Trashy Celebs

Wow, I have to say, this, to me, is even creepier than finding out that Clay Aiken IS dating. Apparently the American Idol runner-up has no interest in dating or having sex and has basically shut down his sexual drive.

From New York Magazine:

Aiken says that it’s not just clubs but also bars he dislikes: “The only reason people go to bars is to get drunk and have sex. To me, bars are what hell is like.”

He imagines his social life here will be “nonexistent, really. I’m not a nighttime person.” 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?”

Now I would think that most people, at some point or another, have speculated about the sex lives of some celebrity or another. (In fact, I would think that some people are obsessed with it and some people have made a living writing about it on the internet or talking about it on television.) But I feel extremely creeped out when I read “Clay Aiken” and “sexual urges” in the same sentence. I have nothing against Aiken — I watched most of the season of American Idol that he was on and I think he’s a fine singer, even though he doesn’t sing the type of music I am into. And I think I have poked some fun at him in these pages with the occasional YouTube video.

But something about this story is just sort of creepy to me …. creepy and sad. I just makes me wonder if he is lonely or if the rumors that he trolls the internet for gay sex are true or if he really is just happy in his solitary life.