Clays Walks out on Newsweek Interview

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Clay Aiken walked out of an interview with Newsweek Magazine this week after interviewer Ramin Setoodeh entered into a tense line of questioning with the alleged “down low” country boy. The interview was supposed to promote Clay’s latest career venture; like all gays, he’s headed for Broadway. Clay will make his Broadway debut in “Spamalot” next week.

Feel free to check out the entire Newsweek interview. But for fun, we’ve skipped to the part where things got ugly. Let us know what you think. Did Clay overreact?

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.