A post shared by Gio Benitez (@giobenitez) ABC news reporter Gio Benitez was reporting on Pride festivities in New York City over the weekend.
Whilst doing so, he shared a story about his mom’s reaction when he came out to her, aged 24.The clip was re-shared by Good Morning America on social media.
A post shared by Good Morning America (@goodmorningamerica) Benitez says of his coming out, “I went into it knowing you had to give room and space to understanding.
I did not expect her to understand in 24 hours what took me 24 years.“But incredibly, when I told her … it was a very emotional experience, she was scared when I was struggling to get the words out.