FORMER “American Idol” sensation Clay Aiken has gone from allegedly searching the Internet for gay hook-ups to looking for votes as a respected politician – and his next stop could be Congress!
“Clay has reinvented himself again,” declared an insider. “He’s gone from denying he was gay, to coming out of the closet, to turning activist and entering politics.”
The 35-year-old singer – who rocketed to fame 11 years ago as the runner-up on the second season of “Idol” – suffered a severe blow to his image when The ENQUIRER reported on allegations of his scandalous sex life in 2006.
But after cleaning up his act, Clay filed to run for Congress from North Carolina’s second district earlier this year, and on May 6 he won the Democratic primary in a close race. And his o