5:05AM Kyle Buchanan | While not everyone is surprised by Clay Aiken’s decision to
come out of the closet (speaking to
Extra, Simon Cowell said dryly, “It’s like being told Santa Claus isn’t real”), there is one sort of person who’s had to take the workday off to burn Anthropologie candles and listen to
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” on repeat, and she is the “Claymate.” Aiken’s most ardent fans are predictably in a lather about the revelation, with reactions running the gamut of the Kübler-Ross cycle of grief (albeit with more emoticons).
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