Clay Aiken's Running for Congress With Intensely Emotional Campaign Ad

By Callie Beusman  |  February 5, 2014 | 2:15pm
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Clay Aiken is running for Congress in North Carolina. Current status of the American Dream: just fine, thanks for asking.

The American Idol runner-up today confirmed rumors that he’d be seeking the Democratic nomination for the seat currently held by Rep. Renee Ellmers. His nearly five-minute long campaign ad is extremely emotional — he discusses fleeing from his abusive father as a child and his experiences working as a special ed teacher. It’s also heavy on the implications of “yes, I nearly won a singing competition with my elfin charm but I know a lot about politics, too.”

Aiken says that he considers Washington dysfunctional and that he wants to focus on bringing back jobs and improving education. [Variety]

Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers admitted that he
was not actually playing his bass during the Super Bowl, which the more eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed was unplugged. In fact, all of the instrumentals were pre-recorded. Which means that millions of Americans all joined together to watch several grown men pantomime enthusiastically in galactic tights — a new tradition I think we should honor in coming years. [NY Daily News]

Brandi Glanville has written another book, which is literally titled Drinking & Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance. In it, she seems to frequently discuss her ex-husband Eddie Cibrian, who cheated on her with Leann Rimes and a lot of cocktail waitresses — she says that he gave her HPV (“I have three permanent reminders of my marriage that I live with every day: [my sons] Mason, Jake, and HPV”).

Is it too optimistic of me to hope that she uses this platform to advocate safe sex and contraception use and to encourage women to get vaccinated? [Daily Mail]