Weekend singer gay
Singer-songwriter Khalid came out as gay on social media after he was outed, according to his posts on X.
The Grammy nominee, 26, posted a rainbow flag emoji and concise statement on X on Friday afternoon.
"there yall go. next topic please lol," Khalid, whose full name is Khalid Donnel Robinson, wrote.
In a later post, Khalid said that he had been "outted," but did not provide any other information or context.
"The society still continues to turn," he wrote. He added that he was "not ashamed" of his sexuality, but had not publicly spoken about it because "it ain't nobodies business." He responded to multiple fans' comments to state he was never "hiding" his sexual orientation.
In a final post, he said he was done discussing the topic. He also shared some of the posts on his Instagram story, thanking fans for "all of the support."
CBS News reached out to Khalid's representatives for any additional comment.
Khalid released his third studio album "Sincere" in August. Throughout his career, he has earned critical acclaim and has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards. He has won multiple MTV Video Harmony Awards and Billboard Tune Awar
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“🏳️🌈!!! there yall go. next topic please lol,” the singer first wrote, using the LGBTQ flag, before responding to a fan to confirm, “I am [gay]! And that’s okay.”
“I got outted and the world still continues to turn,” Khalid continued. “Let’s get this unbent (lmao) I am not ashamed of my sexuality! In reality it ain’t nobodies business! But I am okay with me 🖤.”
The posts came shortly after an X user, Hugo Almonte, went on a posting rampage about the artists he’s had sex with, and wrote that “one of your favorite male lover R&B singers” once offered him drugs and “tried to set me up and lie that I broke into his house.”
Almonte, whose own tune has less than 750 monthly listeners, claimed that the “gay artists that are out right no
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