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!!!
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Cake anyone? My grandma wears less makeup and she's 87.
That is a truly heinous picture!
Merv: So Lee, when are you going to get married?
Liberace: Well, Merv, I just haven't found the right girl yet.
That's what cocksucker Perez tells his mother too.
You mean he's not having sex with elephants that's disappointing.
Aids is God's way of stoping the sin that is homosexuality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God hates all gays and blacks…..the truth is tough to share but someone needs to let the truth be told!!
He is such a tool! Who even cares what he thinks? He is so stuck on himself. Would you even buy one of his CD's? Creepy.
Gay man calling another gay man homophobic names??!! Go Perez, you're really helping your own cause there! Ugly gay men must hate themselves so much they attack their own species.
This kid just makes me want to puke. He can sing, I'll give him that but a) he talks like a politician(never an ounce of anything real just scripted PR answers) b) his outright arrogance-what is with the use of the Royal "we"–well, come to think of it, only Queens talk like that. c) He admits that he knows very little about the show and finally, he equates being gay with other "insults". Buddy, get a fucking grip, the world is really, really tired of bullshit at this point.
This guy annoys me. He belongs on Broadway - this much is true. I'm sure he'll do a wonderful job and I'm looking forward to seeing his version, but I must say, as a student of journalism, we don't ask questions because WE want to know the answers. We ask questions the public want answers to. He's been so disrespectful to journalists his entire career, which might have something to do with the reason he gets a bit more hounded about the rumors than some other celebrities may be. We all know Hollywood is full of people on the "down low", but those celebs don't have to hear it in interviews because they know how to use interviews. A good interview can help your career greatly. It's too bad no one in his camp seems to be cluing him in!
He's just as annoying as Rosie!!!!!!
If he's not ready to come out yet, he's not ready. Don't give him shit about it. It may be he doesn't want to hurt his mom, she's very religious. He'll come out when it's the right time for him.
Pukez, I'll give you the downpayment on my mortgage ($40,000) if you'll post one of the millions of gorgeous photos of Clay taken by fans. We all know you want him so bad you can taste it, so why not admit it? I think whomever guessed that you've been rejected by Clay at some point is right on the money. You're more obsessed with him than any of his female fans, that's for sure. I don't know if Clay is gay or not & I couldn't care less. You nor any of your other pathetic groupies can possibly know unless you've been in his bed. Why the hell do you care so freakin' much, anyway? (Answer: You're a frustrated stalker.) No matter what, it's Clay's right & his alone to decde when & with whom to speak about his personal life. Since I'm never going to be asked into his bed either way, his sexuality is none of my business, nor yours. Plus you're a bald-faced liar, yet again. There have only been 2 interviews so far that have "gone there." Hardly "all" of his interviews, as you falsely claimed. Moron.
You know..
WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER IF HE'S GAY?
I find it funny that Perez is so infactuated with him. CRUSH MUCH?
I think the day Clay will admit that he is gay, is the day that Perez admits that he is in love with him.
OH and BTW, maybe Clay would have come out abut being gay if he is, if fat mother fuckers like Perez weren't harrassing and hounding him to admit it. I'd go the rest of my life hiding it in, before I'd admit it, so fat motherfuckers like Perez can get off on it. I'd take it to my grave, before I'd supply Perez with a headline and I hope Clay does to.
man that dude is so fucking scary looking….i'm gonna have nightmares now
Re: sam – EW EW EW EW EWWW!!!!!
You took the words right out of my mouth Perez!
This dude has a serious fixation on poop! GROSS!!!
He really needs to floss those veneers! His gums are about to pop open they are so puffy! (Dental Professional)
I think he needs to go on weight watchers. He has the type of face that doesn't look good with that triple chin. The dude is not fat, but he's gained a lot of it is in his face and hips.
This guy can sing. Listen to him sing Solitaire. John Paulus is in love with him. It's been two years since they had sex and John is flying to NYC just to see him onstage. John even said that he has dreams of becoming Mr. Aiken and he hopes he can quit his job and Clay will support him.
at some point I had my doubts of him being gay! I mean the way he acts and all!
