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Clay Aiken: I'm a Gay Dad
Originally posted Wednesday September 24, 2008 07:00 AM EDT
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Following the Aug. 8 birth of his son Parker, singer Clay Aiken is following through on a promise he made to himself as a new dad: to publicly acknowledge that he's gay.
"It was the first decision I made as a father," Aiken, 29, tells the upcoming issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday. "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that."
Aiken says he expects the news may overwhelm some of his fans. "Whether it be having a child out of wedlock, or whether it be simply being a homosexual, it's going to be a lot," said Aiken, who returned to Broadway last week as Sir Robin in Monty Python's Spamalot.
He adds that he hopes his fans "know that I've never intended to lie to anybody at all. ... But if they leave, I don't want them to leave hating me."
So, are we all shocked by this breaking news? Because I for one, had NO IDEA that Clay Aiken was gay. This is just ridiculously shocking and I had no idea this was coming. My second reaction to this is...wasn't this announced like, 4 years ago?
Comments, thoughts, reactions ladies?
6 comments:
This is the most shocking new ever.
In other news, girls have boobs.
LOL oh Clay- like the country didnt know.
I never ever in a million years would have imagined this was possible.
Also, general consensus now is that George Bush is an idiot.
Silliness all around.
I feel like I should chime in with a:
who is that?
oh maria, he was the runner up on American Idol (2nd season right Tulls?) basically everyone knew he was gay, but he finally came right out and said it, whist showing off pics of his baby that he had with his friend. two birds with one stone i guess.
Haha, yes, season 2.
Maria, even if you don't know who he is, based on his picture alone, would you call him a straight man?
I think my favorite line from the article was something about his fans being shocked. His fans knew first. What is the world coming to my friends?
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