# Clay Aiken is gonna be a dad! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081 "2008-05-29T22:59:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/1 "2008-05-29T22:59:59Z")
Just read this [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203048,00.html](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203048,00.html) Wow. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/2 "2008-05-29T23:01:32Z")
Why am I not shocked that it’s by artifical insemination. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/3 "2008-05-29T23:17:46Z")
…as opposed to parthenogenesis? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/4 "2008-05-29T23:18:39Z")
Is it just me, or is Gay Aiken surgically morphing into Siegfried and/or Roy? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/5 "2008-05-30T00:39:08Z")
You knew if he was going to ever get a woman pregnant, she’d have a man’s name… And **lissener**? I actually think he’s becoming the very gay lovechild of James Spader and William Shatner… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/6 "2008-05-30T02:10:30Z")
I heard that in passing a little while ago and assumed it was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/7 "2008-05-30T02:42:06Z")
[shudder] ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/8 "2008-05-30T02:50:18Z")
Shut up, all of you, and show some respect. Next you’ll be trying to get your grubby little paws on Michael Jackson’s happy family and ruin it with your rampant specu… specu… spec… sp… [sub]oh.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/9 "2008-05-30T03:10:59Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] Is it just me, or is Gay Aiken surgically morphing into Siegfried and/or Roy? [/QUOTE] Mark my words; in 20 years he’ll look just like Bruce Jenner does today. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/10 "2008-05-30T03:24:38Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Mark my words; in 20 years he’ll look just like Bruce Jenner does today. [/QUOTE] I say he’ll look like Joan Rivers. (Shown [here](http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r252/SparkleFarkle54/wayland.jpg), coincidentally, with La Aiken.) ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/11 "2008-05-30T13:40:41Z")
So the kid is gonna have two mommies? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/12 "2008-05-30T13:56:27Z")
You know, every now and then something happens that convinces me that I’m quietly sliding between parallel universes. Universes with only very minor differences between them. Like when you hear that some celebrity has died, and your first reaction is “Hey wait a minute, that guy died six years ago!”, or similarly, when you hear that they’re doing something and have that same reaction. This is one of those moments. “Hey, that guy is gay! What Universe is this anyway?” ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/13 "2008-05-30T14:32:25Z")
[QUOTE=Chimera] This is one of those moments. “Hey, that guy is gay! What Universe is this anyway?” [/QUOTE] Well, it says she was artificially inseminated. Plenty of gay guys want to be fathers and that’s one way of going about it. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/14 "2008-05-30T14:56:30Z")
I misread the title as **Clay Aiken is gonna be dead!** That’s unfortunate. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/15 "2008-05-30T15:00:51Z")
[QUOTE=Eyebrows 0f Doom] Well, it says she was artificially inseminated. Plenty of gay guys want to be fathers and that’s one way of going about it. [/QUOTE] Besides, the mother’s name is Jaymes. I think Clay just got confused… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/16 "2008-05-30T15:57:54Z")
It gets creepier: The [mother](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Aiken#Early_years) is the sister of music mogel David Foster and she is _50 years old._. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clay-aiken-is-gonna-be-a-dad/451081/17 "2008-05-30T16:11:47Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] I misread the title as **Clay Aiken is gonna be dead!** [/QUOTE] That sentiment probably ran through Jack Black’s mind during the Tonight Show last evening.