Clay Aiken to Be a Dad?
A spokesman for a relative of the mother has confirmed that Clay Aiken is about to be a father. The 29-year-old American Idol celeb has conceived with his best friend, music producer Jaymes Foster. 50-year-old Foster became pregnant through artificial insemination, with Aiken being the donor, says a representative for record mogul David Foster, who is Jaymes' brother.
Foster is due in August and Aiken says he has plans to be an involved father, says People.com. But the bigger questions still loom large. For a performer who has been dogged by rumors for years, he can probably expect them to fly even more furiously.
Message board posts are already buzzing with speculations about the "couple", their relationship, the insemination, and the mother's age. Blog posters at the San Francisco chronicle are already showing support as fans while simultaneously expressing dismay, particularly about Foster's age and Aiken's rumored sexual orientation. "I don't think this news was on anyone's Claydar," said one poster.
Aiken and Foster both can probably expect this to be only the beginning of a media fervor. Remember the hoopla over the mother of Michael Jackson's children? Angelina Jolie can also bear witness to the fact that journalists and paparazzi are nuts for celebrity babies, and if there's a twist to the story, so much the better.
Clay Aiken, Jaymes Foster as well as the baby-to-be are in for a rollercoaster ride of media madness. If Aiken can put out a CD in the interim, he can expect even more crazed publicity. I'm sure the reports are just beginning. Will they be up to the task? Time will tell, but in the meantime, ready the Sperm-a-Lot jokes.
