A recent interview of Clay Aiken, the second season American Idol runner up and new star of the Broadway musical Spamalot, is as peculiar as it’s subject. Claiming clubs and bars just aren’t for him (what about the internet?) Aikens pretty much describes himself as asexual.  And comes across as a man not comfortable enough with his sexuality to be open about it, or worse.

Some excerpt from Clay’s interview with New York magazine:

He does not plan on dating, and he is not involved with anyone. ⿿Heck, no,⿿ he says. ⿿My dogs.⿿ He has never had a romantic relationship with anyone, unless you count the girls he took to dances back in high school in Raleigh. ⿿I just don⿿t have an interest in ⿦ any of that at all. I have got too much on my plate,⿿ he says. ⿿I⿿d rather focus on one thing and do that when I can devote time to it, and right now, I just don⿿t have any desire.⿿

But Aiken is 29 years old and he is also a human. Surely he must have needs. Urges. He contemplates this in silence for 20 or 30 seconds. ⿿Ah think maybe I don⿿t! I mean, not really. I⿿ve just kind of shut it off, maybe. Is that bad?⿿

Bad?  Repression, lack of sexual identity, closet …  No problem. Nothing a good psychiatrist couldn’t fix in a few years of intensive therapy providing a gender change operation isn’t necessary.