I am no rocker but I love everything about Adam L. – - Clay will be singing third backup in the traveling version of Cats in a few years and Adam is going to be the star.

Jodie Foster was lucky that no one cared enough to drag her out of the closet before she was ready, and she was able to come out on her own terms. Clay wasn’t so lucky, because the rabid dogs refused to leave him alone. We’ll see how Adam does.

In 2003 Clay and Ruben appeared together on many TV shows and things like the Ford Conference – GMA, Early Show, Today,Oprah and Larry King Live. Ruben and Clay were incredible friends and are to this day. They always go to each other’s concerts, both have gone together to Kim Locke’s and Kelly’s concerts. These people get very, very close each year. Ruben and Kelly have come together to Clay’s home in Raleigh for an all night pool game. They both, also attended Spamalot in New York to join Clay in his triumphant gig, and to meet little Parker as well.

I am sure that Adam and Kris will remain close as well. There is nothing like the closeness forced by stressful circumstances to make for mutual caring.

Also, you need to know that the gay community seems to have been very welcoming to Clay. He was chosen to present the major award at the GLAAD presentation in April, which he attended with his friend Reed, and, also in April, he was personally awarded the Family Equality award for 2009 at the Tavern on the Green annual celebration. Clay likely should have told the world sooner, but he hadn’t even told his family until more than two years after he was on American Idol.

Clay, currently, is in France for a brief vacation with Reed, who is presently in concert throughout Europe. By the way, it seems that Adam is a friend of Reed’s, as they were both in Wicked (Reed on Broadway and Adam on the West Coast).

Thanks, but I don’t NEED your support. The worst argument in the world when someone behaves like a p***k is to say, “well other people were p***ks, first.” We’re not talking about all the shame poor Clay has had to endure- we’re talking about the incredibly tacky, rude, and unnecessary way he used his forum to attack someone else.

As for Adam “refusing to discuss sexuality,” well, bingo. If you think sexuality is “private,” that’s fine. Then don’t say anything. Play coy like Adam does, or simply say, “no comment.” Clay did none of those things. He repeatedly lied, denied, and cried whenever anybody asked him about his sexuality. He called other people liars when they spoke the truth about him and did his best to assassinate their character. If a person wants to be private, then he should make damn sure that his actions are not known by anyone. Once a gay person does gay things in public, he should not have the right to expect anyone to cover it up, any more than Lindsay Lohan’s “privacy” is respected when she’s drunk in public. This mistaken belief that closeted gay celebrities deserve more regard than any other celebrity who’s trying to hide something about himself only contributes to the notion that being gay is the WORST THING EVER. Like, worse than being Amy Winehouse.

I don’t care if someone’s private. No one should. You know how many people worried about Jodie Foster being gay? None. Why? Because she truly was private- she didn’t issue press releases every time she sneezed, she didn’t get caught hiring hustlers and attempting to have unprotected sex with them, and she didn’t go on and on about what a good Christian she is. She just lived her life.

I care when someone directly lies to the people who are buying his albums and supporting his career because he wants to make an extra buck. And I REALLY care when people make an ass out of themselves, by themselves, and then cry that people are treating them unfairly for calling them out on their douchebaggery. He got to use his bully pulpit to act like a d***- now we get to make fun of it.

That is his private life, and none of your, or anyone else’s business. Dragging people out of the closet before they are ready to come out is not going to change anyone’s view on homosexuality. If anything, the lower you stoop in your attempts at outing, the less general public is going to care about you. Clay’s fans who followed him for years know exactly what happened to him, and if you think that it has won you any support, you are sadly mistaken.

BTW, from what I hear, Adam is not exactly rushing out of the closet, either, regardless of how openly he lived his life before Idol. He thinks that refusing to discuss sexuality makes him more interesting.

Too bad other gays – especially Clay – can’t follow their example.

As someone who’s worked in agencies with PR professionals, this comment stinks of PR.

he’s apologizing for his diction, not his message. generally, i find saying “i’m sorry YOU took offense” unsatisfactory. and, although he’s entitled to his opinion, he didn’t offer an opinion so much as an insult.

whatever, *i* wasn’t the target of his rant, so my reaction is irrelevant. bygones.

interesting side-note: in my experience, i have found that newly-minted gays often overcompensate by becoming gay caricatures of snarky criticism. i wonder if clay was always like this or if this is a recent development.

