New parents Clay Aiken & Jaymes Foster

Publicity stunt or a way of postponing the coming-out of the closet?

Clay Aiken, 29 and 50 year-old close friend / music producer Jaymes Foster (sister of music mogul David Foster) have a son, Parker Foster Aiken, born this morning in North Carolina at 8:08 am, healthy and weighing 6 lbs, 2 oz.

Clay and Jaymes met on the set of American Idol, season 2, during which Clay ended in 2nd place.  Jaymes Foster continued to work with him after the show and produced his albums.  They also developped a tight friendship, but denied having an affair.  Clay Aiken’s sexual orientation has been questionned many times, but he always remained silent about it.
The baby was conceived through artificial insemination and David Foster’s rep confirmed that Clay and Jaymes would raise their child together.

Clay Aiken is going to be a first-time father!

I thought Clay would be coming out, just not coming out with this news. Apparently, he’s impregnated a lady.

They made it really clear to say that the mother of his baby, Jaymes Foster, was artificially inseminated. So he’s going to be a dad, and that does not make him straight. Not that it matters either way. I think Clay is going to make a remarkable father.

And that baby will have all kinds of clothes, I bet ‘you know who’ loves to shop!

A friend of both parents, Bill Vigars, says, “She’s due in August… She looks great, glowing and very happy. She and Clay have been good friends ever since American Idol, when they worked together.”