CLAY Aiken, the runner-up on Season 2 of American Idol, has shocked fans after appearing on Celebrity Family Feud with his teenage son. The singer, who lost to Ruben Studdard during the 2003 season of the competition series, appeared on Tuesday's episode of the Family Feud spinoff. Clay , 45, played alongside his mom, Faye, his brother, Brett, his son, Parker, and Parker's mother, Jaymes.
The family went up against another American Idol runner-up, Katherine McPhee , who played with her husband, David Foster. However, the two teams had mixed family members, as Jaymes on Clay's team is David's sister. When Clay introduced his family, he revealed that his 15-year-old son was making his television debut.
Read More on Clay Aiken The teenager was seen wearing a striped polo shirt with a white collar and had a full head of curly hair. TIME FLIES Before the competition, host Steve Harvey , 67, approached the teenager and asked, "Parker, what's up?" Steve went on to joke that Parker would have "all the girls at the school" once the episode aired. Later on in the episode, Parker gave a winning answer when he said a woman wouldn't want to bring her "work husband" to the "club.
" Most read in Game shows Steve gave Parker a fist bump and said that the teenager was "gonna be somethin'." After an Instagram post with Clay and Parker was shared on Wednesday, fans noted how "old" they felt seeing the American Idol star with his grown-up son. "Omg I feel so old [shocked face]! His kid is 15?!" one person wrote.
"I was going to say the same thing. Where is all this time going cause it's going to fast," a second replied back. "Oh my gosh .
I just got 'I’m old' vibes realizing Clay Aiken has a 15 year old," a third agreed. The previous American Idol winners include: Kelly Clarkson (2002) Ruben Studdard (2003) Fantasia Barrino (2004) Carrie Underwood (2005) Taylor Hicks (2006) Jordin Sparks (2007) David Cook (2008) Kris Allen (2009) Lee DeWyze (2010) Scotty McCreery (2011) Phillip Phillips (2012) Candice Glover (2013) Caleb Johnson (2014) Nick Fradiani (2015) Trent Harmon (2016) Maddie Poppe (2018) Laine Hardy (2019) Just Sam (2020) Chayce Beckham (2021) Noah Thompson (2022) Iam Tongi (2023) "15? How can he be 15 already? Handsome young man!" a fourth said. "Wow! I feel old!" another exclaimed.
CLAY'S CAREER Since his time in the Idol spotlight, Clay has released six studio albums and accumulated numerous acting credits. For TV, he guest starred on both Disney's Phineas and Ferb and The Office. He also appeared on Broadway in Monty Python's Spamalot and later returned to the stage alongside Ruben for their Christmas show in 2018.
Aside from his entertainment career, the singer has also run for office twice. In her personal life, Clay publicly came out as gay in 2008 - around the same time he welcomed his son with his "dear friend" Jaymes. Clay said that coming out was the "first decision he made as a father.
" “I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn’t raised that way, and I’m not going to raise a child to do that," he told People . Read More on The US Sun Since 2008, Clay has been romantically linked to former Survivor contestant Reed Kelly, as well as Devin Finn and Jeff Walters.
Since opening up about his sexuality, Clay has been a strong advocate of LGBTQ+ rights ..
