Clay Aiken’s 16-year-old son Parker is the spitting image of his dad. {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Steve Harvey allows the Aiken family a moment of celebration on last week’s episode of Family Feud.
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jpg"} Steve Harvey allows the Aiken family a moment of celebration on last week’s episode of Family Feud. Photo: Family Feud/YouTube The father-son duo made a rare public appearance together on Celebrity Family Feud last week. “This is my son Parker making his TV debut,” Aiken announced to host Steve Harvey in the episode.
It wasn’t just Clay’s son who appeared on the show though – the singer’s mother Faye, his brother Brett and his best friend Jaymes Foster (who’s also Parker’s mum) turned up too, as reported by Today. {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Parker Foster Aiken’s mum is Jaymes Foster, who also appeared on Family Feud with him.
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jpg"} Parker Foster Aiken’s mum is Jaymes Foster, who also appeared on Family Feud with him. Photo: Family Feud/YouTube Aiken’s team played against fellow American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee and her husband, David Foster – who is the brother of Jaymes Foster. Here’s what we know about Clay Aiken’s son, as he joins the world of TV: Who are Parker Foster Aiken’s parents? According to People, Parker Foster Aiken was born to his parents Clay Aiken and Jaymes Foster in August 2008.
They were not romantically linked and Foster became pregnant through in vitro fertilisation, adds the outlet. As best friends, they had decided to co-parent a child together as they both wanted one. {"@context":"https://schema.
org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Clay Aiken said he was used to “only thinking about myself” until his son came along. Photo: Family Feud/YouTube","url":"https://img.i-scmp.
com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/08/12/0a0e1950-4b7b-4e15-b6cf-75e6c1c4e226_67e04987.jpg"} Clay Aiken said he was used to “only thinking about myself” until his son came along. Photo: Family Feud/YouTube Clay came out publicly in a cover story for People, one month after the birth of his son.
“It was the first decision I made as a father,” he told People. “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 reflected on his journey in a 2023 interview with Philadelphia Gay News. “I didn’t come out to myself until I was on Idol . I met someone while I was out in LA and that started me on my journey.
Later when I became a father I came out quietly – on the cover of People magazine!” Parker Foster Aiken has more famous family members {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Fans noted the striking resemblance between Parker Foster Aiken (pictured) and his dad Clay Aiken on the show. Photo: Family Feud/YouTube","url":"https://img.
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Photo: Family Feud/YouTube Besides his parents, Parker Foster Aiken also has links to other famous people in the music industry. His uncle from his mother’s side is producer David Foster, who married Katharine McPhee in June 2019, making her his aunt, per People. His birth changed Clay Aiken’s life Clay has opened up about how becoming a father has impacted his life.
“I’m obviously used to only thinking about myself, and now I can’t do that,” he said in a 2011 appearance on Innerviews . “I have to make sure that I’m well aware of how my actions affect not just myself but my son and even beyond that,” he added. He didn’t like to listen to his dad sing {"@context":"https://schema.
org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"American Idol star Clay Aiken’s son Parker Foster Aiken took his job seriously on Family Feud last week. Photo: Family Feud/YouTube","url":"https://img.i-scmp.
com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/08/12/aad63a96-ee5a-412e-b4ae-08388f0c8744_67e04987.jpg"} American Idol star Clay Aiken’s son Parker Foster Aiken took his job seriously on Family Feud last week. Photo: Family Feud/YouTube Clay once revealed that his son wasn’t always a fan of his father’s singing.
“My son doesn’t like to listen to me sing, but he enjoys listening to other people sing,” he told Popeater in 2010. Then last year he told The Kokomo Post that now he was older, Parker had been able to come to his Broadway production Ruben & Clay’s First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show in 2018, and “did actually love it”. He’s very private It seems Parker is choosing to stay under the radar for the time being.
As for singing, his dad told E! News in May that although he used to sing “all the time”, he has “chosen a different path”. Clay added, “He has something else he wants to do with his life. And I’m excited for him.
” What happened to Clay Aiken after American Idol? {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Clay Aiken with his friend Ruben Studdard. Photo: @clayaiken/Instagram","url":"https://img.
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Photo: @clayaiken/Instagram After landing second place to Ruben Studdard in American Idol ’s second season, Clay released his debut album Measure of a Man in 2003. {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"After Clay Aiken’s appearance on American Idol he released the album Measure of a Man, which went multi platinum.
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jpg"} After Clay Aiken’s appearance on American Idol he released the album Measure of a Man, which went multi platinum. Photo: @clayaiken/Instagram The album went multi platinum, and Clay released more music, before getting into politics and running for Congress in North Carolina twice, per Variety. When Clay Aiken had his son Parker in 2008, he said he knew it was time to reveal to the world who he really was, coming out as gay in People magazine soon after Sixteen years later, a teenage Parker Foster Aiken just appeared on Celebrity Family Feud alongside his famous dad, his mum Jaymes Foster and his grandma Faye.
