My personal life is private

Although he rapped about being gay in a pre-Idol video posted on YouTube, newly-ousted American Idol seventh-season semifinalist Danny Noriega now feels his sexuality is a private issue that he doesn't want to talk about.

"I think your personal life and your job are two different things," the flamboyant Noriega told reporters during a Friday conference call when the subject was broached. "I think people should respect that and know the fine line between that. Privacy is really important."

Noriega attributed the You Tube videos -- one of which was a profanity-laced rant against Christmas -- to be a product of his youth.

"That's something that is so forever ago that I used to do. It was almost like another person ago," he said. "That was when I was younger, it was more like an acting thing. I used to do personalities... It's more of like an acting show that I used to put on for YouTube."

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