Biography: Clay Aiken: birth name: born Clayton Holmes Grissom on November 30, 1978 in  Raleigh, North Carolina; height: 6 feet 1 (185 cm);  Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius. Aiken rose to fame as a contestant of American Idol in 2003.

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Aiken has become a very successful artist. He has launched many tours, performed on Broadway, on TV and has authored a New York Times best-selling book Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life with Allison Glock.

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.”