Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s father found out he was gay at the age of 14 after he discovered his stash of gay porn.
The ‘Modern Family’ star, 38, was just a teenager when his dad Robert learned he was homosexual after he was caught stealing the explicit material from a shop.
Speaking on Aisha Tyler’s podcast, ‘Girl on Guy,’ he said: "I was caught stealing gay porn when I was 14."
He added: "I had to go back [to the shop] and the woman asked me if I had anything in my backpack.
"She was giving me the benefit of the doubt … she took me to the back room. They brought my dad in, and they showed him the nature of the material I was stealing, and it was really, really humiliating. So I always consider that my coming-out process."
However, Jesse’s father still took a while to come to terms with his son’s sexuality.
Jesse explained: "[He] was like, ‘Okay, are you gay?’ And I was, like, 14. I didn’t really know. I didn’t know what I was going through. But then in my later teen years I did come out to him, and it was like he needed to be told three times …
"[When I was 21] he asked me if I had a girlfriend at the time, and I was like, ‘Dad! You know I’m gay, right?’ "
Jesse married his lawyer beau Justin Mikita in July last year in New York and his family – including Robert – were supportive of the couple’s nuptials.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s dad found his stash of gay porn
