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Ellen meets YouTube twins that came out to their father

By Josh Haggis

Twins Austin and Aaron, who came out to their father in a YouTube video last week, have appeared on The Ellen Show to talk about their story.

The pair – known as The Rhodes Twins Bros – have almost 70,000 subscribers on the streaming site, where they post new videos of themselves discussing their lives, on-trend topics and their friends every Sunday.

Twins

Their video, which saw the pair emotionally coming out to their father over the phone, has racked up over seven million views in less than a week. Watch it here.

Ellen invited the pair onto her show this week, along with their father, to find out how their relationship with him had changed since telling him that they were both gay.

Find out what they had to say below:

 

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