Khalid responds to “frustrating” allegations and emotional fallout after being outed as gay online

nme.com:

Khalid has responded to “frustrating” allegations after being outed as gay on social media.The Grammy-nominated R&B singer came out as gay earlier this week following a series of posts from X user Hugo Almonte, who took to the platform to outline his alleged experiences of being offered drugs by “one of your favourite gay R&B singers”, who “tried to set me up and lie that I broke into his house”.

He later posted a photo of himself with Khalid.Responding to the claims, Khalid posted an emoji of the LGBTQ+ rainbow flag and wrote: “There yall go, next topic please lol”.A later reply to a fan further confirmed that he was coming out as gay, stating: “I am!

And that’s okay”.In another post, he added: “I got outted and the world still continues to turn. 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.”I got outted and the world still continues to turn. Let’s get this straight (lmao) I am not ashamed of my sexuality!