In news that is prolly surprising only to his most loyal Claymate fans, Clay Aiken has decided to come out of the closet and admit his homosexuality on the cover of the new issue of People magazine. Under the headline, Yes, I’m Gay (which is the same headline that Ellen DeGeneres and Lance Bass used when they came out of the closet on the cover of People), Clay also gives the world the first really good look of his newborn son Parker Foster Aiken who was born via surrogate mother (best friend and producer Jaymes Foster) on 08.08.08. Here is Clay and Parker‘s new People magazine cover:
People magazine has yet to update its own site with this breaking news but the Huffington Post is all over it:
People hits newsstands on New York and LA on Wednesday, and there new cover is a doozy. American Idol alum Clay Aiken and newborn son Parker pose for their first photos AND Aiken officially comes out. Parker Foster Aiken was born on August 8 in North Carolina to Aiken’s good friend Jaymes Foster, 50. The pair met when Aiken was a contestant on American Idol. He was in “Spamalot” on Broadway earlier this year and is returning now. Aiken has long remained silent about his sexuality. While he has legions of female fans called Claymates, but has also been referred to for years as Gayken by Kathy Griffin and has been allegedly solicited gay sex online.
Even tho I am not a Clay Aiken fan (in the least, I don’t like an thing that he does actually) I must commend him for taking this step into brave new territory for him and his family. This People magazine cover quotes him as saying “I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things” and I have to admit that he gets major props from me for coming to that conclusion. Parker can only benefit from his father’s honesty … I wish them well on their life’s journey together. So … thoughts?
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Actually, seventy is about ten years younger than the life expectancy. How exactly do you know that she’ll never meet his kids? Average life expectancy (which is 79 for Jaymes) is just that: AVERAGE. She could live to be a hundred. Having kids at fifty isn’t selfish. Vaquera seems to think that since Jaymes is fifty, she’s going to die next week.
Maybe having kids at all is selfish. Clay could get hit by a bus. And the oh my god, he wouldn’t get to see Parker grow up! People die, and it can happen at anytime. Sarah Palin is like, forty-five, and she just had a baby. Is that selfish? Men have babies older than fifty all the time, and their life expectancy is even less.
HOLY SHIT!! HE’S GAY?! Well, I’ll be that little monkey he’s holding ‘s Uncle! What is this world coming to when at least every three month’s somebody “comes out”. When are Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards and Val Kilmer all going to be on the cover of People declaring they have been domestic partners since 1986? Come on Val, give the other two that final “push”. Isn’t mighty curious that K.D lang and Sean Penn look almost like Brother/Sister-Sister/Brother-Same person? Hmmmm….
I’m not a fan of Clay but go him!
It was hard enough for me to come out as a lesbian to my mother, imagine coming out to millions of people!
But, good for him. And I wish him and his son the best of luck! Along with the rest of his family.
I thought he was taking that one to the grave. Way to go Clay.
Clay Aiken is dating Andy Dick. I saw him in NYC in the Chelsea area having lunch with Andy at a local gay cafe. They had their hands on top of each other and Clay was laughing at Andy because Andy was cracking jokes. They are a couple. I am glad he came out. He doesn’t have to hide anymore.