Clay Aiken tells us what we knew all along

[Matt Young]

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainme...E48N04S20080924

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After years of dodging questions, former "American Idol" singer Clay Aiken will acknowledge he is a gay man in an interview with People magazine set to run on its Web site Wednesday, according to media reports.

 

Celebrity site Perezhilton.com on Tuesday published a photo of the cover of People magazine's upcoming issue on which Aiken cradles his new son, Parker Foster Aiken, in his arms.

 

The caption reads "Yes, I'm Gay," and underneath is a quote from Aiken on his decision to come out of the closet that says: "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things."

 

In August this year, Aiken's friend, music producer Jaymes Foster, gave birth to the baby fathered by Aiken.

 

A spokeswoman for People would neither confirm nor deny that Aiken told the magazine he is gay. But the magazine issued a statement saying, "We can confirm that Clay Aiken and his son appear on the next cover of People. For the complete story, visit people.com at 7 a.m. (EDT Wednesday) (1100 GMT) morning."

 

Aiken, 29, gained fame as a contestant on the No. 1-rated U.S. TV talent show "American Idol" in 2003. He was the runner-up that season but went on to build a solid singing career on his own. He currently appears on Broadway in "Monty Python's SPAMALOT."

 

For years, Aiken has dodged questions about whether he is homosexual despite persistent rumors on the subject. He has said, generally, that his sexuality was nobody's business but his own.

 

In 2006, ABC television's Diane Sawyer asked Aiken and he shot back that it was a "really rude" question. He also dodged it in a previous interview with People magazine saying that readers "are going to believe what they want."

 

EDIT: Link to People's site- http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20228488,00.html

[Gary Floyd]

It's been mentioned before.

[Lord of The Curry]

What a sensitive thread title.

[Matt Young]

What a sensitive thread title.

 

Disclaimer: I don't think most gay people are "fags". But Clay Aiken is.

[haws bah gawd]

What a sensitive thread title.

 

Disclaimer: I don't think most gay people are "fags". But Clay Aiken is.

 

That was actually pretty damned funny.

[Nighthawk]

I consider myself a fag, but I'm not gay.

[Cheech Tremendous]

In other news, the sky is blue.

[Slayer]

Fuckin' sensitivity lectures from Curry?

[Lord of The Curry]

Fucking Curry bashing from Slayer?!

[Guest C*Z*E*C*H]

Naval aviation in art?

[The Niggardly King]

Matt Young tells us what we knew all along,

[The Niggardly King]

He's a fag

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

 

Imagine this man fucking you in the ass.

[The Niggardly King]

Now imagine fucking him in the ass

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

[Lord of The Curry]

That's fucked, he looks like 2 different people.

 

 

[The Niggardly King]

that 1st picture looks like someone who's gonna die in a few years as their parents weep over the AIDS they got from gay sex

[Lord of The Curry]

I'm getting a gay, chubby Martin Short kinda vibe from the second pic.

[Guest C*Z*E*C*H]

I'm getting a gay, chubby from the second pic.

 

[Lord of The Curry]

How can you get a gay chubby? Erections don't discriminate.

[Gary Floyd]

I'm still convinced Clay is actually a hermaphrodite.

[Copper Feel]

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