But a friend of mine once told me he saw him with a drop dead gorgeous burnet (girl) in many occasions around NY!
he said the way they acted was absolutely like 2 lovers! that made me reconsider my thoughts since I trust that friend!
so give the guy a break!
No - what this tells us is that gay or straight - Clay buddy equates being called fat, nerdy or ugly to being called gay - as if its an insult. NOT very cool.
In the recent Newsweek interview he referred to not being able to get off the john. Here he says carob gives him the runs, and that he gets to soil himself in the show. That's 3 scat references. This guy is even creepier than I thought.
And by saying that Ripa was homophobic & Rosie came to his defense, isn't that ALMOST a nudge towards an admittal…?
the man could be gay or straight… it doesn't matter…. the bottom line is he is absofuckinglutely GROSS and disgusting. He makes me throw up in my mouth when I see his yucky face.
He has a reat voice but someone like his manager should tell him to find a find a periodontist, I think he makes enough money to go get his gums fixed- man he has gotta to know something is wrong with them….I bet he bleeds everytime he brushes his teeth please someone close to him tell him it is not normal or healthy-
Dude, paparazzi should just leave him the hell alone.
They're just pissed because they're not going to get a rise out of him.
Who cares if he's gay or not? Seriously.
SERIOUSLY (and this isn't funny) he looks like a young version of Donald Trump. And that bottom-up photo angle doesn't help AT ALL!!!!!
You know between you, me and Clay how many of us are actually gay? Just you.
Stupid people constantly accusing everyone under the sun of being gay. You really are an incredibly dull little moron of a man.
I hate it whenever you show up on the Adam Carolla show and try to sound enthusiastic about the most incredibly stupid things. How can anyone with an average level of intelligence care about the crap you do?
There are so many "gossip" sites out there that are 100 times more interesting than you could ever dream of being.
I know, you're a self hating little queer, so you have to constantly attack everyone else.
If being gay is so popular and "in" right now, what possible reason should anyone have to deny it if it's true?
And even in the off chance that he is not straight, what the hell difference does it make to you? Straight or gay, he'd never want you. Nor would anyone else.
WHOA. IF THIS GUY HASNT GOT THE DOWNS SYNDROME THEN FUCK ME. SERIOUSLY - JUST LOOK AT DUDES MONGOLOIDISH FACE. REMINDS ME OF THAT CHRIS BURKE DUDE FROM THE TV-SERIES "LIFE GOES ON"
Goddamn perez, stop posting this fucking ugly creepy gross dickhead. He makes me wanna puke.
THIS IS THE GAYEST OF GAYS AND SUCH AN DORK,
SOOO DISGUSTING HAS-BEEN !!!!!!!!!
I would so love to see a picture of all of you who think he is fat, ugly, nerdy etc!! WHO CARES IF HE IS GAY OR NOT!!!!!!!! Whether he is or not is nobody's business! The we that he is talking about is him and his manager for all of you who are too stupid to figure it out.
I know Clay is gay for a fact. I'm a guy and I slept with him and can honestly say it was the worst sex i've ever had. He's so gross. I should be ashamed.
As the entire world knows, Clay is about as straight as LIBERACE…or Wentworth Miller and Tom Cruise for that matter. CLAY loves COCK just like Libby did and Wenty and Tommy do, and he shouldn't be ashamed about it. He should be proud of it.
Who the hell is "WE" that he keeps mentioning… Multiple personality complex? My friends that are in the show that have met him say he is GAYER than GAY and has the ugliest and the most disgusting toes they have ever seen on a human being.
he is fat and ugly and GAY!!!!! wow his life must be great
lmAO
Clay should play the Chucky doll in the upcoming remake of "Child's Play". He looks exactly like it. The doll has better teeth than Clay though.
