We're pretty sure there weren't a lot of people shocked by Clay's big announcement in September, but we're happy that Clay was finally able to acknowledge his sexuality and put an end to the rumors once and for all.

In an announcement that will truly only shock the most oblivious "claymates"... Clay Aiken has finally admitted he's gay!

Clay's official comming out is on the cover of next week's People with a picture of Clay holding his newborn son Parker.

Can you believe our luck? We managed to catch Phoebe Price hanging out on Robertson again! Seriously, what are the odds?

We happened to spot Phoebs holding court on the sidewalk yesterday afternoon to promote her new movie, her upcoming party appearances, and her recent charity work to help bring water to drought-stricken Africans. Aw, that Phoebe - she's such a giver!

'Course, Phoebe wasn't quite so charitable to Clay Aiken - when someone asked PP about the recent addition to Clay's family, she shot back "I feel sorry for the child...if it looks like him, oh no!" Damn, Phoebe, why so cold? It's not like Clay works for Chanel or anything!

Congrats to Clay Aiken - the American Idol just became a father!

Clay's mother Faye confirmed to Raleigh-Durham TV station WRAL that the singer's babymama Jaymes Foster gave birth to a healthy 6 lbs. 2 oz. baby boy, Parker Foster Aiken, at 8:08 this morning.

Wait a minute - that means Parker's birthday is 8:08 AM on 8/8/08! How crazy is that?

Faye also confirms that Parker has dark hair and is already "smiling from ear to ear".

We're sure his proud papa's pretty happy too!

So we've been holding off reporting about Clay Aiken's sperm allegedly having been artificially inseminated in his 50 year-old record producer Jaymes Foster, until we could get confirmation of the story ourselves.

Well we still don't have Aiken's peeps telling us he's gonna be a dad, but now we have another little nugget of news ...

Seems someone close to Jaymes' brother David Foster, told another website the story is true but when we called the gentleman, he said he never confirmed or denied the story and that he was misquoted -- huh???

Misquoted or have Foster family members gotten on the line with him and bitched him out for spilling the beans?

So what we're left with is ... is Clay Aiken's music producer pregnant with her client/friend of ambiguous sexuality's child? Or is this some kinda online hoax?!

Nobody knows the pressures of fame better than celebs themselves - but Britney Spears' recent run of disastrous bad fortune has even the A-listers feeling sorry for the pop princess!

Demi Moore, opined to V Magazine that "no one has seen it worse than Britney Spears," in reference to the way she lives her life under constant public scrutiny.

Conversely, Clay Aiken opted for the Chris Crocker approach, telling ET "we have a presidential election going on, and for whatever reason this is what people are interested in. I think that is probably the saddest thing. Leave her alone, just leave her alone."

We wonder which celeb will be next to speak out on Britney's sad set of circumstances - any guesses?

He can get it up on top ...

but down here?