Several Idols already did that. Why would he care about one more?

I am sure that I will have plenty of opportunities in the coming years to hear Adam sing. I imagine he’ll be around for years to come. But in the meantime, I definitely don’t want to stoop to the level of so many negative freaks on the internet… so, I do apologize to Adam for my colorful (and negative) choice of words. I hope he can forgive me. I imagine he doesn’t give a damn! :-) God knows he shouldn’t. :-)

Saying that, Clay’s original blog was dumb, dumb, dumb. The part about Adam, anyway, which is all anyone seems to focus on – the rest I agreed with, I think there was a huge backlash against Adam because of the obvious favoritism shown to him by everyone. It happens every year and at first it worked (with Ruben, Fantasia and Carrie), but it worked against David Archuleta to a certain extent last year, and it definitely worked against Adam. I was getting sick of the pimping, and I love Adam and wanted him to win.

@dgz: Clay DID apologize – to Adam. This blog is public so anyone can see it by going to his fanclub. He didn’t apologize for the rest of his blog.

As far as Clay is concerned, he should just go back to whatever gay rock he crawled out from. One magazine reported that there was one point where Clay was phoning Adam at least 3 times a day trying to convince Adam that they needed to work together. Eventually, Adam stopped taking his calls. Who knows…maybe Clay wanted a little hide the weiner action on the side too. Whatever he wanted, Adam made it clear that he didn’t want to get involved with Clay and now Clay is upset. Awww Clay, you poor little queen…get over yourself.

UPDATE 2: Queen is thinking of hiring Lambert as a frontman, according to Reuters.

so… that settles that.

And I’m with the rest of you, who the hell is gonna pay this troll $30 a month just to see that mug?

Speaking of Simon’s opinion, here is what he said about Ring of Fire. Was he jealous of Adam, too?

“”What the hell was that?” “I mean sorry but, I would never go to Nashville if I were you.” “I think there are a lot of people throwing their television sets out the window at this point because.” “I thought it was absolute indulgent rubbish, if you want my honest opinion.” “I mean really, really horrific.”"

Watch: http://mjsbigidolblog.com/?p=2631

Clay has spoken very fondly of American Idol consistently for over six years, in spite of the crap Simon has thrown at him and the lies made up about him. Clay has said he would participate in AI year after year it was such a wonderful experience. He does not believe they cheated him in any way, even though the evidence of it can be found on many videos, both on and off of AI.

AND, I am an admirer of Adam Lambert, and would have preferred to see him win. Howwever, Clay Aiken is allowed to have an opinion as much as I am, or Simon is, or you are. Everyone seems to be giving their opinion, and Clay is as well.

The $30 annual fee to join the Clay Aiken Fan Club, gives an opportunity for many things – special tickets, Meet and Greets, an ongoing forum, Clay’s blogs, and other contacts such as Q & A sessions, vacation photos, unique videos, etc. Most artists do charge for membership in their fan clubs. Many thousands have belonged to this club, and many thousands more belong to several message boards dedicated to this incredible artist and man – in the US and around the world.

You think $30 is a lot – there are fans who fly from New Zealand, Japan, Korea, England, Australia, etc. at least once for each concert tour, two or three trips to NYC for Spamalot – on and on. Many artists are in awe of Clay’s fans.

Oh, wait! Sorry. He’s the out of the closet version of Matt Drudge.

I mean, this douchebag crudely draws cum dripping from the mouths of celebrities and he’s treated as a credible source for exactly what? How the internet can take a fat, Cuban maricon and make him rich by stealing other people’s work while dragging down the intelligence of any who pay attention to him?

Yeah. Perez has SO MUCH to say on this topic, for a cow.

…and before you go on and on telling me they’re fakes, let me say that the point isn’t whether they were real or not- the point is that the Paulus accusations were (finally) generating enough publicity that Aiken really had no choice but to come out.