Khalid Comes Out As Gay, Says He Was Outed

Khalid just confirmed he is gay ...

coming out after claiming he was outed. The R&B hitmaker posted a rainbow flag emoji on his X account Friday night and added, "there yall go. next topic please lol.



" Khalid's tweet came after another singer seemingly outed him on social media ...

and fans were quick to reply to Khalid's post. One response led Khalid to clarify ..

. someone replied, "Wait hope Mr Khalid isn’t GEHHH!" and then Khalid quote tweeted and declared, "I am! And, that’s okay." Khalid kept posting through it, explaining .

.. "I got outted and the world still continues to turn.

Let’s get this straight (lmao) I am not ashamed of my sexuality! In reality it ain’t nobodies business! But I am okay with me. love yall" It appears Khalid is referencing a series of since-deleted posts from singer Hugo D Almonte ..

. with Almonte reportedly outing Khalid. Most folks in the comments are being supportive, with some saying it's not a huge shock .

.. pointing to his 2022 song, "Satellite," which some say is an LGBTQ anthem.

" Khalid confirmed as such, adding ...

"I wasn't hiding anything! It's just not any of your business.".