The gay BYU valedictorian who came out at graduation last month appears on Monday’s episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” and his comments draw further attention to Brigham Young University’s Honor Code — contradicting the narrative the Provo school is pushing.
“You're a brave man,” DeGeneres tells him on her show, which airs weekdays at 3 p.m. on KUTV-Channel 2. “It's a hard thing to do to come out. … And then to do it at your commencement speech at BYU.”
Easton explains BYU’s “very strict” Honor Code — its prohibitions on alcohol, tobacco and gay relationships.