Well, I don't really know how to say how else to
put it but I'm gay and Austin is too. We just wanted to tell you.'
Austin said to hos dad: 'I want to be able to have you behind us
100 percent and I just don't want you to, like, not love us anymore.'
Not chance of that.
Their dad seemed surprised but remained calm, thoughtful and
reassuring.
'You know I love you both - that will never change. You gotta live
your lives. You gotta do what you gotta do.'
When Austin says he wants things to be normal between them the dad
interjects with: 'You ARE normal.'
After hanging up and taking a 10 minute break to collect
themselves, the Rhodes twins look relieved and say they hope sharing their
story will inspire others to live authentic lives.
Said Aaron: 'I literally feel like 10 million pounds have been
lifted from my shoulders.'
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