Clay Aiken: A Cautionary Tale

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This Newsweek interview is further proof that Clay Aiken has a lot of trouble separating reality -- you want to promote your new gig, you're going to get some questions about your very weird behavior -- from, well, whatever it is that goes on inside his head, which is clearly a place where things make perfect sense:

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.

We're just having a conversation.
Change the subject! I'd never take a job where I had to do something that I didn't want to do.

What about all those Ford commercials on "American Idol"?
That wasn't a job.

It was part of your job.
It wasn't a Ford commercial. It was a music video. It was a completely different thing.

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.

Oh, Clay, come on! I don't even know any more how to have sympathy for the guy, because he really did get himself into this mess. [Via Huffington Post.]

Comments

So what do you think it is with him? I'm a fan but I can't quite figure out why he says such stupid things all the time. I do wonder why the Spamalot people haven't told him to STFU with his comments. Any ideas?

[A Lee]

Newsweek Online put this in the Theater section . Why should Clay Aiken have to answer questions from an unprepared reporter about old news ? It could have been a fun interview if Newsweek had done their homework . In fact the first section if the interview --- the part you didn't print --- was fun .