Los Angeles, Aug. 31 -- The father of rapper Lil Nas X has opened up about his son's recent breakdown and arrest, sharing how painful it was to see him in jail.

According to Page Six, Robert Stafford, speaking in an emotional interview with a British newspaper, said that visiting his son behind bars left him in tears.

"I went to visit him in jail, and as soon as I walked through that door, I couldn't do anything but cry," Stafford recalled. "To see my baby boy on the other side of that glass... We shed tears with each other for a minute," he continued.

He went on to tell his son that such struggles happen to many people, but the difference is that Lil Nas X's struggles were unfolding in the public eye.

"What you're going through is no...