how to help a friend in denial?

basically a month ago i found out he was talking to a girl online. he freaked out about it, i didn’t think much of it. a couple of weeks ago i found out the girl was actually a guy dressed as a girl and we had a brief talk about it, nothing special. a couple days ago we talk about it again and he’s beside himself. shaking and crying saying “no one can find out bro they’ll all cut me off” etc etc. and ofc im supporting him through all of this, but then we have a convo this past monday and it goes bad.

he essentially tells me

i’m into gay porn i’m into dicks but can’t explain why it’s purely sexual with these people i’d never date them they are mentally ill i’ve been dealing with this for years

along with those statements he said

but i can’t be because god says no it’s a sin so i HAVE to find a wife and kids that’s should be a good enough answer as to why i can’t do this i can’t keep doing these things they are disgusting and sinful and embarrasing i have to stop doing these things i have to lock in

he not once denied liking or being into these things but he all night denounced them. i was watching my bestfriends internal battle externally in real time and it hurt to see. this friend has always believed sexuality is a choice, and that night i told him “you know bro this isn’t something you can pray away or just change. you’ve been dealing with this for how many years and you are still in the same situation? how many times have you asked god to change you but you still end up in the same situation?”

i know tha was kind of hardcore but i felt like i had to . he got very upset and asked if i was saying he was “stuck with this forever” and i told him “you know what that’s exactly what im saying” and he got very upset.

i know my friend, and that night i was knocking right at the door and you could see tears welling up in his eyes the more truth i kept saying. i’m the only one that knows thi secret about him and no one had ever been this dee into his secret ever. you could see him wanting to just drop the act and tell me, but then he shut it off and said “this conversation is over”. He’s the one who asked to have it. He stayed over for like 2ish hours after the convo and it was a bit rough. he cried about some stuff unrelated , i cried. we didn’t talk about it for the rest of the night, and i haven’t see him since monday. which is unusual. he told me he needs a break from me. i’m willing to give him that but i’m scared he’s throwing me away bc he let me too close into his life and he’s afraid. and idk if he needs the break bc of the convo or bc of what happened afterwards , but he also told me “be ur the only one i would tell this stuff bc ur the only one that i know would judge me or cut me off ur one in a million”

im afraid ive lost that privilege with our conversation. yes it’s only been a week but i miss my bestfriend and im so worried about him. do yall have any advice.