The 15-year-old sat down for a heart-warming and emotional dialog together with his mom, sharing his fact and why he has determined to go by his new identify.

“Glad Satisfaction, all people! I am very nervous for this episode,” he started. “I am right here right this moment to indicate you who I’m, not who you noticed on TV for 12 years of my life.”

“It is crucial to me as a result of I really feel like rising up on TV, it is arduous to indicate who you actually are when a digital camera is in entrance of you on a regular basis. It is virtually like you’ve a TV face. It is tougher to be your self and to be extra comfy,” the teenager shared.

After Kailyn pressured that she determined to not put on make-up for the episode as a result of she knew she could be crying in some unspecified time in the future, she burst into tears simply seconds into the podcast.

“I am crying as a result of this exhibits your energy, and I am simply actually happy with you,” the mother-of-seven stated. “It is a actually courageous factor to do.”

“I wish to be clear that that is for me. Let me have my second. I am actually sick of individuals arising with their very own tales and placing issues in their very own phrases and issues popping out on different folks’s phrases about me,” he added, “as a result of my life is not leisure for different folks.”

The pair talk about rising up in entrance of a digital camera and Kailyn was curious whether or not he ever resented her for that truth. “No … I attempt my finest to take a look at the positives and we would not be sitting right here on this second, if it wasn’t for all the pieces you’ve got completed” he shared, as they each bought emotional, “I am actually grateful for you. You are the one individual I would like.”

Concerning the identify change from Isaac to Elliott, Kailyn stated she does not keep in mind the dialog.

“Elliott began coming residence and the paperwork all stated ‘Elliott’ and feedback about ‘Elliott’ and I used to be like, ‘Wait a minute, are we going by Elliott now?’” she recalled.

Elliott stated he got here to the conclusion himself.

“Sooner or later, I wasn’t proud of my first identify, not as a result of … I do not realize it simply does not really feel like me in someway,” he defined.

Kailyn then added why she believed he needed to vary his identify: “To construct a separation between your life on Teen Mother and who you’re right this moment.”

“Yeah, no, that is a part of it,” he agreed, earlier than Kailyn requested if he’s additionally referred to as Elliott at his dad Jo Rivera’s home. “No, I do not anticipate that from them, I did not anticipate it from you [referring to his mom] both,” he stated.

“I’d have been high quality when you stored calling me Isaac and I knew that transition would have been arduous,” he added.

He additionally opened up about his sexuality, figuring out as homosexual and revealing what sort of assist he is had.

“There’s not a lot you’ll be able to say, simply love they unconditionally and allow them to be who they’re and possibly make a snug atmosphere with them,” he urged mother and father. “I believe it is vital to just remember to are conscious of sure issues, possibly have a dialog with them.”

“Love your little one, I do not know,” he added.

“I’ve all the time been comfy round you, you’ve got all the time made me really feel comfy round you. I by no means felt like I could not inform you one thing … and I’ve all the time been capable of come to you about issues,” he instructed his mom when requested how he knew she could be a “secure house” for him.

His popping out got here after pictures of him with one other boy at promenade — posted to somebody’s private Fb web page, not his or his mom’s accounts — went viral on-line. Up till that time, Elliott hadn’t addressed his sexuality publicly.

“I used to be devastated. I additionally ugly-cried … Even when you thought you knew I used to be homosexual already, it is disappointing I could not share it on my phrases,” he stated. “The way in which it occurred was simply not okay.”

Lowry, in the meantime, stated the pictures being widely-shared was a “violation.”

Kailyn shares Elliott with ex Jo Rivera. She shares son Lincoln, 11, with ex Javi Marroquin; sons Lux, 7, and Creed, 4, with ex Chris Lopez; and son Rio, 2, and twins Verse and Valley, whom she welcomed in late 2023, with fiancé Elijah Scott.