Clay Talks About The Gay Elephant In The Closet
The Gayken is set to begin his role in Broadway's Spamalot, which means he's doing a bunch of interviews to promote the show.
Thankfully, though, journalists are "going there." Almost every single interviewer is bringing up the American Idol alum's homosexuality, which he still continues to deny.
Here are the highlights from his new interview with Time Out New York:
Time Out New York: So Spamalot isn’t how one expects Clay Aiken to invade Broadway.
Clay Aiken: And tell me why not! [Laughs]
Time Out New York: Well, you seem like a traditional guy. It’s a pretty unconventional show.
Clay Aiken: That’s exactly why we chose it. If you’re going to branch out into a new field, well, go whole hog—try something different.
Time Out New York: Had you seen the movie?
Clay Aiken: Never. And the first time I saw the show, I thought, This is stupid—there’s no plot. What’s the point?!? I had this image of Broadway having uplifting stories and melodies. But Spamalot’s just silliness and irreverence raised to a completely different level. I get to soil myself onstage!
Time Out New York: What will your fans think of that?
Clay Aiken: If I’ve learned one thing in the past five years, it’s that you’ll never please everybody. But the people who’ve been so supportive of us, they trust us enough to have some fun here and there, and be a little irreverent. I won’t be soiling myself for the rest of my life.
Time Out New York: Did you come up with the term Claymates?
Clay Aiken: No, it started when I was on American Idol. I didn’t really like it at first. I was like, Oh my God, how tacky! But now I think, If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. We’ve fully embraced it.
Time Out New York: Ever worry you’ll get a limb torn off?
Clay Aiken: Maybe just squeezed to death. [Laughs] But the Claymates are just a section of the fan base. The overwhelming majority are very respectful, very protective and mothering. If I sneeze onstage one night, 15 people show up at the next tour stop with Triaminic. I’ve got far more mothers than I ever needed!
Time Out New York: Is it true you’re allergic to nuts?
Clay Aiken: I’m allergic to a number of things: tree nuts, coffee, mints, chocolate. Some fans tried to introduce me to carob a few years ago. But it gave me the runs, so… [Laughs]
Time Out New York: Speaking of which, is it safe to say Rosie O’Donnell had diarrhea of the mouth when she called Kelly Ripa “homophobic”?
Clay Aiken: Oh, God. I think people on TV say certain things just so they can get attention. I didn’t agree with Rosie. But I appreciated her trying to come to my defense, in one way or another!
Time Out New York: What do you make of people nagging you about the “gay” thing?
Clay Aiken: I think the majority of the American public cares less about it than reporters like you do.
Time Out New York: Has anyone ever confronted you about it in public?
Clay Aiken: I can’t come up with any specific incidents. But I’ve been called everything in the book at some point or another—gay, ugly, nerdy, fat.
Hmmmm….
What have we learned about Clay????
He's into scat play!!!
[Photo via Getty Images.]
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He's so GAY!
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so sick of him…
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first as always
LOVE THIS SIT
PEREZ YOU'RE MY NUMBER 1 BITCH
DUDE!!
So he's an ugly, fat, gay nerd. I knew it!! BY the way–I saw Spamalot the other night without gayken–it was mucho fab–hurry and see it without him!!
i wonder what conditioner he uses…
his hair is so shiny and luxurious
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I'd dip Aiken in cum, and then feed him to Alli Sims
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I love clay aiken!
Why is he talking in the plural? "thats why WE chose it"…Clay and his invivible boyfriend?
I love clay aiken!
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clay, you're a homo, we all know it…just fucking admit it already! You're not fooling anyone.
HE'S FUCKING HUGE! FATASS!
11th?
ok
Is it true you’re allergic to nuts?
hehe, double entendres…
FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRSTTTTTTTT
no one cares about clay aiken.
He's got such a fat face! He is expanding along with the universe!!!
Dude, you are fucking idiot with your "scat play" comments. What brings an over weight, feminine acting, poorly dressed gay man to make such comments about people? You have no self-esteem whatsoever and it shows.
SEPERATED AT BIRTH - CLAY AIKEN AND JIMINY GLICK
please don't show this close of of Clay. It is freaky as shit. Fuuuuuuuuugly
Someone should hook Gaykins up with a spicy male stripper ;D
FIRST!
You need to do a "seperated at birth" segment… left: Donald Trump… right: this fat picture of clay with the combover…
Clay is gay???
