Clay Aiken Tells Ruben Studdard He Realized He Was Gay on 'Amerin Idol'

Contents:

• CLAY AIKEN: I'M A GAY DAD
• CLAY AIKEN TELLS RUBEN STUDDARD HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY ON ‘AMERIN IDOL’
• GAY CLAY
• GAY CLAY (SHE/HER)
• HOTON ROCKETS PROMOTE CLAY ALLEN, WHO IS OPENLY GAY, AS GENERAL UNSEL
• GAY: CLAY AIKEN'S OVERDUE HONTY
• CLAY IS GAY: AIKEN OUT OF THE CLOSET
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• GAY FOR PAY WITH BLAKE & CLAY

CLAY AIKEN: I'M A GAY DAD

Inspired by his newborn son, the sger acknowledg what has long been mored: He's gay.

CLAY AIKEN TELLS RUBEN STUDDARD HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY ON ‘AMERIN IDOL’

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.

Says Aiken: “I have no ia if he’ll be gay or straight.

Aiken revealed that was durg the filmg of Idol that he realized he was gay.

GAY CLAY

Clay Aiken Says He Realized He Was Gay on Amerin Idol. ” That turned out to be wrong, as Aiken later me out as gay. In fact, Aiken shared that he “me out on Idol, to myself, ” explag, “I had never really realized that I was gay, until I met someone who worked on the show, and who…”.

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GAY CLAY (SHE/HER)

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HOTON ROCKETS PROMOTE CLAY ALLEN, WHO IS OPENLY GAY, AS GENERAL UNSEL

Gay Clay (she/her) – SouthStreetArtMart. The NBA Hoton Rockets gave Clay Allen que a birthday prent, promotg him to the team’s general unsel and makg him one of the hight-profile openly gay executiv pro sports.

Clay Allen, who along wh his tw brother Tha — also gay — turns 42 on Sunday, announced the news a Facebook post:. We’ve been talkg about the absence of openly gay athlet men’s sports for years. But there’s also a lack of openly gay profsnals sports.

GAY: CLAY AIKEN'S OVERDUE HONTY

Maybe my promotn will signal to the next generatn of gay profsnals that workg sports is a possibily. “Maybe my promotn will signal to the next generatn of gay profsnals that workg sports is a possibily” is so well-said. Then I asked him about his scuffle wh Kelly Ripa—when Aiken was a gut host on her show, he vered Ripa's mouth wh his hand and Ripa said, "I don't know where that hand's been, honey, " and an hour later, Rosie O'Donnell was on "The View" llg Ripa homophobic.

But did he thk Ripa was homophobic?

CLAY IS GAY: AIKEN OUT OF THE CLOSET

" Clay Aiken is gay.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

But unlike other gay celebri who have e out recently, like Neil Patrick Harris or Lance Bass, Aiken nied that he was gay long beyond the pot of ridiculons, and he did a way that borred on homophobic. When the Advote asked him if he was gay durg an "Amerin Idol" prs nference, he simply turned the other way, as if he never heard the qutn. In 2006, a sexually suggtive vio of Aiken leaked om a gay datg Web se, but that same year, he gave a big terview to People where he implied he was straight.

GAY FOR PAY WITH BLAKE & CLAY

If anythg, though, the ia that beg gay uld your reer Hollywood is more old school than rens of "Will & Grace. " Ellen DeGener has the biggt talk show on TV after "Oprah, " and 's been a long sce she broke down the closet door as the first openly gay s star ("Ugly Betty, " "Gossip Girl, " even "The Sopranos" had a gay character). Pl, Aiken got his start on what's arguably the gayt show on TV—"Amerin Idol.

" Aiken's announcement almost overshadowed the other gay news of the week.