It was one of the most powerful moments on television this year so far – and now there's a big twist in the tale.
On Bride & Prejudice earlier this month, the extent of bigotry in all its ugly glory was exposed in an exchange between Chris and his parents, Yvonne and Geoff, as he invited them to his Palm Springs wedding to his United States partner of three years, Grant.
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What happens when a couple is ready to say 'I do' but their loved ones say 'I don't'?
"You know I've got very strong beliefs on that situation, said Yvonne. "For us, that's not an option."
After horrifying viewers with her eerily calm, harsh rejection of the invite, a new twist in the story has emerged.
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On the episode, Yvonne, a Jehovah's Witness, said: "I've got principles I've lived by my whole adult life. And I'm not going to change them, just because how he wants to live his life."
But, as Chris revealed on the KIIS 1065 Kyle and Jackie O show this morning, Yvonne has an interesting past.
"No one knows this," Chris told the hosts. "But my mum actually used to work in gay bars back in the day."
However, he went on to explain that he didn't believe it had any impact on his mother's present views.
"I think it's more so along the belief side. I think it doesn't have much to do with what she experienced there [in the bars]."
He said his mum had a "tough time" growing up and found solace in religion.
"I think that whole religion gives my mum some structure in her life. I think she found it at a time when she was a bit of a wild child," he said.
Kyle Sandilands had previously on the morning broadcast, in his own uniquely crass fashion, said that the reaction of Chris's parents had been shockingly outdated within what he regards as a more tolerant era.
"It's not a unique story," said Chris, who went on to explain that at one of the Mardi Gras opening events at the weekend, Fair Day, he and Grant had been "bombarded" with similar stories of people struggling with their parents.
"It's still happening," he said. "That was one of the main reasons why Grant and I wanted to do the show. It's to tell the story, tell it right. Hopefully it was a bridge that we could build with my parents because it would be great to have them there."
"You don't think that's going to happen?" asked Jackie O about his parents turning up.
"You'll have to watch," Chris said.
Bride & Prejudice airs on Seven on Mondays at 9pm.
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