Clay on Canada's OMNI-TV

Clay was on The Standard, which aired on Canadian multicultural channel, OMNI Monday. Although this channel is available throughout Canada, this is a locally produced show and therefore, was only aired to the British Columbia market. Looks for video links on the Clayboard.

From the CH:

Vancouver Peeps, I saw our boyfriend on tv just now! I was watching a Full
House rerun (shut. up.) on Channel 10 (Omni), and then they started showing some
of Clay's Invizzle video! They said, "Meet the real Clay Aiken in People (?
magazine?), this Monday at 9 pm on The Standard." Maybe "People" is a segment on
the show? I imagine maybe he taped something when he was in Vancouver.

From The Standard's Website:

This week on The Standard:

Monday, Nov. 14
Federal Politics Roundtable, superstar pop singer Clay Aiken, and commentary from Rafe Mair

Recap courtesy the CB's reneeflower:

absolutely AMAZING interview. I only taped the second half---but it was a good 20 minutes. he talked about the type of woman he would want to marry-----"Do not be a LIMP noodle." The interviewer asked thought provoking questions, and we even saw Raleigh on camera----Clay says she's getting used to cameras too!!!

His tummy apparently growled and he asked the camera man "Can you hear my stomach growl???" He was very relaxed, wearing his YALE sweattop and I think he must have been sitting in JFL's home for the interview...it started with them on a deck----overlooking ocean, similar to his description in his last blog....

He talked ALOT about Unicef, about Uganda, about what success and failure are.....failure to him would be having an album that did not represent who he is.....no matter how many sales he had---if it did not represent him, then it would be deemed a failure in his eyes.

He was very intelligent and I am certain showed a lot of Vancouver viewers that he is WAY more than a pop star.

This is a semi-religious channel....

She read his note liners from MOAM, acknowledging his thankfulness to Alpha and Omega.....it was just an incredible interview!!!

Recap from MrsMarmalade of the CH:

-Showed bits of the Invisible video.
-Mentioned MOAM double platinum.
-Talked about AI and "losing" and seeing the card.
-Talked about friendship with Ruben.
-Has now passed all expectations.
-Voice captured the hearts of his fans.
-Here in Vancouver for the Joyful Noise Tour (looks like interview is at Jaymes Foster's house).
-Wearing a navy blue hoodie with "Yale" on the front and jeans.
-Opportunities from AI to sing, travel, talk about important subjects and meet so many people he never would have otherwise met.
-Career - doesn't want to limit himself. Doesn't set 5 or 10 year goals. Wants to be open to opportunities.
-Interested in disability inclusion, Unicef, literacy, education. Lots of other causes he'd like to get involved in but he can't constantly ask people to donate money.
-Wants work to be acceptable to kids and parents.......somewhat a role model.
-Who taught this to him? Nobody in particular.....family, friends etc.
-Very lengthy conversation about Uganda and Unicef. Discussed night commuters and the LRA. Talked about how he learned that sometimes politics plays too large a part in these issues and the media in the western world don't cover these stories because they're not juicy enough so nobody knows about the plight of those in Uganda. It's been going on for 18 years.
-Use your voice to affect change.

-Raleigh was there (wow, has she ever gotten fat!) and is his girlfriend right now. She's not as high maintenance.
-MOAM-constantly surprised at the success. Same 5000 people come to concerts and buy albums. Pressure to top previous success. If only 300,000 copies of the next CD sell in the first week would that be considered a failure. For most people that would be great but comparatively who knows? Catch 22.
-Depends on how you define failure.
-If the album represents him in a good and honest way then it's successful.
-If it doesn't sell well then that's God's way of saying to do something different.
-The interviewer quoted his liner notes thanking God. He is very cognizant of who is responsible. Every day is a gift from God......provident direction.
-Type of woman he would like to develop a relationship with - some characteristics like his mom.......strong, independant, supportive. Be passionate about something and have interests. Doesn't have to be the same as his just don't be a "limp noodle."
-Fans that scream and follow him. That would be an example of a dependant relationship. Doesn't see something like that developing into a longterm situation.
-Aside to interviewer....."Do you hear my stomach growling?" Hee!
-Interviewer concluded and thanked him. Mentioned tour and that she loves his heart and he's a "good dude". They mention the most loved reality TV star thing.

Altogether it was about 10 minutes I think. I have it on tape if nobody else gets it.........

He spoke a mile a minute and went on and on and on...........

More to follow..........

Recap from the CB's psalms42:

Well, the first part of the dang show was all politics and frankly that put me to and lo and behold I awoke with Clay being interview already , so while I missed about 5 minutes of it , I will try to encapsulate in a nutshell what was said .

