We all knew this day would come.

Following the Aug. 8 birth of his son Parker, singer Clay Aiken is following through on a promise he made to himself as a new dad: to publicly acknowledge that he’s gay. 

“It was the first decision I made as a father,” Aiken, 29, tells the upcoming issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

“I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn’t raised that way, and I’m not going to raise a child to do that.” 

Aiken says he expects the news may overwhelm some of his fans. “Whether it be having a child out of wedlock, or whether it be simply being a homosexual, it’s going to be a lot,” said Aiken, who returned to Broadway last week as Sir Robin in Monty Python’s Spamalot. 

He adds that he hopes his fans “know that I’ve never intended to lie to anybody at all. … But if they leave, I don’t want them to leave hating me.” 

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In more news of the bizarre. Yes kids, Clay Aiken is a daddy. How incredibly disturbing that the mother is in her late 40’s and was artificially inseminated with his sperm. I guess he wasn’t quite ready to man-up to the plate and kick it with a woman. What was that Madonna movie? The one where she had a child with her gay BFF?? Hmm…

American Idol Clay Aiken is a dad!

The 29-year-old singer and his best friend, producer Jaymes Foster, welcomed baby boy, Parker Foster Aiken, in his home-state of North Carolina Friday morning, Aiken’s mother Faye told local TV station WRAL.

Parker Foster Aiken was born at 8:08 a.m. weighing 6 pounds, 2 ounces. He was 19 inches long.

Parker has dark hair, Faye reported.

Foster (who is reportedly in her late 40s) was artificial inseminated with Aiken’s sperm.

The BFFs live together when he’s in L.A. and he plans to be involved with parenting their child.

The crooner has consistently avoided questions about his sexuality.

“People don’t want to have that type of stuff pushed, people who are living in Omaha or in Charlotte or wherever,” Aiken told Access Hollywood in April.

“They don’t want stuff like that pushed in their face,” he added. “I don’t think that’s necessary and that’s also not what I’m here for. I mean, I went on Idol to be a singer, I went on Idol to be an entertainer and that’s what my priority is.”