Gay model Shaun Ross recently shared a hilarious and heartwarming story with his followers about coming out to his grandfather.

“I remember coming out to my grandpa a year before he passed,” Ross wrote on Threads. “I was shocked by how he embraced me.”

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“I said, ‘Grandad, I’m gay,’ and he replied, ‘Well, can you cook?’ I said, ‘Not really.’ He laughed, ‘How do you expect to keep a man?'”

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Ross said after that remark, his grandpa told him about how much he learned from gay men in Harlem in the 1950s “who hosted dinners, dressed sharp, and had beautiful homes. He said they taught him so much about how to carry himself.”

But the story didn’t end there. “He told me about gay men in 1950s Harlem who hosted dinners, dressed sharp, and had beautiful homes,” Ross said. “He said they taught him so much about how to carry himself.”

Users were moved by the interaction, and one asked if Ross is now hosting his own dinners.

“Absolutely!” he responded. “I’m 33 this happened when I was 19 but yes I cook and happily engaged.”

In follow-up posts, he shared photos of his grandfather – who he described as “such a cool man and very honorable” – as well as one of him and his fiancé embracing by the ocean.

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He also shared a video showing off his cooking skills, displaying a massive feast with a variety of high-quality-looking dishes.

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The same day he shared about coming out to his grandfather, he also spoke wrote about getting outed to his mom at the age of 16: “My mom was upset because I wasn’t supposed to be on MySpace, and the way I was presenting myself online made it worse. She didn’t talk to me for a week. Then, that Friday, we went shopping. In Dior, I was looking at these boots, and she asked if I liked them. I said yes. They were $875 on sale, and she bought them. Then she said, ‘I don’t care that you’re gay, but if you’re going to be gay, be the best gay.’ That was the icebreaker.”

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