Clay In New Issues of Star, OK!, Us

Pearlgjr has sent us some new information about Clay being in new issues of Star, OK and Us Weekly.

Star Magazine
The Star article is on p 24 of the Oct 9th issue...headline is Who's News, This Week. Side by side half page pictures of Oprah and Clay (he's in the black outfit from the Santa Monica photo shoot by the piano, all stubble-y and gorgeous).

Article is a re-cap of the GMA interview. Last couple of sentences: "Sticking by his privacy guns, he never gave her an answer. And Star readers agree, as 58 percent of those polled say Diane shouldn't have asked!"

OK! Magazine
The OK article is on p 34 of the October 9th issue (Jessica S on the cover) He takes up 2/3 of the page, big picture of his coming out of GMA in his casual clothes, white polo with long sleeve shirt under, big smile, inset picture of his actual GMA performance appearance in his suit smiling next to Diane.

Headline is "Clay says "Butt out!"

Story:
On Sept 21, pop star Clay Aiken appeared on Good Morning america to promote his new album, A Thousand Different Ways, but when host Diane Sawyer began probing into his sexuality, the American Idol season two runner-up deemed the questioning rude and said the speculation upsets his mother and causes him to lose sleep.

"I feel it's invasive," Clay explained. "What I do in my private life is nobody's business."

Though reports have surfaces in recent months that the North Carolina native is gay, Clay has kept quiet on the subject. In fact, the 27-year-old doesn't get all the curiousity.

"It's one thing to try to be open and talk to people and try to share as much as I can...but at some point, it becomes really rude."

As reports of his homosexuality have increased, Clay's Baptist faith has grown stronger, "Are there tolerant Baptist? Absolutely. Are there intolerant Baptists? Oh yes, I'm sure there are." He said the Jesus who he believes in loves all faiths, races and sexual orientations.

Clay added that thismom told him there are only two people he has to answer to: "God and yourself--and that's it."

The article has a poll too,

OK! asked 100 Clay Aiken fans in NYC:
"Does Clay's sexual preference matter to you?

17% Yes
83% No

Us Weekly
There's also a small picture in this week's US magazine asking if Diane had the right to ask; their readers responded resoundingly Yes...oh well.

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