Clay crumbled in my hands, when I came apart...

Just found about this today, although the story is apparently a month or so old:

As long as American Idol's Clay Aiken has been a household name, there have been rumors that he's gay. The poor kid even defended his sexuality during a Primetime Live interview with Diane Sawyer in 2003, saying, "I have some very effeminate qualities."

Um, yeah.

Anyway, a former Army Ranger has come forward with his claim that he had a gay sex romp with the Idol superstar earlier this month. Clay's alleged lover was sweet enough to share all the private details with the National Enquirer for a pretty penny. Like what? Well, for one, they had unsafe sex. The slimeball also saved copies of Clay's instant messages (his handle? "valleyprettyboy") as well as a washcloth with Clay's DNA.

You can read more of the story here. So Clay meets some guy online, goes to meet him, has sex with him (and Army Ranger, who can blame him?) and the guy then saves all the emails and IM's and even Clay's cumrag in a ziplock bag.

How sad.

But if Clay had just come out from the beginning (like the very first winner of the British Idol show, I forget his name), then would this be a story? All the more reason to not be closeted.

BUt I also wonder, if our society wasn't so homophobic, would he have felt the need to be closeted. After all, I also read that several fans of his, nine i think, have filed suit against his record label, saying the label was deceptive in concealing CLay's sexuality, and they bought his album under false pretences. Aside from being pathetically letigious and homophobic, are they blind and deaf as well? how can anyone NOT know the guy was gay. I mean come on! Would it have helped if he had "QueerBoy" tattooed across his forehead?

Just a sad tale all around.

POLT = listening to "Bend And Break" by Keane

The truth is, I'm neither poor nor innocent. - Tippi Hendren, The Birds