I'm the "Green Beret" who outed Clay Aiken. I have little doubt that the Claymates are inundating you with "proof" that I've recanted. It's unfortunate that in their desperation, Clay Aiken fans would take a sarcastic retort that I made in response to their ludicrous assertion and construe it as a statement of fact. Again, there was never a legitimate recant made by me nor will there be. I stand by the story as reported by the National Enquirer and as told by me on the Howard Stern Show back in February 2006.

Clay Aiken had an opportunity to address the claims I made back in January 2006, but declined. Instead his management and publicist refused comment when asked by several media outlets if the allegations were true.

In interviews back in September 2006 with Diane Sawyer, and Larry King, when questioned whether or not he was gay, Clay Aiken declined an opportunity to provide a direct yes or no answer. In an interview given to 'People Magazine' in the Fall of 2006 he was once again asked the question and again he chose to equivocate and not give a definitive yes or no reply.

His current refusal and equivocation to the question provide credibility to my assertions. Those using a sarcastic retort I made as evidence of recant do so out of sheer desperation.

While I was wrong for outing Clay Aiken and do regret doing it, I have not and will not recant the factual statements I have made regarding our encounter.

Whether you believe John Paulus' original story is totally up to you, but we could not report on a recant that never took place as many Aiken fans asked us to do. If and when Clay decides to address Paulus' story we will be more than happy to print that as well. In the meantime, we will continue to report on newsworthy stories concerning Clay like we did yesterday with a story about his landing a role on Broadway.