Jesse Tyler Ferguson jokes that he’s raising son Beckett to be gay ‘until he decides to be straight’

He welcomed his first born into the world last year.

And Jesse Tyler Ferguson chatted with Ellen DeGeneres about navigating fatherhood with his husband Justin Mikita during a virtual sitdown on her talk show.

The 45-year-old Modern Family star joked about raising his eight-month-old son ‘gay until he decides to be straight’ as he laughed about listening to show tunes and Britney Spears in the car with their little one.

When Ellen asked if their son Beckett enjoyed any particular music, Jesse was quick to respond that there weren’t too many options in the car. 

‘It’s a lot of show tunes, because that’s what I like. So, you know, we’re raising him gay until he decides to be straight,’ he told the talk show host. 

Jesse and Justin welcomed their little bundle of joy, Beckett Mercer Ferguson-Mikita, on July 7, 2020. 

‘On the way back from the hospital, we played Britney Spears,’ Jesse explained, as an homage to his husband’s unwavering devotion to the popstar. ‘That was his first exposure to music.’ 

The Food Between Friends cookbook author described life at home with a little one as he proclaimed his joy with the everyday mundane tasks at hand. 

‘It’s a lot of singing, writing a lot of songs for him. You know, everything has a song for him. You know, you can make a song about anything,’ he said after breaking into a verse about changing a diaper. 

‘So you’re raising him gay until he says he’s straight, but you’ll love him just the same if he is straight, right,’ Ellen asked Ferguson.

‘Absolutely,’ Jesse said. ‘You know, Justin and I were saying he’s going to be like such a straight kid.’