CLAY IS ALMOST AS FAT AS PEREZ! FAT ASS!!!!!11
Clay Aiken: Oh, God. I think people on TV say….
I can just hear the way he said 'Oh, God.'
Aw, now you didn't have to go and say THAT.
Clay needs to get his teeth whitened somewhere else - they did a crappy job. His gums are swollen and blood red! (Happened to me once when they didn't put that wax stuff on well enough.) Makes him look like he has gingivitis!
he looks like Donald Trump here but younger/uglier/poorer/gayer (well maaybe equally as gay…)
PEREZ DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON CLAY?I NOTICE U TALK ABOUT HIM ALL DAY AND HE'S NOT THAT POPULAR.I COULD CARE LESS WHAT HE SAY'S OR DOES.POST SOMETHING GOOD.
Is one thing if your sexuality is quesionable but who knows. Bu wih Clay, EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR GAY. So youre no really "coming out", its more annoying that you deny it.
No one is SURPRISED YOURE GAY. What people are suprised about is that YOU DENY IT.
GET REAL ClAY YOURE GAYER THAN A 3 DOLLAR BILL.
Does Clay have false teeth? Like veneers? They sure look like they could be!!
Time Out New York: What do you make of people nagging you about the “gay” thing?
Clay Aiken: I think the majority of the American public cares less about it than reporters like you do.
OH SNAPS!!! Go GAYKEN!!!
I JUST HEARD KATE MOSS' PARTY IS STILL GOING STRONG: THE CROWD HAS NOW MOVED INTO PEREZ' ASS!!!!
EVERYONE'S THERE! KATE, GLORIA ESTEPHAN, FIDEL CASTRO, SOME GAY REPUBLICANS, THE ENTIRE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS TEAM, RICKY MARTIN, SOME MEXICAN RESTAURANT BUSBOYS, AND BRUCE WILLIS… EVERYONE'S WELCOME!!!! PLENTY SPACE IN PERECITO'S ASS!!!
who is this WE he keeps taking about?
He has got to be the ugliest fucker i've seen in my life!!! PUKE… I can't stand looking at him…
what is the name of that show again?
Spermalot ????
Could someone please explain to me why he tends to answer questions as "we" or "us". Is he speaking as a royal, or is this just a further sign of the sad state of his mental health!
HE LOOKS LIKE A PENCIL ERASER!!
"Gay, ugly, nerdy, fat"… yeah, those are all very accurate descriptions!
How in 2007 are we still equating being gay to something as negative like ugly, fat, and nerdy. Isnt bein gay just bein gay? Clay Aiken SUCKS
Goodness. Somebody point him in the direction of a dentist. His gums look inflamed. I have two words for Clay: DENTAL FLOSS!
Forgive me for saying so, but he used to be a thousand percent more fuckable looking, whether you're male or female. Butch up a bit, Clay! This fat double chin bullshit is ruining my sick little fantasy of sleeping with you. Signed, Dr. Phil (P.S. Call me!)
ew, even though he is sooo gay, that doesnt even matter anymore. he is just gross, so gross it doesnt matter if he is gay or straight or anything! love that extra gross picture of him to go with the story! eeeew. of course people call you gay, fat, ugly - cuz you kinda are, boy!
What is this "we" shit? Does he have a mouse in his pocket, or is it the voices in his head?
who the hell is this "us"? It sounds like that other pretencious buffoon pee pee perez. god. I hate wanna be queens.
Please dont put close ups of his face like that. I dont know what it is but it makes me freak out. He is the strangest looking person. Everything looks fake and bloated.
Time Out New York: Has anyone ever confronted you about your Gingivitis?
who the hell is this "us"? It sounds like that other pretencious buffoon pee pee perez. god. I hate wanna be queens.Re: NOBODY IS AS FAT AS PEREZ –
Clay didn't know who the comedic group Monty Python is, he's never seen a Monty Python movie, and he's never seen the Monty Python skits. Now somebody please tell me why he has been casted into Spamalot? I believe that casting Clay is an insult to the Monty Python troop. There's so many better performers that could have been casted, but they chose that bozo!
