ARTICLE: Former Idol Finalist RJ Helton Says He’s Gay
October 14th, 2006 | 
Articles | Source: CMWired.com (255)
Former American Idol contestant R.J. Helton, 25, announced that he is gay while on SIRIUS Satellite Radio host Larry Flick’s show “OutQ in the Morning” on Wednesday. During the on-air interview, Flick asked Helton – who’d been in the top five on the first season of the hit FOX show – why he was no longer performing inspirational music.
Replied the singer, whose full name is Richard Jason Helton: “I can have a faith but can’t be who I want to be. So a lot of it was just personal things I needed to overcome and just be proud of who I was. Just because I am gay does not mean I can’t love God.” (Helton’s 2004 Christian music album Real Life sold more than 20,000 copies.) […read more]
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