Patti LaBelle A Fan of Clay Aiken

The New Yorker Magazine says singer Patti LaBelle is a fan of Clay:

LaBelle says she’s a fan of Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, Ruben Studdard, and Clay Aiken—“people who can bring it, people who can sing.” For the rest, she has but one morsel of advice: “Girl and boy, shut up!”