Khalid Comes Out As Gay After Being Outed Online

Khalid is opening up about his sexuality — even when it’s not one thing he initially supposed to speak about.

In a collection of posts to his X on Friday (Nov. 22), Khalid formally got here out as homosexual, merely posting a rainbow flag emoji and asking his followers to maneuver on to the “subsequent subject please lol.” When one other consumer adopted up for clarification, Khalid confirmed he recognized as homosexual, writing “and that’s okay.”

In one other tweet, Khalid made his reasoning behind the posts explicitly clear. “I bought outted [sic] and the world nonetheless continues to show,” he wrote. “Let’s get this straight (lmao) I’m not ashamed of my sexuality! In actuality it ain’t nobodies enterprise! However I’m okay with me.”

Billboard has reached out to representatives for Khalid for remark.

As reported by Rolling Stone, the outing that Khalid referred to got here from a collection of since-deleted tweets from X consumer and recording artist Hugo Almonte. After writing {that a} “homosexual R&B singer” had as soon as “tried to set me up and lie that I broke into his home,” Almonte shared a since-deleted photograph of himself and Khalid.

In an announcement given to the outlet, Almonte claimed that he needed to “share how he tried to make use of his energy to silence me as a result of I merely ended our relationship,” and stated he acquired dying threats from many accusing him of “chasing clout” together with his claims. “I used to be holding onto this for 5 years, and I lastly had sufficient.”

When one fan identified that Khalid’s track and music video for 2022’s “Satellite tv for pc” had been already an “LGBTQ anthem,” Khalid replied, letting them know that they had been completely right. “thanks!!!! I used to be by no means hiding,” he stated.

Learn Khalid’s popping out posts beneath: