Brian Austin Green Says Raising Gay Son Is 'Unknown Territory'

Since his days on "Beverly Hills, 90210," Brian Austin Green has done a lot of growing up and fatherhood has been a big part of that he said on Lance Bass' "Frosted Tips with Lance Bass" podcast.

As reported by People, Green touched on raising Kassius Lijah Marcil-Green, who is openly gay.

"I would get into these conservations with Kash where it was like I really wanted to understand the things that seemed so different to me at first," said Green. "And then you realize, 'Oh, this isn't different at all.' It's just your choice of partner. It doesn't affect me at all."

He added, "And that's the thing I'm always trying to beat into people now – it does not affect you," he continued. "Why do you care so much? And why are you trying to somehow bully your feelings and your opinion into something that literally does not affect you at all?"

Bass lauded Green for being "open-minded" and said that his son was lucky to have him as a parent.

"He was so lucky to be able to be in your family because so many kids out there don't get that," explained Bass. "And even if their parents accept them, there's a lot of times when the kid still knows that they still disagree with it."

Green explained, "I think a lot of people are afraid of the unknown, whereas I'm not. To me, it's intriguing. And I want to learn about it," he said.

On Cheryl Burke's "Sex, Likes and Spray Tans" podcast, Green additionally opened up about his close call with death after suffering stroke symptoms.

"I'd spent four and a half years recovering from stroke-like symptoms without ever having had a stroke but I couldn't speak," Green explained to Burke, People reported.

Doctors reported diagnosed the "Desperate Housewives" actor with vertigo and ulcerative colitis, and he was bedridden for three months.

"Then these neurological things started happening after the vertigo, and that was – it was four and a half years of my life. I got to the point where I shuffled like I was a 90-year-old man," Green said. "I couldn't speak. I couldn't read. I couldn't write."

And now he is happy and healthy and sharing his story. Listen to Green on Bass' podcast here or listen to him on Burke's podcast here.