Dennis - Thanks for those links. I'm glad to see that many of Clay's "Claynation" fans are still supporting him. Yet, there will always be "fans" who'll feel some sort of "betrayal" from their own wish to be lied to.

http://theclayboard.yuku.com/topic/26806/t/Upcoming-People-Magazine-Cover-and-Article-PLS-READ.html?page=1

Love me less, but love me a long time - Les Chansons D'Amour

Those last few comments crack me up...

"Did any of us really think we could bag him?

- No, but I always thought he was looking for a nice girl his own age."

LOL

Sounds like Kelly Clarkson is going to be a popular DL on iTunes this week...

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

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-Sibelius

"It's curtains for you, Dr. Horrible. Lacy, wafting curtains..."

Look, in long ago days before the public had access to the internet there were hordes of delusional women who truly believed that Liberace was straight.  You can't help it if some people want to live in a fantasy world where they imagine that performers, performances and real life are all the same thing.

As for "Hollywood" not supporting "heterosexuals that are very religious and lead a wholesome lifestyle", well I have to ask why they're so dependent on "Hollywood". The last time I checked conservative Christians owned numerous cable outlets and an absolutely epic spread of radio stations nationwide.  Maybe if they were willing to give air time to Christian musicians instead of dry old preachers perpetually re-reading the same Bible verses over and over they could have plenty of air play for Christian entertainers.

I sincerely hope these are children, because I hate to think any adults were that invested in someone who they don't know and will never meet. And yes, I know how people get about celebrities, but seriously, they deserve what they get when they realize, not that their idols have feet of clay, but that they are not idols,(no pun intended) just human beings, and that what goes on in their lives-is so not about 'you'.

I've seen folks on this site and Gays of Daytime get just as bent out of shape IF NOT MORE, over FICTIONAL gay characters so I don't really see why making for of Clay Aiken's fans seems seems reasonable.

Everybody makes stuff up about the celebrities they like and assume we know what's going on in their heads (I've seen folks do that EXACT THING about Lindsey Lohan just yesterday on this site)

If you aren't a fan of Clay Aiken then you're obviously not going to care one way or the other.

But does AE really want to get the reputation for being a place that makes fun of the fans of an out gay singer to such an extent as the above.

Who cares what the Clay Nation members say or don't say.

Unless they are promoting homophobia and spewing anti-gay venom, why do we as queers care how disappointed they are with Clay's coming out.

Let them get it out of their system and maybe we should just leave them to it.

Clay Aiken is not responsible for the behavior of his fans.

Clay Aiken is also not responsible for whether or not folks THOUGHT he was gay before now.

The only people who really knew were those whom he actually told and those with whom he might have had a romantic or sexual relationship.

Everything else was conjecture, rumor, speculation - for good or ill (as if JUST being feminine looking or acting actually means anything about someone's sexuality) 

AGAIN I SAY, YAY GAY CLAY!

Whatever difficulties he's had with reconciling his upbringing with being a gay man, he's obviously working through it and getting to a better place about it the best way he knows how.

We can't choose to whom we're born, into what religion or belief system, all we can do is figure out how to live truthfully and with grace and pride and self acceptance.

Seems like he's on the right track.

Coming out is NEVER a publicity stunt if it's the TRUTH.

People Magazine has one of the largest readerships in the country. What better place to tell the world.

We should be encouraging more celebrities to do so, not punishing them by accusing them of trying to get attention.

A spoon full of sugar people!!!

All I can say is when will fans of celebrities get a life? Clay never promised anything to anyone except his music. Media and fans seem to think that when someone stands on stage and sings or stands in front of a camera and says lines, that they some how own a piece of that person. It is so out of proportion and getting worse all the time.

People blame the "stars" for putting themselves out there, but if actors or singers just went out to dinner without being mobbed by paps, could do their grocery shopping without being hounded by photographers, and were allowed to lead their lives just like the rest of us that put our pants on one leg at a time, maybe folks would stop putting these people up on impossibly high pedastals, that are bound to crumble eventually under the weight of unrealistic expectations and imaginary god-like personas.

I don't know much about Clay but from what I read, the guy never promised anyone that he was straight. If these fool fans have nothing better to do that make up a whole fantasy world around their chosen and actually make themselves believe it's real, then they have no one to blame but themselves when their little rosy worlds come crashing down. 

Maybe this will be a wake up call to fans out there to stop thinking they own celeb's lives and just let them be people, too. 

I wish Clay, his partner and his child the best.

I say we take the warning labels off everything and let nature take it's course.

One has to consider that the world of music, especially Pop music, is driven by appearances.  Ask yourselves, for example, why there aren't more "unattractive" pop stars.

Modern entertainment has become less about art and more about building fantasies around the performers themselves.  This is why there is still so much balking at the idea of gay actors playing straight romantic lead or action hero roles.  The perception is that they would not be "credible" in these roles, regardless of talent, because audiences wouldn't be able to "relate" knowing that they're gay.

This is even more pronounced in pop music where it is considered critically important that stars be visually interesting as well as muscially talented.  There are untold numbers of fat or ugly people with amazing voice talent who will never become pop stars because they're passed over in favor of pretty blonde women or cute boy band guys.

The fans themselves are as caught up in their fantasies about the performers as they are in the performances, maybe more so.  They don't just want to see the performer's talent they want a piece of their lives, and perhaps even fantasize about how they could fit into the performer's life.

i am sorry, but "i can't show my face at work tomorrow" ?????

LMAO, what losers. they act like THEY are the ones who will suffer humiliation or something. idiots

This whole investment on a person reeks of the arrested development that parents put up with until their teenage daughters take down their posters of teen icons (some who are so gay) and start dealing with real people. These poor Claymates seem to lack all objectivity, kind of like the Republicans who say that questioning the war is un-American. So this doofus (just my word) was called gay. They went nuts. Karl Rove call your office! They were also saying that he was hideous and had little talent, but that seem to matter less than the line-crossing gay stuff. Never, not my Clay....

As a side-bar: I am having a hard time knowing how to feel about seeing posts across the Internet to support certain articles. It's the wave of the present, but in the wrong hands (most of them) it can serve as the equivalent of "sources say...." thus giving life to something that may have none (not the case here) or to come to some sociological conclusions. This is more intended as food for thought that the application in this particular post. Guillermo's Media Guillotine: Entertainment, journalism, politics, and popular culture.

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