As we first told you yesterday, Clay Aiken has decided to come out of the closet on the cover of People magazine.

You know what I have to say about Clay coming out: It's about time.

When you're reading Aiken's story in People, you'll see why it might have been so hard for him to come out as a gay man.

Here's his horror story of telling mommy:

After dropping off his younger brother Brett, who was being deployed to Iraq, at Camp Lejeune, "I started crying in the car," Aiken remembers. "It was dark. I was sitting there, thinking to myself. I don't know why I started thinking about it … I just started bawling. She made me pull over the car and it just came out."

So what was his mom's reaction? "She started crying. She was obviously somewhat stunned. But she was very supportive and very comforting." Even now, Aiken admits, "She still struggles with things quite a bit, but she's come a long way."

At least Clay's mom has come a long way.

Aiken says he came out for his son, Parker, who was conceived through a friend via artificial insemination:

"I have no idea if he'll be gay or straight. It's not something I'll have anything to do with, or that he'll have anything to do with. It's already probably up inside the code there ... No matter what the situation you're in, if you're raised in a loving environment, that's the most important thing."

Clay Aiken's baby and my dog have the same name! How gay is that?!

We all know how hard it is for a gay man to come out of the closet, so I'd say we should all be easy on Aiken for a while.

Let the man enjoy his coming out party!