Hey everyone, Nicole here. Quick, exciting announcement before we get started today. As some of you know,

Clexicon is coming up, and we are doing a live show. And guess who our guest is?

Brianna Venskis. Oh my goodness. Of Walking Dead, Supergirl, Agents of Shield. Ah, this is amazing.

She's going to be joining us live, live show at Clexicon Sunday from 1115 a.m. to 1215.

So if you are going to Clexicon, and I hope you are, come join us then Sunday, 1115 to 1215 with

Rihanna Venskiss.

Oh my God.

Okay, enjoy today's episode. Bye.

Welcome. This is coming out with Lauren and Nicole. We are a weekly podcast and what we do is we bring on queer folks from all walks of life.

They tell us the tales of how they came out to

friends, family, and the world at large. Because who doesn't love a coming out story? Today we're sitting here with a very good friend of mine who I haven't seen in a while, so I'm really excited. His name is J.D. Barton. Oh, is that okay that I use your real name? Yeah. Because on social media, you.

Oh, yeah, no, no, no, that's fine.

Can I say your social media name?

Yeah.

It's JD. Oh, is that okay that I use your real name? Yeah. Because on social media, you.

Oh, yeah, no, no, no, that's fine. Can I say your social media name? Yeah. It's J.D. Jolie Pitt. Yeah. Oh, my God, I love you so much. Which I believe you picked right as they were getting divorced. Yes, very consciously. A beautiful commentary. Yeah. Oh, my God. Okay, I have to say something so inappropriate.

And like, like disclaimer to everybody, I am a normal, well-adjusted adult. But John, Jolie Pitt, I don't know if we're referring to John as John or Shilow now.

Oh.

I don't know if there, but like I went with John a while back as soon as that was, like, made public.

And I was like, cool.

So, like, I just refer to them as John.

Yeah.

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