One Life To Live Billy comes out to his parents Part 2

@d2521915 No. Start making movies.....lol David Gadberry

this is making me scared of coming out -_-

@roryfitzpatric This was a storyline that I was proud to be a part of in the writing. Remember, this was back in 1992. Because of storylines like this and many many other shows things have changed for the best. Coming out will always be a Major thing, but it as well as homosexuality is now much more accepted. Come out my friend, and start living your life. Trust me, it will be okay. David Gadberry

@roryfitzpatric Thanks, that means a lot to me. You can check out various talks shows that I was when I created the worlds first gay soap opera by typing my name in the search engine. David Gadberry

This makes me afraid to come out to my parents. I have came out to a few friends but that is it. I dont think my dad would act like this but I doubt he will be happy.

@jak343434 That was years ago my friend. Times have changed and in the end Billy's dad did come around. I am proud to have been one of the writers of this storyline. come out my friend will be the best thing in the long run. David Gadberry

Thank you for the kind words. You wrote that your have regret the last 30 years. My friend, maybe it's time to put an end to all of that. In this day an age and at a time of high acceptance, it's not a matter of coming out, it's the issue of JUST being YOU........regardless of WHO YOU ARE. Come out my friend, be you, people will like you better and you will have the respect from yourself and from others. David Gadberry

in 1992 i was 14 years old when this story line ran. I was the courage of Billy that gave me the strength to come out. I sympahlized when everything that plays out over the course of episodes that aired over the summer of "92. I faced similar situations as Billy did. I came out to friends, some uderstood without question some didn't. But I was true to myself and that's all that matter. I will always be grateful for Billy's story. The storyline changed my life forever. I say to you don't give up.

Roll 7 months forward, and I'm fully out now :)

I am very glad for you and I hope that it improved your life.

For sure. Not downsides... at all.

Am very glad to hear, What state do you live in? Now you wonder why you went through all that stress all that time....

I just realized that it was 20 years this summer that this storyline aired. Wow how times fly. Am glad to still receive comments from people after all this time. And am very glad to have been about to have helped develop and write this storyline. David Gadberry

stop saying "andrew carpenter." we get it. u know both his first & last name.

Just happened to be looking through my old comments and found this, I'm in Canada actually!

Oh when OLTL was still oh so GOOD!!!

What's that big thing he's talking into in that strange box?

Where's part 3?? Gotta know what happened!

Dad is such a douchebag. Go for a divorce love.

Oh my goodness this was so riveting and sad.

How sick do you have to be to caste your son out of the house because someone has told you about fairy tale that does not like some forms of love.

Wow! Good stuff.

The acting, the premise, everything about this is terrible.

I did not see this in 92. .. I came out to my parents in 1980 .. Met my now husband in 84. life is good. Ryan Phillippe really is an amazingly talented actor . The only comment I can add is that when someone does plan to come out to their family .. their needs to be a plan incase things go bad. You don't want to be left alone with no plan .

Man the dad is a frickin nightmare 👹

The acting was so good back in the 90s …now it’s trash

God, what a beauty Ryan Phillippe was!!!

Man, that "Father's" an asshole. This is why we need to decimate the patriarchy because even though this was a fictional story 31 years ago, some "parents" are still that filled with that level of hate.

I wonder what would have happened if Billy's father was played BY Ryan Phillippe's(billy's) father on the show....holy smokes---it would be scary!! Him coming out to his real life father plays a monster of a father on the show would be a horror movie!!!

Billy should have had a shot gun just in case his father or mother turned into monsters...the father was a monster..Billy should have blown him away!!! Billy should have lived with the reverend far away from his father.......

If anyone comes out to anyone they should at least know martial arts before they do......or carry a conceiled weapon.......

The father looks like a murderer without murdering anyone......!!!! Would you want to be around someone like that no matter what orientation you were?? Heck no......!

That father was eeeevil!

Thank you for posting! This is funny by today's standards, yet painfully poignant as well for I can relate being a gay teen myself back then. In addition, I watched the show during this period, & recall the AIDS quilt, but not Billy's storyline (prob my own denial).

This is the first time seeing this as I watched CBS soap operas. I was 22 then, I wish I would have seen this before I partially came out initially as bi to a few close friends. One of which I lost over coming out. A few years later, I came out as gay. This really hit home as I never came out to my parents who are both deceased now. Biggest regret is never telling them.

Billy’s dad is a trip. He’s a complete mess. I find it hard to believe anyone who act that way about anything could make it this far in life without losing all his friends and family.

Dad is protesting waaaay too much about Rev. Carpenter.

Billy could come live with me”Oh Yeah”!!!!!

pure evil in human form.

For the younger ones watching, that thing Billy was talking on at the end when he was leaving a message for Andrew is called a pay phone. Before cell phones that’s what you used to call someone when you wanted to were in public and you had to insert coins to pay for the call. Primitive technology I know 😂

Thank you for sharing these snippets of the soap opera character coming out during the early 1990s. I was a child around age 7 or 8 when this was shown on television, I didn't get to watch this because I was at daycare. however, my late Mommy loved watching soap operas so I know she had seen this. I came out to my Black American parents when I was age 23 going on 24 on National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11) 2008, I typed a letter for one parent. And I was going to tell my Mommy during a movie scene where Black Lesbian comes out to her Mother, but I was nervous, so I provided her the same letter. And a few days later, both of my parents said they still love me. 21sept24

they say denial is the best comfort & dad is very comfortable

also, on another note....having to come out in the 80's & 90's was not easy. having to come out at all is insane af.

i was 7 in 92...literally 7 & i knew i was gay at that age. i legit knew i was attracted to other boys. but i was smart enough not to tailor my language in the house. tailory language around everyone. AT 7 YEARS OLD. you're not even being a kid. you are growing up really fast & being a hell of a lot smarter than other kids, so no one finds out who you are.