Comedian Jaboukie Young-White says his father hasn’t seen or spoken to him since he came out as queer during his stand-up debut on The Tonight Show in 2017
Comedian Jaboukie Young-White says his father hasn’t seen or spoken to him since he came out as queer during his stand-up debut on The Tonight Show in 2017
First off, fuck his dad. But also isn’t Jaboukie’s brother (Kehlani’s baby daddy) also queer? Maybe Jaboukie was his last hope. uh men.
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my dad also stopped talking to me when i came out – only for a couple of years though so this sounds much more painful. he’s done well to process it and be able to be so funny about it. describing your homophobic dad finding out third hand about your gay identity as “kind of juicy”… that’s art
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My dad is a devout Muslim and an African boomer and when he thought I was gay his response was “Are you gay? We’ll still love you”
I’m not gay, but I will never stop appreciating that that would’ve been his reaction.
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Genuinely don’t understand parents like this. Why have a kid if you’re not going to love and support them…
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*My mom when I was a kid*: “I divorced your dad cuz he was gay, and gay people are all going to burn in hell for eternity according to the Bible.”
*Me as a kid*: “So I guess that’s cool to think about. I can see we’re going to have a great relationship, Lois.”
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Dads, do better ffs
his loss
First off, fuck his dad. But also isn’t Jaboukie’s brother (Kehlani’s baby daddy) also queer? Maybe Jaboukie was his last hope. uh men.
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my dad also stopped talking to me when i came out – only for a couple of years though so this sounds much more painful. he’s done well to process it and be able to be so funny about it. describing your homophobic dad finding out third hand about your gay identity as “kind of juicy”… that’s art
My dad is a devout Muslim and an African boomer and when he thought I was gay his response was “Are you gay? We’ll still love you”
I’m not gay, but I will never stop appreciating that that would’ve been his reaction.
Genuinely don’t understand parents like this. Why have a kid if you’re not going to love and support them…
*My mom when I was a kid*: “I divorced your dad cuz he was gay, and gay people are all going to burn in hell for eternity according to the Bible.”
*Me as a kid*: “So I guess that’s cool to think about. I can see we’re going to have a great relationship, Lois.”
His tweets pre-Musk takeover were legendary