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Clay Aiken’s son Parker makes TV debut on Celebrity Family Feud
Clay AikenParker’s son grows up and finds himself in the spotlight.
Aiken, 45, appeared on the Tuesday, August 6, episode of Famous family feud, he brought his 15-year-old son to win money for charity.
“This is my son Parker making his TV debut,” says the American Idol alum told host Steve Harveypointing at the teenager.
Aiken’s team – which also consisted of his mother, brother and Parker’s mother, Jaymes Foster – competed against Denthusiastic Foster and woman Katharine McPhee.
American Idol paved the way for reality competition shows to help everyday people achieve their dreams of music stardom. The series premiered on Fox in 2002 with a star-studded jury of Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson. The freshman season of American Idol introduced Kelly Clarkson, who would become the show’s first breakout star. […]
Jaymes, 66, is also the younger sister of music producer David, 74.
“David’s sister Jaymes is on the right team. She wanted to win tonight,” Aiken further joked Family feud.
Aiken and Jaymes, the singer’s longtime boyfriend, welcomed their son in August 2008. Aiken later said We weekly how fatherhood changed his life.
“I feel a little more mature and substantially older. I realized on Father’s Day, ‘Oh wait, I don’t have to do anything for Father’s Day, it’s for me!’” Aiken shared exclusively Us in June 2010. “It’s strange to think about that. I also enjoy the quiet of living in North Carolina and then I come back to New York a lot of the time, at least a week a month to do [press]. I’m a New York fan. People are a bit more grounded here.”
Aiken admitted at the time that it wasn’t “that difficult” to combine his music career with parenthood.
“We were doing quite well. Anyone who has a child has to juggle everything. So it’s not that different,” he says. “We have a nice system that we work out between when he’s with her and he’s with me and we’re together and all that kind of stuff. It was really authentic.”
Since then, Parker has found his own way out of the spotlight.
“He chose a different path,” Aiken said E! News in May. “He has something else he wants to do with his life. And I’m excited for him. My son not only has a lot of music, but… Idol in his veins.”
Aiken appeared in season 2 of American Idoland finished in second place behind Ruben Studdard. Despite being “in” for the reality TV competition, Parker was not interested in auditioning.
‘Parker has a father and an aunt [Katharine McPhee]and with Ruben, an uncle, who were all working American IdolKlei said. “But he wanted to do something different. Would he have wanted to sign up? Certainly. I mean, I think the idea is to support whatever they want to do.”
