Clay Aiken blurted out a question about Shawn Mendes’ sexuality during an interview this week while promoting the 2003 film. American idol Runner-up upcoming Christmas album.
And the urgency of Aiken’s question — with Idol alum suddenly randomly asked while answering whether Mendes had come out as gay — marking a major turning point in the holiday music-themed conversation. “I shouldn’t have eliminated him,” Aiken refused.
But wait – is Mendes showing up? The “Stitches” hitmaker has long been the target of rumors about his sexuality, so much so that he even addressed them during a concert in Colorado last month, when the Canadian singer telling the audience, “There’s this thing about my gender and everyone else’s.” been talking about it for a long time.”
He says it’s “silly, because I think sex is an incredibly complicated thing and it’s hard to put into a framework.”
So what does Aiken know about it? Yes, the American Idol star appeared to be referring to viral footage of Mendes’ on-stage speech when he was asked by Diversity on Wednesday (November 13) If he’s about to talk about Christmas in the next two months, the singer will move on to wondering if Mendes will show up – before suddenly playing coy on the matter.
“I love Christmas, but it starts earlier and earlier,” Aiken said. “It’s been a while since I released an album so doing press in general is new. By the way, is Shawn Mendes coming out today? Have you seen this video on his Instagram? I haven’t finished watching it yet because I looked at it moment and I thought, ‘Oh my God, I have to use the computer.’ So I don’t know if he really did, I shouldn’t have disqualified him if he didn’t.”
Besides the fan-recorded video from Mendes’ Colorado performance, it’s anyone’s guess what else Aiken means. There currently appears to be no video on Mendes’ Instagram about it. However, he sometimes reshares concert clips on Instagram that others have posted about him.
Mendes has denied gay rumors in the past, responding on a podcast in 2020, “You want to say, ‘I’m not gay, but it would be okay if I were. But at the same time, there’s nothing wrong with being gay but I’m not.’ You really don’t know how to respond to this situation,” he shared.
Aiken, who finished second in the final behind Ruben Studdard above American Idol Season 2, will release a holiday album Christmas bells are ringing on November 22.
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