Aww … good news for freshly out of the closet Clay Aiken … Star magazine is reporting that homeslice has got himself a hot new boyfriend! As you may recall, Clay became a father to his son Parker Foster on August 8 (08.08.08) and bravely came out of the closet as a gay man on the cover of People magazine a little over a month later in September so this news of his new love interest is just the latest chapter in his seemingly happy life. Here is a pic of Clay and his new Broadway actor boyfriend Reed Kelly:

The stars have aligned for Clay Aiken. In the Dec. 22 issue of Star — on sale Wednesday — we report that along with his new baby and new life out of the closet, the former American Idol star has a new boyfriend to enjoy it with! The lucky fella? Broadway dancer Reed Kelly. “Everybody knows Reed as Clay’s guy,” a Broadway insider says of the Wicked ensemble member. “Clay met him when he was doing Spamalot in early 2008, and that’s one of the reasons he came back to the show again.” They even appeared together at Rosie O’Donnell’s Building Dreams for Kids gala last month. “It was obvious they were a couple,” a partygoers says.

You know, I’m not a Clay Aiken fan by any stretch of the imagination but I really do commend the guy for coming out of the closet and openly admitting who he is to the world. Coming out is never an easy thing for anyone and I imagine it is especially difficult for people living in the public eye. For that reason, he gets my respect. I am happy to know that Clay has found himself a nice-looking guy to share his life with … it sounds like he got himself a winner. It’s unclear what ensemble part Reed plays in Wicked but I hope he gets to be a flying monkey at least. In any event, I wish nothing but happiness for the new couple. The new issue of Star magazine hits newsstands tomorrow and promises to have all the deets on this budding new romance … including how Reed the boyfriend gets along with Clay‘s babymama Jaymes Foster. Sounds juicy! Can’t wait to read :)

UPDATE: Pink reader Vero gave me the head’s up that there are a few very interesting photos of Reed Kelly posted on his IMDB profile:

After the jump, check out two more photos of Reed that were published in New York magazine back in February of this year … he is wearing much less clothing than you might expect and is snapped performing pretty extraordinary feats of agility — they’re not to be missed …

And now you can see why Clay would be so interested in the lad. My question is, what talents does Clay offer Reed? UGH, on second thought … I don’t wanna know.

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