Clay Aiken To ‘People’: ‘Y, I’m Gay’ – Billboard

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Inspired by his newborn son, the sger acknowledg what has long been mored: He's gay. 8 birth of his son Parker, sger Clay Aiken is followg through on a promise he ma to himself as a new dad: to publicly acknowledge that he’s gay.

“Whether be havg a child out of wedlock, or whether be simply beg a homosexual, ’s gog to be a lot, ” said Aiken, who returned to Broadway last week as Sir Rob Monty Python’s Spamalot. The born-aga Christian sger also reveals how he told his mother Faye he’s gay four years ago.

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Says Aiken: “I have no ia if he’ll be gay or straight. Clay Aiken appears on the ver of the latt People magaze holdg his fant son, Parker Foster Aiken, wh the headle: “Y, I’m Gay. ”The 29-year-old former “Amerin Idol” nner-up, multiplatum rerdg artist and Broadway star creds his son, nceived by -vro fertilizatn wh iend and producer Jaym Foster, wh makg him realize that he uld no longer hi his homosexualy om the world.

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”Aiken, who rose to fame on “Idol” 2003, has long been the subject of mors and tabloid fodr that he was gay, but ually refed to acknowledge them. ”Aiken said he only told his fay that he was gay four years ago.

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“We ngratulate Clay for makg this cisn and for settg an example for others and his fay, ” said Neil Giuliano, print of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn. As we’re seeg, more and more gay people, cludg celebri, are livg openly and hontly, and this has tremendo impact terms of creatg awarens, unrstandg and acceptance. “This is really shockg news as I had no ia he was gay, ” read a ment posted by “Sheridansq.

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