Clay Aiken is gay! Aiken, former American Idol contestant who recently became dad will acknowledge he’s gay in an interview with People magazine which sets to run on its website today. Duh! I could have told you that!

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Aiken will appear on the coming issue of People magazine with his newborn son, Parker Foster Aiken as reports by Reuters. The caption reads “Yes, I’m Gay,” and underneath is a quote from Aiken on his decision to come out of the closet that says: “I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things.”