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(singer, actor, politician)

Clay Aiken is an American singer, television personality, actor, politician, and activist. Similarly, he gained fame when he came in second place in the second season of the reality singing competition American Idol in 2003. He is openly gay. He is currently single.

Relationship Facts of Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken is not having an affair with anyone presently.
His sexual orientation is not straight and is gay.

What is the relationship of Clay Aiken?

Clay Aiken is openly gay. As he spoke with People Magazine and confirmed his identity as gay for the first time in the year 2008.

Similarly, he shared a child named Parker Foster Aiken by in-vitro fertilization with his longtime friend Jaymes Foster in 2008.

Likewise, he hooked up with Reed Kelly, and around November 2008, he and his rumored boyfriend even captured a photo together at Rosie’s Gala at the Marriott Marquis. But, they never confirmed their relationship publicly.

Furthermore, there were rumors of him dating other men like Jeff Walters and Davin Finn.

But Clay Aiken is single at the moment

Relationship History With?

Dated

  • Jeff Walters (2010 – 2011),
  • Devin Finn (2010),
  • Reed Kelly (2008 – 2010),

Encounter with Jaymes Foster-Levy (2003).

Relationship Timeline

TypeTotalTime Duration
Dating31 year, 7 months
Encounter1

 

Clay Aiken: Biography in Details

Who is Clay Aiken?

Clay Aiken also known as Clayton Holmes Grissom is an American singer, television personality, actor, politician, and activist.

Similarly, he gained fame when he came in second place in the second season of the reality singing competition American Idol in 2003.

Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity

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Caption: Clay Aiken (Source: Pinterest)

He was born on 30th November 1978 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Similarly, he is the son of Vernon Grissom(father) and Faye Parker(mother).

Clay Aiken has two sisters Amy Sawyer, Deborah Grissom, Brett Parker, and Jeff Parker.

Education

He studied at Raleigh’s Leesville Road High School and Campbell University.

After that, he attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for further studies.

Clay Aiken: Musical Career

Talking about his career his debut album, Measure of a Man released in October 2003 and went multi-platinum.

Similarly, he released four more albums on the RCA label: Merry Christmas with Love, A Thousand Different Ways, the Christmas EP All is Well, and On My Way Here.

After that, Clay Aiken released two more albums. Both with Decca Records: Tried and True and Steadfast. Similarly, he has also had eleven tours in support of his albums.

He sold over 5 million albums and is the fourth-highest-selling American Idol alumnus.

Miscellaneous Career

Likewise, Clay Aiken has co-written a bestselling memoir in the year 2004 Learning to Sing.

In the year 2004, he also had a televised Christmas special, A Clay Aiken Christmas. Similarly, during much of 2008, he appeared on Broadway in the musical comedy Spamalot, in the role of Sir Robin.

In the year 2010, he hosted the PBS special Tried & True Live!.

Similarly, he created the Bubel/Aiken Foundation in the year 2003, which was later renamed the National Inclusion Project. In the year 2004, he became a UNICEF ambassador, a position he held until 2013 when he gave it up to run for Congress.

Clay Aiken: Awards

He won the American Music Award for Fan’s Choice Award in the year 2003.

Similarly, Clay Aiken won the Billboard Music Award for Top-Selling Single of the Year.

What is Clay Aiken’s net worth?

As per the sources, Clay Aiken has a net worth of $7 million. Similarly, he listed his house in Durham, NC for the price of $1,590,000.

The house is 9,392 square feet of 4 bedrooms, 4 full and 3 half bathrooms.

Body Size

Clay Aiken has a height of 6 feet 1 inch and he weighs around 62 kg.

He has light brown color hair and green color eyes.

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Clay Aiken has around 57.5k followers on Facebook, 180k followers on Instagram, and 242k followers on Twitter.

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