Clay Talks To GMA, People Magazine About Personal Life

An interview with Clay will be published in the September 22 issue of People Magazine. Clay sat down the People to discuss his personal life- including the gay allegations made in the National Enquirer this past January.

Clay personally discussed these topics during a Diane Sawyer interview which aired this morning on ABC's Good Morning America. Part 2 of the interview airs TOMORROW on GMA (read ABC News story -- downloads @ ClackUnlimited).

(Scans from the magazine courtesy Inside Edition - they aired a small piece about this today)

People.com offered this 'preview' of the interview. Very intersting, but sad at the same time.

On whether he's gay: "What do you say (to that question)? … It's like when I was 8. I remember something would get broken in the house, and Mom and Dad would call me in and say, 'Did you do this?' Well, it didn't matter what I said. The only thing they would believe was yes. … People are going to believe what they want."

On the panic attacks he suffered after Idol: "I'd walk into a room and say to myself, 'I am not going to have a problem when these people stare at me.' … But then (in) that situation, my heart would start pumping, and I'd start sweating and looking around nervously and shaking. I felt like I was going to have a heart attack."

On taking the anti-anxiety drug Paxil: "I said (to my doctor), 'Listen, I don't want to go to a therapist. I have nothing against therapists. I want to think I can do this on my own.' And she recommended that I try a medication. … Now I can sit here; I can go into a store; I can handle a photo shoot. I'm able to get rid of all that stuff in the periphery. It makes everything easier."

On the future: "I want to be a father so badly. I want (kids) one day. Not now. … I would love to adopt. There's an orphanage not too far from my house, and I've been up before with church. I always thought, 'What happens to those kids who have the potential to go to college but just can't afford it?' I've been thinking a lot lately about finding a way to pay for one of those kids to go to college."

Many news outlets are covering this story:

• Entertainment Tonight
• Contact Music
• E! Online
• Zap2it.tv
• AOL TMZ
  
• UPI Wire Story
• UPI Wire Story 2
• Teen People
  

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