35: Ellen Comes Out*

“Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah” (May 7, 1997)

At long last, we’re bowing to audience requests and giving you the one where Ellen comes out… to her parents. No, it is not “The Puppy Episode,” the one where Ellen came out to Laura Dern and also the world; it’s the episode that aired one week after that one, when she came out to her parents. “The Puppy Episode” is a part of TV history, but this one is maybe a more realistic look at the ongoing, constant process of coming out.

Read the transcript for this episode here.

Watch Being Frank, that movie Glen wrote, either on DVD or on digital

Check out the Los Angeles LGBT Center and PFLAG

This episode’s outro track is Cheri Cheri Lady by Modern Talking.