He took a beat, and then said it: 'Dad, I'm gay. 'You promise you'll always love me? Period?' Phillips asked his father, his voice shaking. In the clip, Phillips said it was 'the hardest thing that gay guys will ever have to say.
Phillips, a 21-year-old airman stationed at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, sat alone in front of a camera Tuesday, and under his YouTube handle 'AreYouSurprised,' called his father in Alabama to tell him that he was gay.