Khalid has simply publicly shared that he’s homosexual, however he clarified that he solely selected to disclose his sexuality after being outed.
On Friday, Nov. 22, the seven-time Grammy nominee posted a number of updates on X, together with one by which he acknowledged, “I received outted and the world nonetheless continues to show.” He then added, “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 🖤 love y’all.”
Followers shortly speculated that rapper and singer Hugo Almonte was behind the outing. The 28-year-old posted a photograph on X—which has since been deleted—with the 26-year-old artist lower than half-hour earlier than Khalid got here out on social media.
Right here’s what to learn about Almonte and a more in-depth take a look at their relationship.
Who Is Hugo Almonte?
Almonte is an overtly bisexual Dominican American from New York. A social media star, he has since been working to construct a profession in music. In March 2023, he launched his debut album, El Can Se Acabó.
On Instagram, Almonte has over 300k followers, and he additionally has a YouTube channel with 11,000 subscribers.
Did Almonte Out Khalid?
Almonte took to X with claims about an ex, whom he didn’t initially determine by title, however mentioned, “Certainly one of your favourite homosexual R&B singers suck my d**ok and it was actually dangerous.”
He then claimed he dated and broke up with a “dumb a** singer” who allegedly falsely accused him of breaking into their dwelling. “He’s ugly as f**ok however he tried to set me up and lie and say I broke into his home as a result of I broke up with him like why would I am going to your own home and do all that if I broke up with you dumb a**!”
Almonte adopted up with a since-deleted selfie with Khalid, captioning it, “B**ch a** 🥷🏾 lied and mentioned that I broke into his home trigger I didn’t need him.”
When addressing the scenario in a collection of his personal social media posts, Khalid talked about that he “wasn’t hiding something,” responding to supportive followers who famous that the revelation wasn’t all that surprising. Nonetheless, Khalid emphasised that it was his determination to make and that, in the end, it was no person’s enterprise.
I wasn’t hiding something! It’s simply not any of your small business https://t.co/jAW9f7I5oO
— Khalid (@thegreatkhalid) November 23, 2024
In an electronic mail assertion to Vulture, Almonte defended his actions, saying, “[It’s] actually humorous the way it works as a result of my intentions was by no means to out somebody who’s clearly been out already locally in Los Angeles.”
Almonte added that individuals have began to “belittle” his character and ship him dying threats. “All I’ve discovered from that is by no means enable anybody to silence me, it’s loopy that these individuals mentioned I used to be chasing clout, once I was holding onto this for 5 years, and I lastly had sufficient,” he concluded. Almonte additionally tweeted and deleted an extended, comparable assertion from the Notes app, doubling down on his place. He declared, “If I had an opportunity to do it throughout, I’d do it many times and once more the identical means.”
