Clay Aiken Comes Out

Clay Aiken, former American Idol and current Broadway star, has publicly came out as a gay man. Citing the birth of his son last month as the inspiration for his decision, Aiken stated, "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things".

Aiken, who returned to Monty Python's Spamalot last week and continues in the role of Sir Robin (originated by David Hyde Pierce) through January 4, will be featured on the cover of this week's People magazine (along with his seven week-old son Parker) with the statement "Yes, I'm gay" printed in bold letters, echoing Ellen DeGeneres' legendary 1997 Time magazine cover.

We here at Movie Dearest congratulate Clay Aiken on this decision and wish him well in his future career.