Rock singer Melissa Etheridge said her late son, Beckett — who died from causes related to opioid addiction in 2020, at the age of 21 — came out as straight when he was 11, and apologized to her for not being gay.
“I remember my oldest son, Beckett — who actually passed away — when he was about eleven, he came to me, he goes, ‘Mom, I’m sorry, but I think I’m straight,’” Etheridge recalled during a recent appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, eliciting raucous laughs from both the host and the audience.
