TJ Osborne of Brothers Osborne appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday (February 4th) to talk about coming out as gay earlier this week in TIME. The support and love he’s been shown has been overwhelming and emotional for him, and he chatted with Ellen, who officially came out in Time magazine (as well), on April 14, 1997. Check out the powerful interview below:

TJ and his brother John Osborne are scaling the country charts with their single, “All Night.”