""Nonna was just trying to figure it out," Grande told Poehler. She was "very accepting, very loving, very celebratory. But she was just trying to figure it out. Because she couldn't believe it. You know, in her mind, he had plenty of girlfriends." "So, she goes, 'Frankie, have you seen a pair of breasts?'" Grande continued, imitating her grandmother's Brooklyn accent. "And he was like, 'Yeah. Yeah, Nonna, I've seen breasts, yeah.' And she goes, 'Didn't do anything for you?' He was like, 'No, Nonna. No.' And she's like, 'Well, you're gay.'""
""He came out to us, and, you know, my first question was like, 'Do you have a boyfriend? Who is he? I want to meet him!'""
""When Frankie came out to him, he was like, 'What the hell? Who cares? What? Are we gonna love him any less? We got dinner reservations at Positano. Let's go!'""
Ariana Grande's late Nonna reacted with humor and warmth when older brother Frankie came out as gay. Nonna initially struggled to process the news but accepted and celebrated Frankie while asking incredulous, funny questions about his romantic experiences. As a child, Ariana immediately asked to meet Frankie's boyfriend. The siblings' grandfather reacted with casual indifference to sexual orientation and enthusiasm for family plans. Both grandparents were loving and supportive. The family response emphasized immediate acceptance, humor, and normalization of Frankie's identity.
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