{"id":378503,"date":"2024-11-23T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/?p=378503"},"modified":"2024-11-25T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T10:39:14","slug":"i-wasnt-hiding-anything-khalid-comes-out-as-gay-after-being-outed-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/culture\/i-wasnt-hiding-anything-khalid-comes-out-as-gay-after-being-outed-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"“I wasn’t hiding anything”: Khalid comes out as gay after being outed on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Music sensation Khalid has come out as gay after he was outed on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

On 22 November, the Grammy-nominated talent took to his X\/Twitter profile to reveal the news in a series of tweets. <\/span><\/p>\n

“There yall go. Next topic, please lol,” he wrote alongside a rainbow flag emoji. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In an additional tweet, Khalid gave further insight into his coming out announcement: “I got outed, and the world still continues to turn. Let’s get this straight (lmao): <\/span>I am not ashamed of my sexuality! <\/span><\/p>\n

“In reality, it ain’t nobodies business! But I am okay with me love yall.” <\/span><\/p>\n

Khalid also affirmed his sexuality to a handful of fans on the platform, including one who claimed that “the closet was glass.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I wasn’t hiding anything! It’s just not any of your business,” he exclaimed in a quote tweet.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

When another user expressed their hopes for the singer not to be gay, the latter wrote<\/a>: “I am! And that’s okay!” <\/span><\/p>\n

Khalid’s announcement came hours after X user, Hugo D Almonte, seemingly outed him on the platform. <\/span><\/p>\n

In a handful of now-deleted tweets, Almonte claimed that he dated “one of your favourite gay R&B singers” before accusing the individual of trying to “set him up”.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a follow-up post, the Instagram influencer uploaded a picture of himself and the ‘Location’ singer alongside the caption: “B***h ass lied and said I broke into his house cause I didn’t want him.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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I got outted and the world still continues to turn. Let\u2019s get this straight (lmao) I am not ashamed of my sexuality! In reality it ain\u2019t nobodies business! But I am okay with me \ud83d\udda4 love yall<\/p>\n

\u2014 Khalid (@thegreatkhalid) November 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n