OlderClay Aiken VS. Newsweek
Round 1!
Newsweek got a little too inquisitive for American Idol alum Clay Aiken. Do you think the interviewer went a little too far? Here’s what went down during a recent sit-down:
How did you get into a fight with that lady on a plane? I’m not going to talk about it.
I was just curious because you’ve never talked about it. I did talk about it.
What about the Kelly Ripa thing? I’m not going to discuss it.
Did you think it was homophobic? I’m not going to discuss it.
What do you want to talk about? I think we’re done.
Can we talk about something fun? No, we’re done. I thought Newsweek would be more reputable. I’m surprised.
But I think people are curious about it. It was a year ago. This is Newsweek. It’s not the National Enquirer. I’d hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people.
I’ll change the subject. What do you do for fun? I watch the news. I read news magazines, but I’m reconsidering that now.
Read the full interview at Newsweek.com.
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HA! Idiot man… Someone’s clearly got it in his head that he’s better than Newsweek. None of those questions crossed the line, if you don’t want to answer then don’t answer, but trying to tear down the reporter for asking a legitimate question in the first place is moronic. Also, it’s hard to pretend you’re above it all when you started the conversation talking about the toilet. Swelled head!
To Wilbert…
I don’t usually respond to this stuff, but I don’t listen to Clay Aiken (not that I’d be ashamed if I did). I’m gay and that is why homophobic comments offend me.
i hate that ******* dude.. what a jackass..
Although I think Newsweek was over-stepping it’s boundries by asking personal questions like those, I think Clay Aiken handled the interview very badly. Technically Newsweek is not supposed to be a tabloid magazine, but let’s be honest, how many magazines these days don’t ask those juicy personal questions? Not many. In one way or another, every magazine has an ounce of tabloid in it.
But even when the reporter tried to change the subject, Clay Aiken was still rude and pouty. The reporter was just doing his job, and even though he wasn’t exactly respecting Aiken’s privacy, that does not give Clay the right to be rude back. It would have been enough for him to say, I don’t really feel like talking about it, and then allow the subject to be changed.
Given his situation, he shouldn’t do anything else that would make more people believe he really is as stuck up as the magazines make him out to be.
Please Clay can do what he wants..he’s a grown man. If he wants to have a hissy fit, then so be it. He has plenty of company .There are people dying in Iraq and that’s what Newsweek should really be concentrating on. He is supposed to be some has been then why were they interviewing him anyway? Obviously he’s newsworthy.
The past is the past and his reponses of past situations have been documented. Stupid ‘journalists”. Reporting the same bs over and over.
And so what if he’s gay? Please. tht has noting to do with anything.
Ugly ****..!!
GAwd, she is one snippy little queen.
Gayken lovers are the same kind of morons that would vote for Mike Huckabee.
It’s interesting that when other celebrities refuse to answer certain questions during an interview (George Clooney, Matt Damon, Kevin Spacey to name a few) no one makes a big deal out of it. Seems like there’s a double standard here. Like him or not, his name still generates interest. It’s just a pity though that no one questions him about his recent activities as a Unicef Ambassador or his charitable endeavors which he spends so much of his time doing.
his voice sucks and sounds like a screaming woman…i can’t stand listening to him…i actually threw his last cd in the garbage. clay you have no class and sophistication and you ought to go back to where you belong, to the backwoods of north carolina…
Clay is not only witty, he is funny too. Right on Clay, it’s about time someone told off these “reputable” idiots!
Oh give me a frikkin break. Clay is such a joke and his fans are insane. You’re finally getting an interview and you’re rude to the interviewer and you diss the show that’s your chance into having a real career.
who does he think he is!!! mega-celeb??
So everyone, how would you have answered those boring year-old questions that the interviewer already knew the answers to, as we all did? If it were I going into this interview, from a reputable magazine, with the assumption it was to promote Spamolot, but only to get hit with the “same ol, same ol” garbage questions…I would be pissed too. This was an award winning interviewer? How pathetic. No, I’m not a claymate, nor an AI watcher…just an individual who likes the theatre and wanted some insite on the new production…not last year’s tabloid crap. Newsweek, if you can’t do it right, don’t do it please.
Clay is awesome. He has been one busy man. There are so many questions the interviewer could have asked Clay about, Spamalot, Unicef, his concerts, his foundation and new cd. This interviewer chose not to have any real interest in the most special and very handsome man. You go Clay!!
he gets pissy b/c the stuff newsweek is interviewing him about ‘happened 1 yr. ago’. that alone should have him thinking… if it happened 1 yr. ago and that’s roughly the only subject a news mag has to interview you about, get your sorry a-ss outta town - or do something newsworthy. crybaby a-ss-hole.
pft… he should be lucky someone was even willing to interview him in the first place.
He had every right to stop the interview when he did.
Good for him! I’m glad he stood up for himself!
I think Clay Aiken is awesome and doing a lot of good.
AHAHA!! i’m not a fan of his, but good for him! it’s funny & sad how he kept repeating “I’m not going to discuss it.” the last line was the best “I’ll change the subject. What do you do for fun? I watch the news. I read news magazines, but I’m reconsidering that now.” HAHA.
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