Former "American idol" runner-up Clay Aiken came out of the closet in a September 2008 edition of People magazine. Said Clay in the magazine: "Yes, I'm gay." The reaction of the celebrity gossip blogosphere: "Yes, we knew." Rumors began circulating a few years earlier when a gay escort claimed he'd had a rendezvous with Aiken in a North Carolina motel room and had saved DNA evidence. Aiken, who played in the Broadway hit "Spamalot" in 2008, had remained silent about his sexuality until the People magazine revelation.
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