Singer-Songwriter Khalid Comes Out After Being Outed by Ex
"Singer-songwriter Khalid came out as gay in a series of tweets about his sexuality on Friday," reports Vulture.
"I got outted [sic] and the world still continues to turn," he tweeted. "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 🖤 love yall." Khalid wrote initially.
He got an immediately response from a X follower that read: ""Wait hope Mr Khalid isn't GEHHH!"
Khalid responded: "I am! And that's okay."
Then added: "🏳️🌈!!!
there yall go. next topic please lol
He clarified with: "I wasn't hiding anything! It's just not any of your business."
Vulture gave the back story: " Khalid's posts came after fellow singer Hugo D Almonte took to X with claims about an ex that he did not initially identify by name. In a since-deleted tweet, Almonte said he dated and broke up with a "dumb ass singer" who allegedly then falsely accused him of breaking into their home. Almonte then appeared to confirm who he was talking about by posting a since-deleted selfie with Khalid alongside the caption, "Bitch ass 🥷🏾 lied and said that I broke into his house cause I didn't want him."
Hollywood Life writes: "Fans quickly speculated that rapper and singer Hugo Almonte was behind the outing. The 28-year-old posted a photo on X-which has since been deleted-with the 26-year-old artist less than 30 minutes before Khalid came out on social media."
Almonte is an openly bisexual Dominican American from New York. A social media star, he has since been working to build a career in music. In March 2023, he released his debut album, "El Can Se Acabó." On Instagram, Almonte has over 300k followers, and he also has a YouTube channel with 11,000 subscribers.
Holllywood Life adds: "Almonte took to X with claims about an ex, whom he did not initially identify by name, but said, '"'One of your favorite gay R&B singers suck my d**k and it was really bad.'
"He then claimed he dated and broke up with a 'dumb a** singer' who allegedly falsely accused him of breaking into their home. 'He's ugly as f**k but he tried to set me up and lie and say I broke into his house because I broke up with him like why would I go to your house and do all that if I broke up with you dumb a**!'
"Almonte followed up with a since-deleted selfie with Khalid, captioning it, 'B**ch a** 🥷🏾 lied and said that I broke into his house cause I didn't want him.'"