Clay Aiken, Father-to-Be

Yep, that Clay Aiken.

Us Weekly and TMZ are reporting that Clay Aiken's producer/roommate/best friend Jaymes Foster is carrying his baby, after having been artificially inseminated.  Witness:

Idol Clay Aiken’s producer is pregnant with his child, TMZ.com reports.

Jaymes Foster (who is reportedly in her late 40s) was artificial inseminated with the 29-year-old singer’s sperm, according to the report.

Aiken lives with Foster – described as his “best friend” – when he’s in L.A. and plans to be involved with parenting their child, TMZ reports.

The crooner has consistently avoided questions about his sexuality.

“People don’t want to have that type of stuff pushed, people who are living in Omaha or in Charlotte or wherever,” Aiken told Access Hollywood last month.

“They don’t want stuff like that pushed in their face,” he added. “I don’t think that’s necessary and that’s also not what I’m here for. I mean, I went on Idol to be a singer, I went on Idol to be an entertainer and that’s what my priority is.”

Congrats?  I guess?  I mean, this is a damn sight less horrifying than when someone voluntarily took Michael Jackson's seed into her womb.  I just deeply hope Ms. Foster is carrying less pasty and bizarre-grin-tastic DNA than the child's father.

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