Red Hair Boy Wonder proves there’s more to him than just undeserved Spamalot roles
Clay Aiken. What can I say?
Every time I see that pretentious smirk in some media photo here or there, I want to slap it off his sweet freckled face. But somehow, someway I always manage to come back. Maybe it’s the teaser of his 3 buttons unbuttoned on his 8 buttoned button down shirt. Maybe it’s the necklaces that bear a dangerous resemblance to chokers I wore in 8th grade. Maybe it’s his ability to be the only person out there who has the audacity and courage to get in a fight with Kelly Ripa…ON-AIR. Or maybe just maybe it’s his uncanny skill to actually look worse post-makeover than before.
Whatever it is, Clay Aiken is clearly a jackass, but a UNICEF Ambassador jackass. And this month he’s deciding to do un-jackass things by participating in The Tap Project, a US campaign to help UNICEF provide safe drinking water to children around the world. The Tap Project takes place in NYC restaurants during World Water Week (3/16-3/22). Customers will pay $1 for each glass of water that would normally come free with the meal. That dollar will then be donated to UNICEF where it can provide safe drinking water for a child in a Third World country for 40 days.
Fine you win Clay. You win again. Your smile makes me want to jump off a building. Your music videos (especially that Invisible one) make me want to punch myself in the face. You’re the biggest jackass American Idol has ever seen. But hell I like kids and water too. So I’m back to loving you. At least for this week.
