Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Clay Aiken tired of sexuality gossip

|
|
 
  
Published: Sept. 22, 2006 at 2:44 PM

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Season two "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken, during an interview with Diane Sawyer, said he was tired of people gossiping about his sexuality.

"I don't understand why you want to know," said Aiken after Sawyer asked him if he really was gay. "I don't understand why it's any of your business."

"At some point, (the question) becomes just really rude, you know?" said the singer in the interview that aired Thursday on ABC's "Good Morning America," the New York Post's Page Six reported.

Aiken's sexuality has been gossiped about since he came in second place on "American Idol" and became an overnight star in 2003.

This year has been especially rough for the singer after a former Green Beret alleged that he hooked up with Aiken through a gay Internet site.

"I just don't understand why people care, to be honest with you. I'm not spending my time with this anymore," said Aiken, adding, "This is a waste of my time."

Topics: Clay Aiken, Diane Sawyer
© 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
"Officer, you have the wrong house. There is NO armed robber here. My family is cooking dinner....
Illinois adds $1 sales tax to cigarettes to help fund Medicaid
13-year-old buys old Polaroid camera at a garage sale that holds a photo of a long-dead relative....
Today's utterly OMFG newspaper front page brought to you by the Liverpool Echo
Man robs payday loan store and flees to a nearby KFC... where he tries to flush the money down a...
It's very easy to get a Canadian passport. Unless you happen to be a Canadian citizen