The Bert Show.

Herbert, you just sneakily called a family meeting and didn't tell everybody it was a family meeting.

I sure did.

You dirty dad.

I sure didn't.

Um, yeah, uh, if you weren't listening a couple of minutes ago.

Our former intern phone screener,

screener, producer, Blake, has been back in studio today.

He is doing news now in Nashville and told everybody

publicly that he is now living his authentic self and it's had a lot of impact.

Good morning Paula you are on the bird show with special guest Blake.

So I need to tell Blake, you have no idea the impact you just had.

I'm sorry, I'm really emotional. My child came out to me many years ago but

won't anybody else for the exact reasons that he just said. I just dropped them off the school and they said,

I'm going to be okay.

So they've been struggling for years and we have a supportive family.

I mean, they're not the only one in our family.

I'm not so I clearly don't know what they're going through but

there was the first time in probably the five years since they've come out to me

that was important I don't you impacted so many people in that conversation and especially the youth because that's the ones that struggle.

So thank you because they got out of the car today at school and felt like it was going to be okay.

Hmm.

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