Khalid has come out as homosexual after being outed on social media, declaring that he’s “not ashamed” of his sexuality.
The Grammy-nominated R&B singer made a collection of posts on X on Friday (November 22), after one other particular person had made a variety of private feedback about their very own prior relationships with the artist.
Posting an emoji of the LGBTQ rainbow flag, Khalid wrote: “There yall go, subsequent subject please lol”.
🏳️🌈!!!
there yall go. subsequent subject please lol— Khalid (@thegreatkhalid) November 22, 2024
I’m! And that’s okay https://t.co/z3cvR7H6QB
— Khalid (@thegreatkhalid) November 22, 2024
A later reply to a fan additional confirmed that he was popping out as homosexual, stating: “I’m! And that’s okay”.
In one other submit, he added: “I acquired outted and the world nonetheless continues to show. Let’s get this straight (lmao) I’m not ashamed of my sexuality! In actuality it ain’t nobodies enterprise! However I’m okay with me.”
I acquired outted and the world nonetheless continues to show. Let’s get this straight (lmao) I’m not ashamed of my sexuality! In actuality it ain’t nobodies enterprise! However I’m okay with me 🖤 love yall
— Khalid (@thegreatkhalid) November 23, 2024
I wasn’t hiding something! It’s simply not any of what you are promoting https://t.co/jAW9f7I5oO
— Khalid (@thegreatkhalid) November 23, 2024
thanks!!!! I used to be by no means hiding https://t.co/1yhNythnMP
— Khalid (@thegreatkhalid) November 23, 2024
Responding to a different reply that claimed his “closet was glass”, Khalid wrote, “I wasn’t hiding something! It’s simply not any of what you are promoting”.
Khalid’s posts got here within the mild of a collection of claims from X consumer Hugo Almonte, who shared what he claimed have been his experiences of being provided medication by “certainly one of your favorite homosexual R&B singers”, who “tried to set me up and lie that I broke into his home”. He later posted a photograph of himself with Khalid.
Following these posts, Almonte spoke to Rolling Stone about his intentions, claiming he wished to “share how he tried to make use of his energy to silence me as a result of I merely ended our relationship”.
Almonte stated he had obtained dying threats, including: “It’s loopy that these folks stated I used to be chasing clout, once I was holding onto this for 5 years, and I lastly had sufficient”.
Khalid had his breakthrough with the 2017 album ‘American Teen’, and has since adopted that up with ‘Free Spirit’ in 2019 and this 12 months’s ‘Honest’. His observe ‘Silver Platter’ additionally appeared on the extremely acclaimed soundtrack album for 2023’s Barbie.