Clothing Attire: Clay was in a navy -hooded sweatshirt and had no rooster hair , but nice and wavy ...no spikes !
Wearing jeans , did not see his socks and of course wearing the most gorgeous smile seen a mile away !!

First Segment: Clay was talking about his UNICEF work and how passionate he was about doing something concerning all the attrocities over there. Said at one point "SEE I CAN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT WITHOUT GETTING ANGRY"~! Very matter-of-fact saying it is beyond what he could comprehend or fathom of the rapes of children etc. (This is the part that I missed a lot of )

Second Segment: Was on a more personal level . The woman interviewing Clay sounded VERY MUCH impressed with Clay . They first talked about his CD and she mention about him selling huge amount over 600,000 and commended him , asked if this would be hard to top.
Clay said this is what is concerning him , saying ""I MEAN HOW DO YOU TOP THAT?" He is convinced that it is the same 5,000 people buying his CD
"There will be those that say if I sell any less than the first one , it will not be as good " IT IS A CATCH 22 SITUATION !
The interviewer then asked Clay if he was afraid of 'failure' , of this being all gone tomorrow .
Clay responded by saying ...."IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DEFINE FAILURE" "To me failure is not putting out a good product .....not doing the best that I myself can do or not staying true to myself and my values . " I want to be a good role model" and if this does not live up to that standard , then that is failure . "IF IT DOES NOT SELL WELL ....IT IS GOD TELLING ME TO GO BACK TO TEACH [/b]
He also said that no matter if the CD sells over 300,000 and he said (that's pretty good isn't it ?) they will say that is not good enough .
The woman then says that Clay is very congnicent of whom he owes his success to . Clay says ..
"RIGHT"...EVERY DAY IS A GIFT FROM GOD " IT IS UP TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH IT ! "AGAIN PEOPLE MAY THINK IT SHORT-SIGHTED OF ME , BUT I DONT MAKE 10 YEAR GOALS , I DON'T MAKE 5 YEAR GOALS, I WANT TO BE WHERE GOD WANTS ME TO BE "
The woman then read the notes on the MOAM and read how Clay thanks God the ALPHA and Jesus Christ the OMEGA and admired how he stands so firm on his faith and is not afraid to show it .
Clay then said how he would not be where he is today if it were not for "Provident Direction " . He is not one to say that he will be doing this/that in 5/10 years , but he has learned through the course of his life ...i.e. volunteer to take a special ed class where he meat Dianne Bubel , then when he went on American Idol .
He said he will always be open to where GOD wants him to be and he is ok with that no matter what or where it takes him.
He said he knows teachers that $$$ does not necessarily equate success cus he knows teachers that are successful and they are changing people's lives people are learning from them all the time .............(now get this folks ....) Clay then said ...."PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY LEARN FROM WHAT I DO, I DON'T CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES "! Clay honey,.....are you kidding me here ??? The womand then responds ....MAYBE YOU DO !!!
Clay replies rather humbly ...."MAYBE SO "

Ok, now the jucy suff : The woman now touches on his romantic life. Shows Raleigh climbing up on couch as the woman saying that she is the constant companion with Clay . Clay says ""THIS IS THE WOMAN IN MY LIFE"........WITH BAD BREATH TOO !!!
Clay then says something to the effect of "AND NOT SO DEMANDING EITHER"!
Interviewer asks Clay what type of woman he wants.
He responds by saying he wants someone who is "INDEPENDENT" and that a lot of Hollywood spouces are too dependent and that is not what he wants. He then goes ""YECH"
He says they have to be passionate about something and does not want no "LIMP NOODLE"

Interviewer asks how he deals with all the temptation , the fans clamering to get at him .
Clay responds ....."SEE THAT'S KINDA MORE DEPENDANT THAN I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN "
Woman then says "THAT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE TO YOU?"
Clay says: "SEE. NOW I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT , IT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE MAD "......"LET'S JUST SAY IT IS NOT A QUALITY THAT I WOULD CONSIDER IN A LIFE-LONG COMPANION "


The interviewer ended by saying
We LOVE having you here in our beautiful city , but most of all "WE LOVE YOUR HEART" ...YOU ARE A GOOD DUDE ...MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU "!

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That is it in a nutshell guys and this was a very good interview and a nice long one too ! The woman interviewing Clay seemed like she truly respected Clay and enjoyed every word coming out of his mouth . Clay was so eloquant , but DANG that dude talks faster than the speed of light sometimes ya know ! He has matured so much , but is still so humble and grounded as to who he is and where he is going and he knows who is in charge of all of it ! WONDERFUL INTERVIEW !!