Twitter fell in love with the mother of a gay man who stood up to their family for him.
Cydney Prescott tweeted about the incident where his family was planning on organizing a “meeting” to discuss him being gay.
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That’s when his mother sprang into action.
“Idgaf how none of y’all feel HE’S MINE and if you don’t want to deal with him, f**k you cuz you dont have to, BUT I KNOW, none of you will have s**t to say to me about it!” she said, according to Prescott.
“I have no choice but to continue to stan,” Prescott wrote.
I have no choice but to continue to stan pic.twitter.com/0k20U2Xphe
— Cydney Prescott (@RETRO__ray) December 26, 2019
The original tweet has been liked almost 300,000 times, and the responses on the tweet showed why.
SHE CLEAR’T THE AIR, SHE CLEAR’T THE ROOM, AND SHE CLEAR’T THE FAMILY!
A REAL MOTHER!
— Coochie Lopez 💖 (@dietnigger) December 26, 2019
Your mom was like pic.twitter.com/66twr0YMVn
— Travontè (@stawptravon) December 26, 2019
Saw the same thing. We’re supposed to love, protect, and defend our children no matter what as Mothers. These are examples of a fatal failure, and a beautiful triumph of Motherhood.
— NewRelic 🦋 (@NEWRELIC1) December 27, 2019
Prescott later said that his mother loved the responses.
She sends her love!! And she thinks y’all are funny ❤️😂 pic.twitter.com/2qd8MYiMv7
— Cydney Prescott (@RETRO__ray) December 26, 2019
Twitter never did find out what that “meeting” would have entailed, and that’s probably for the better.
