Khalid comes out as gay after being outed online: “I am not ashamed of my sexuality”

23 November, 2024

Khalid has come out as gay after being outed on social media, declaring that he is “not ashamed” of his sexuality.

The Grammy-nominated R&B singer made a series of posts on X on Friday (November 22), after another individual had made a number of personal comments about their own prior relationships with the artist.

Posting an emoji of the LGBTQ rainbow flag, Khalid wrote: “There yall go, next topic please lol”.

A later reply to a fan further confirmed that he was coming out as gay, stating: “I am! And that’s okay”.

In another post, he added: “I got outted and the world still continues to turn. Let’s get this straight (lmao) I am not ashamed of my sexuality! In reality it ain’t nobodies business! But I am okay with me.”

Responding to another reply that claimed his “closet was glass”, Khalid wrote, “I wasn’t hiding anything! It’s just not any of your business”.

Khalid’s posts came in the light of a series of claims from X user Hugo Almonte, who shared what he claimed were his experiences of being offered drugs by “one of your favourite gay R&B singers”, who “tried to set me up and lie that I broke into his house”. He later posted a photo of himself with Khalid.

Following those posts, Almonte spoke to Rolling Stone about his intentions, claiming he wanted to “share how he tried to use his power to silence me because I simply ended our relationship”.

Almonte said he had received death threats, adding: “It’s crazy that these people said I was chasing clout, when I was holding onto this for five years, and I finally had enough”.

Khalid had his breakthrough with the 2017 album ‘American Teen’, and has since followed that up with ‘Free Spirit’ in 2019 and this year’s ‘Sincere’. His track ‘Silver Platter’ also appeared on the highly acclaimed soundtrack album for 2023’s Barbie.

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