I THINK CLAY IS A SMALL TOWN BOY AT HEART AND PROBABLY NEVER DREAMED HIS SEXUALITY WOULD BE SUCH AN ISSUE. IT'S HIS CHOICE NOT TO CONFIRM OR DENY….AS IT IS MINE. I'M AN URBAN, IRREVERENT SASSY REBEL WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO CONFRONT HOMOPHOBES…AND I ADMIT I'M TOTALLY OUT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MAKES ME MORE APPROACHABLE TO OTHER MEN WHO WANT TO ENJOY SOME HOT SAFE INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO CONSENTING ADULTS. NOT EVERYONE HAS THE LUXURY OF BEING OUT. I'M NOT FAMOUS AND I'VE ONLY CONFIRMED IT TO TWO PEOPLE AT WORK..BOTH GIRLS…BECAUSE THEIR MY FRIENDS AND THEY'RE HIPPIES!! TEE HEE….I'M A HIPPY IN DISGUISE. IT'S LIKE I'M CLEAN CUT AND ESTABLISHMENT ON THE INSIDE BUT WEARING LONG HAIR, EARRINGS, TATOOS AND TYE DYES ON THE INSIDE. HOLLA AT ME BITCHES!
Re: jimmyjazz – DAMN IT! I MEANT CLEAN CUT ON THE OUTSIDE….NOT INSIDE! I'M HUNGOVER DAMNIT!
Why is he using the royal "we"? He certainly isn't anything close to royal, even if he is a queen. Maybe he has a mouse in his pocket?
HE NEEDS A DENTIST HE HAS GINGIVITAS OR HOWEVER U SPELL IT LOOK AT HIS GUMS YUKKKKK
HES SO FUCKING UGLY EWW
What a cinnamon-headed fag! And I'm gay! What does he have to lose to come out??? American Idol is over…and so are the contracts!
He was on Entertainment Tonight a couple of nights ago publicizing his upcoming opening in this stupid play - and looked as fat and ugly as he does in this picture. Whoever gave him a job on Broadway should be imprisoned. I know it's early in 2008, but Clay gets my vote for this year's "Celebrity Most In Need of a Make Over or Sex Change" Award.
CLAY IS CUTER, MORE SINCERE, SMARTER, AND NICER THAN YOU, YA PURPLE HAIRED, BOTTOM-FEEDING FATASS!!! LEAVE THE NICE YOUNG MAN ALONE.
Oh, leave him alone. If he wants to be in the closet, leave him in the closet. Nothing seems to make Perezzie angrier than the thought that some gay people might not want to make their sexuality a public issue.
who is this "we" he keeps referring to? my god, who does he think he is?
he's really into poop.
dang.
omg! He's gained so much weight!! And oh! Is it me or he's beggining to look like Donald Trump?
Oh man…he looks more and more like a fatty old perv every day!! Yes???
why is he getting so fat? like omg clay, your gonna blow up like perez!!! omg perez, i really want to have sex with you!
Clay Aiken grabbed John Paulus's rope.
He has the worst gum disease. His gums are sooooo inflammed in this picture because of his porcelain veneers. He is not cleaning properly.
Scat Play is gross.. if you dont know what I am talking about visit: www.2girls1cup.com! It will change your life!!
Scat Play is gross.. if you dont know what I am talking about visit: www.2girls1cup.com! It will change your life!!
Does anyone else find it strange that Clay kept saying "we"? We've embraced it… We decided… We are not so high and mighty that we should speak in third person!
CLAY AIKEN IS LUCKY AND PEOPLE HATES IT!!!!!
OK. Can ANYONE here just close their eyes for a minute, imagine Clay beneath you as you're pounding his hole with all you got, then opening your eyes and looking down and seeing that face smiling up at you?
He will never come out of the closet…What man or woman would want this?!?!?!?! NO ONE!!!!!! At least he gets in the news by refusing to answer is he is or isn't…..Kinda smart for an ugly nobody!!!!!
His gums look swollen. He needs some listerine for that gingivitis.
pole smoker
I am so sick of this excuse of a human being. He has no class, almost seems excited to "soil" himself on stage, then talk about having the "runs" I think he's sickening and should go back to NC and find the rock he crawled from and go back under it.
Yeah, pretty sure that's Donald Trump - The Wonder Years!
There is speculation all over the world wide web that Clay Aiken is considered for the role as Willy Wonka on Broadway's Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.
creeper
dang! is it just me or did he get fat!!!
…He got really fat
when will he realize no one cares your gay Clay!!! even my 5 year old knows it!!!