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Jesse Tyler Ferguson told Ellen DeGeneres that he and his husband Justin Mikita are raising their son to be “gay until he decides to be straight,” according to The Daily Wire.
“It’s a new person in your life, and just like anyone else new that comes into your life, it’s like, you’ve gotta figure out if you like them. It takes a little bit of time.”
“[Fortunately], I really do like him. He’s a really sweet boy. And it’s been a lot of fun. I’ve been wanting to become a dad for a long time.”
“We’re raising him gay until he decides he’s straight.”
“On the way back from the hospital, we played Britney Spears because that was what Justin demanded he listen to. That was his first exposure to music.”
“It’s a lot of singing. I’m writing a lot of songs for him. You know, everything has a song,” Ferguson explained.
“So, you’re raising him gay until he says he’s straight,” DeGeneres quipped. “But you’ll love him just the same if he is straight, right?”
“Absolutely,” Ferguson replied. “He’s absolutely going to be, I can just tell, [he’ll] be like such a straight kid. Who knows?”
From The Daily Wire:
Ferguson went on to recount how among the children’s books he is reading to Beckett, there is one titled “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish.” He then played video of himself singing a song to Beckett about it. Written by Lil Miss Hot Mess, one of the drag queens behind “Drag Queen Story Hour” with children, “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish” is written for children between the ages of 4-8, according to Amazon.
