Brian Austin Green has admitted that he didnāt always have an easy time raising his 21-year-old āout and gay and proudā son Kassius.
Speaking on the Frosted Tips with Lance Bass podcast, Green admitted that raising a gay son was a āfascinatingā experience and āit has been a challenge.ā
āI think a lot of people are afraid of the unknown,ā he added, āwhereas Iām not. To me, itās intriguing. And I want to learn about it.
Green said that he would have difficult conversations with Kassius where he āreally wanted to understand the things that seemed so differentā¦ at first,ā but soon realized that raising an LGBTQ+ child āisnāt different at allā from raising a straight one.
āItās just your choice of partner. It doesnāt affect me at all,ā he said. āThatās the thing Iām always trying to beat into people now ā it does not affect you. Why do you care so much? And why are you trying to somehow bully your feelings and your opinion into something that literally does not affect you at all?ā
Bass said that Kassius was lucky to have an open-minded parent like Green. āSo many kids out there donāt get that,ā he said. āAnd even if their parents accept them, there are a lot of times when the kid still knows that they still disagree with it.ā
The former Beverly HIlls, 90210 star dated his castmate Vanessa Marcil from 1999-2003, with their son Kassius being born in 2002. After they broke up, he dated and eventually married Megan Fox, before separating from her after nearly 10 years of marriage. He is now engaged to Australian professional dancer Sharna Burgess. He has four other children.
While Green said he has struggled to support his gay son, Kassius' mother, Marcil has been a major supporter of him and of the LGBTQ+ community for years.
āMy real job on this earth is to protect my son above all else. I will do that until my last breath and beyond that. How I must do that is not for you to understand. Just know that itās been the pleasure of my life,ā she wrote in a post celebrating Kassius back in 2021.
