Singer Khalid has come out as homosexual, saying he made the choice to publicly reveal his sexuality after being outed.
The seven-time Grammy nominee, 26, shared a sequence of posts on X Friday evening, through which the hitmaker stated he was neither “ashamed” of being homosexual or “hiding anything” whereas noting that his sexuality is “nobodies [sic] business.”
In his first put up, Khalid shared a rainbow flag emoji together with three exclamation marks, including, “there yall go. next topic please lol.”
One particular person responded to his put up, writing “Wait hope Mr Khalid isn’t GEHHH!” That prompted Khalid to cite the reply and add, “I am! And that’s okay.”
The hitmaker then revealed that he was outed.
“I got outted [sic] 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,” he wrote together with a black coronary heart emoji and signing the put up, “love yall.”
Khalid went on to take challenge with the suggestion that he was hiding his sexuality.
“[T]he closet was glass baby. but we accept you. its not about who you love its about your artistry!” a commenter stated.
In one other put up, Khalid replied, “I wasn’t hiding anything! It’s just not any of your business.”
After a fan got here to his protection, posting on X that Khalid “didn’t need to TELL nobody,” the singer responded, “thank you!!!! I was never hiding.”
Khalid then signed off, writing in a separate put up, “aight love yall thank yall I’m off this.”
Hypothesis about who outed Khalid grew as quickly as he made the startling disclosure. Many followers urged that rapper and singer Hugo Almonte was accountable. Almonte, 28, who’s overtly bisexual, shared a photograph on X of him and Khalid lower than half-hour earlier than the latter started posting.
“B–ch ass lied and said that I broke into his house cause I didn’t want him,” Almonte wrote.
The put up was the final in a string of messages making derogatory remarks about “One of your favorite gay rappers,” implying that Almonte and the unnamed particular person had sexual relations.
Khalid obtained an outpouring of assist on-line.
“Getting outed is horrible!” one particular person posted. “I’m sorry you had to go through that! We love and support you!”
One other fan wrote, “Your amazing ! To the person who outted [sic] you they are miserable with themselves, you keep doing you !!”
Named one in all Time’s Most Influential Individuals in 2019, Khalid has a powerful file within the music business. His sophomore album “Free Spirit” debuted at #1 on the Billboard Prime 200 has been licensed platinum by the RIAA. The title monitor off that album hit the #3 spot on the Billboard Scorching 100, and his earlier singles “Location” and “Young Dumb & Broke” climbed to No. 2 and No. 1, respectively on the Billboard Scorching R&B Songs chart.
The Submit has reached out to reps for Khalid.
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