Khalid Comes Out as Gay After Being Outed: ‘I Am Not Ashamed’

Khalid is opening up about his sexuality — and making it clear that he’s happy with who he is. In a series of X posts on Friday, the “American Teen” singer confirmed that he’s gay after stating he’d been outed.

“🏳️‍🌈!!! there yall go. next topic please lol,” the singer first wrote, before responding to a fan to confirm, “I am [gay]! And that’s okay.”

“I got outted and the world still continues to turn,” Khalid continued. “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 🖤.”

The posts came shortly after an X user, Hugo Almonte, went on a posting rampage about the artists he’s had sex with, and wrote that “one of your favorite gay R&B singers” once offered him drugs and “tried to set me up and lie that I broke into his house.”

Almonte, whose own music has less than 750 monthly listeners, claimed that the “gay artists that are out right now” are “shitty as fuck.” He followed up the posts by sharing a photo with Khalid.

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Khalid’s team and Almonte did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment.

Khalid has yet to respond to Almonte’s claims, but replied to one user who wrote that the “closet was glass.” Khalid’s response was graceful: “I wasn’t hiding anything! It’s just not any of your business.”