Former LFO singer Rich Cronin checked in with his MySpace friends on Wednesday (September 24) with the following bulletin about news ‘American Idol’ Clay Aiken has revealed he is gay:
Is gay!!! WTF!!! What a shocker!!! This gong to take a minute to set in!!! Wow!!! I mean it’s fine and respectable but he just does not seem like that guy!!! Sh**!!!
And did you hear ‘The Godfather’ won the Oscar???
This is crazy!!!
‘Extra’ caught up with Simon Cowell to get a reaction to Clay Aiken’s People magazine cover, proclaiming publicly for the first time that he is indeed gay. “Wow, that’s a shock. It’s like being told Santa Clause isn’t real – unbelievable,” the ‘American Idol’ judge joked. Cowell added, “Good for him. If he said it, it’s the right thing for him. Good for him.” Asked if he had any advice for the ‘Idol’ season two runner-up, Simon responded, “Make a good record. He’s got a good voice… He’s on the front cover of People. He’s still popular.” Read more.
In cover story for People magazine, Clay Aiken is confirming what many had believed for years, he is gay. The ‘American Idol’ season two runner-up said his decision to come out was after promising himself to do so after becoming a father to his son Parker on August 8th. “It was the first decision I made as a father,” the 29-year-old explained.
Despite years of gossip about the subject, Aiken believes 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,” Clay admitted. Read more.
People magazine contacted some of Clay Aiken’s ‘American Idol’ season two alums about the birth of the singer’s baby Parker Foster, including Carmen Rasmusen, who revealed she’s expecting her first child with husband Brad Herbert. “I’m actually expecting my first boy this Christmas,” Carmen, 23, told the mag. “Isn’t this crazy? We’re going to both be parents! It’s so exciting – we went from being nobodies to being on American Idol together, and now starting our families [at the same time].” Read more.
Beginning September 19th and running through January 4th of 2009 on Broadway, ‘American Idol’ season two runner-up Clay Aiken will reprise the role of Sir Robin in the Rialto production of ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’. According to Variety, the new dad spurred a sales surge during his previous run earlier this year, only to see a slide after he ended the stint on May 4th.
Clay Aiken checked in with fans on his official web site’s blog earlier today. The ‘American Idol’ season two runner-up and new father writes:
Hello All…
I know it’s been a while. I’m sure you know, it’s been a full full summer. Sorry we haven’t spoken in so long. But, I’m sure you know… I hate putting the cart before the horse. Not my way to tempt fate. But I wanted to stop by, if only for a second, so you could be the first folks I tell…. HE’S HERE!
My dear friend, Jaymes, and I are so excited to announce the birth of Parker Foster Aiken
(No hyphens. One first name. One middle name. One last name.)Parker was born at a hospital in North Carolina just this morning at 8:08 AM.
Wow… 8:08 ..08/08/08Weighed in at 6 lbs 2 oz and measured 19 inches
The little man is healthy, happy, and as loud as his daddy. Mama Jaymes is doing quite well also.
The Aiken family, the Foster family, and the Parker family are all thrilled.
We’ll share more at some point in the future.
Love to you all!C
Clay Aiken is now a father after the ‘American Idol’ season two runner-up’s best friend, producer Jaymes Foster, gave birth to a baby boy at 8:08 a.m. at an undisclosed location in North Carolina on Friday morning. Foster communicated the news to WRAL’s Lynda Loveland that the child weighed 6 pounds 2 ounces and was 19 inches long, adding that the baby has dark hair and that was smiling from ear-to-ear. Read more.
In Touch reports ‘American Idol’ season two runner-up Clay Aiken, 29 and his friend/producer Jaymes Foster, 50, plan on having a second child together by artificial insemination next year. Foster and Aiken have already frozen their respective eggs and sperm for her to repeat the IVF therapy to conceive. “Jaymes is due in August, so she’d like to conceive again next March,” an insider told the magazine. “That way, she would give birth in December 2009.”
The insider added that the pair “are committed to having at least two children. They’re both incredibly successful and wealthy, so money is certainly no object. And he just adores children. He is going to make a wonderful and caring father. There’s no doubt about that.”
Comedian Kathy Griffin visited ‘Larry King Live’ on Friday night (June 5), where the ‘My Life on the D-List’ star was asked to weigh in on the news ‘American Idol’ season two runner-up Clay Aiken is fathering a child via artificial insemination. “Well, I’m shocked, of course, that he didn’t make love to this woman many, many times slowly throughout a night,” Griffin joked. “That is shocking to me. In addition to that, I am hurt that I was not chosen as his baby mama, because I am a fan of Clay’s, and, in fact, bought his new CD the day it came out.” Asked if she would have been Clay’s baby mama, Griffin responded, “Of course.”
Griffin later commented on Britney Spears, suggesting the troubled pop star should join the polygamist sect in Texas raided by authorities two months ago. “I was going to say is Britney one of the polygamy wives now,” Griffin asked. “I thought the Britney material was a good – And you know, that might not be a bad place for her. I’m not for polygamy. I’m just saying with everything Britney is going through, maybe she could live at the come pound with the FLDS or LDS or … I’m just saying it would calm her down a little bit. Get her in the nice, comfortable outfit.” Read the full transcript here.
Clay Aiken is reportedly having a child with his best friend and producer Jaymes Foster, who was artificially inseminated using the sperm of the ‘American Idol’ season two runner-up. Joel McHale of ‘The Soup’ on E! got to sit down with old footage of Aiken, finding out exactly how the procedure works. Watch the comedy clip at ebaumsworld.