Brian Austin Green Opens Up About Raising Gay Son: It’s ‘Unknown’ Territory

Brian Austin Green gets candid about fatherhood.

While appearing in the last episode Frosted Tips with Lance Bass podcast, the Beverly Hills, 90210 star (50) spoke about raising his eldest son Kassius Lijah Marcil-Green, who is openly gay.

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“I would go into these conservations with Kash where it was like I really wanted to understand things that seemed so different at first,” Green said. “And then you realize, ‘Oh, this isn’t different at all.’ It’s just your choice of partner. It’s none of my business.”

“And that’s what I always try to instill in people now – it doesn’t affect you,” he continued. “Why do you care so much? And why are you trying to somehow bully your feelings and your opinion into something that literally doesn’t touch you at all?”

Bass, 44, praised the actor for being “open-minded”, adding that Kassius, 21, was lucky to have him as a parent.

Brian Austin Green and his eldest children. Brian Austin Green’s Instagram

“He was so happy to be able to be in your family because a lot of kids don’t get that,” Bass explained. “Even if the parents accept them, there are many times when the child still knows that they still don’t agree with it.”

Green added that the experience was “fascinating” because it was “uncharted” territory.

“I think a lot of people are afraid of the unknown, but I’m not. I find it intriguing. And I want to learn about it,” he said.

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In addition to sharing Kassius with ex-girlfriend Vanessa Marcil, Green is also father to Noah Shannon, 11, Bodhi Ransom, 9, and Journey River, 7, with ex Megan Fox. In June 2022, he welcomed his fifth child, Zane Walker, with his now-fiancée Sharna Burgess.

Burgess, 38, opened up about parenting with Green in an Instagram tribute written in honor of his birthday in July.

Sharna Burgess (L), Brian Austin Green (R).

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“You are the kind of father I could only dream of (and am) for my children. You are the kind of partner I thought only existed in my diary,” she wrote. “Life without you was pretty wonderful, but life WITH you? It’s a dream.”

The Dancing with the stars alum ended the sweet note by calling their blended family “the easiest thing I’ve ever done.”

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“I just didn’t know how wonderful it could be before you and mine live happily ever after wherever you and the kids are,” she added.

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