HE DOES LOOK LIKE DONALD TRUMP - HA HA
Gay or not…He is one ugly motherfucker
i hate clay!!!!! but i love my brit brit!!!!!
what's up with this "we," crap? ie:) that's why "we" chose it… "we've" embraced it…
roses are red
violets are blue
I'm a schizophrenic
and so am I
I agree with Melissa about the constant use of "we." I kept thinking "what is he the Queen or something?" Oh wait, never mind.
He's so unbelievably UNattractive, it's not even funny. He has to be gay because what woman would want that? He's so fucking dorky. And not dorky in a cute, charming, sexy way like Elijah Wood is dorky. And not even in a funny, hunky wholesome way like Mario Lopez either. Clay is just dorky in a lame, disgusting, classic nerdy kind of way. The kind of guy that snorts and says all the wrong things and is really ugly to boot. Ugh, I don't even know how he's famous!
Does this man brush his eyebrows.
By the way: Simla Taak, you're a theif…..
Okay, I hate to say this, but has anybody else noticed that he looks just like Tim Allen in the first Santa Clause???
that is the worst picture of Clay ever taken, and perez (or whatever the eff his real name is) insists on using it over and over again even though Clay has long lost those extra pounds, as well as the gum inflamation (caused by unfortunate and unnecessary dental work). My theory is that perez tried to pick Clay up at one time or another and got rejected, and the onslaught of hate is his moronic way of payback. Seriously people, why hate someone so passionately just for being ugly/gay/talentless. He's done absolutely nothing to hurt you, your mother, or your children, so where's the hate coming from? Let Clay be and avoid Spamalot and his CDs if he annoys you so much.
So being gay is akin to being ugly, nerdy, and fat?! Fucking closet cases shouldn't insult their own kind! Come out of the closet and love yourself you ugly, nerdy, fat, gay asshole!
u are hilarious perez! ROFLMAO!
Why don't he just come out of the closet already. He talks and moves so gay. O and his fans are reeeealy annoying.
"Clay Talks About The Gay Elephant In The Closet"- that is the awesomest headline ever!
clay has a BIG ass HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can u say homo
Is that what to much jizz does to your gums?? Why are they so puffy??
Perez why do you post so much about Clay? You must want him bad!!
Perez, when will you learn.
You make fun of him so much, you give Clay so much freaking crap, as if you don't care about him. Yet, day after day you post more and more about him.
Oh perez, I think you just want him to be gay because you have a crush.
I am so glad I already saw this excellent musical last year, I would not appreciate spending $150 pp to see an ex AI with a questionably bizarre sexual history.
he is too ugly to be gay.
I'm saying, he just needs to give it up and come on out of the closet. I mean really, its not like he is a hearthrob and his career is based on female attraction to him. He is pudgy and pasty. bleah.
Has he been on manhunt.com lately trolling for gay sex and using his webcam?
pinche panson y aparte feo ,,, pobre diablo
Why are his gums so inflamed? He needs a dentist.
Okay for serious.
He totally gives me the willies.
He's super creepy looking man.
Whoever does his make-up needs to get fired.
His eyebrows blend into his skin.
And his extra chin very obviously doesn't get make-up.
So he's got a sweet make-up line.
And you know, dudes wearing make-up I can deal, but not bad make-up.
I think one of the "gaymates" should totally surprise attack his hair and sell it on ebay.
Nerdy, chubby, skinny, whatever… Clay is a good person and totally hot. I would consider scat play if it meant getting naked with Clay!!!!!
HE IS SO UGLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who the hell cares if he's gay or not? he can still sing. not everyone has to or needs to expose their sexual preferences to the world. I love Clay, but don't plan to bed him, so his sexual preference is none of my business.
Re: Ashley – lol get in line hun.
god-DAMN is that guy U-G-L-Y !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How many chins does that queer have?
Chill I am queer too
Damn he is UGLY!!! Id do Perez (or let Perez do me since she is a top GROSS) before ever touching gayken
This is an older picture. Clay is looking much better these days.
Gotta send some Clay love.
He needs to brush more and floss!! Nice Gums FAG!!!!
he is icky poo gross. he has also gotten very fat lately.
JUST SAY NO TO SPAM.
zzzzzzzzzzzzz……..he is so boring
He needs Ashlee Simpson's plastic surgeon….
Re: SLY –
Oh my God! You are SO friggin' hilarious!!! A pencil eraser…..so, so true!
GINGIVITIS
Who is "us" and "we"? Is Clay royalty or something? How arrogant!
OMG he looks like…….
a grown up version of stewie Griffin