Clay Aiken Sign at American Idol Causes A Bit of Confusion Among Fans

If you were watching American Idol on Wednesday night, you noticed the camera zooming in on a sign that said "Clay Aiken Hurt Me" along with a sad face. Those like me did not notice at first that the sign was held by Brad Garrett or someone in the cast of "Til Death", who were all at Wednesday's show. When I first saw the sign, I was not very happy about it and wondered what in the world it meant. So did lots of other fans. Some of the thoughts about its meaning are:

1) It was a cut down on Clay brought on by AI.
2) It was a joke meant to give Brad Garrett's show some attention. The media will probably be asking tomorrow what the sign meant.
3) Maybe it had something to do with the fact that Brad Garrett's new show had an episode last week called "Clay Date" about his character's daughter taking up pottery as a major in college - even though there is no mention of Clay at all in the episode.
4) It was a joke because people think of Clay as someone who would never hurt a fly and Brad Garrett's a big man. This could just be Brad's snarky humor.
5) Brad Garrett has a reputation as a big baby and the fact that even Clay could hurt him is funny. (like Clay beating up Kimmel) Again Brad's snarky humor.
6. Maybe Clay was in LA this week taping a show for "Til Death". Maybe he beat Brad up on the show. Maybe this is part of the "exciting developments" we've heard about from Clay.

And I'm sure there are more thoughts as to what the sign means. Only time will tell why the sign was really made and what it means. Or we may never know. But one thing we know for sure...it sure did give the Clay fans something to talk about! And talk about. And talk about! We'll let you know if we find out the story behind the sign.

clayis' update - we're not the only one wondering about this sign... here's what BuzzSugar said: "What was the deal with the person in the audience holding a sign that read "Clay Aiken hurt me" with a frowny face drawn on?"