Singer Khalid has publicly identified as gay after being outed on social media.
The 26 year old El Paso native, whose real name is Khalid Donnel Robinson, took to X (formerly known as Twitter) on Friday evening to address his sexuality. He posted a brief tweet that read: "[LGBTQIA+ pride flag]!!!! there yall go. next topic please lol." When one user responded with "Wait hope Mr Khalid isn't GEHHH!", the singer reposted and replied: “I am! and that's okay." The popular hitmaker continued to share his truth on the site, writing: "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 [black heart emoji] love yall." He remained active on the site, responding to another comment that read: "the closet was glass baby. but we accept you. its not about who you love its about your artistry! [white heart emoji]".
Khalid reposted and responded by saying: "I wasn’t hiding anything! It’s just not any of your business.” Another fan shared a snippet of the singer dancing in the music video for his track Satellite, captioning it: "Then there was the LGBTQ anthem he gave us in 2022 but ya’ll kinda slept. Either way. He just didn’t need to TELL nobody." Khalid appreciated the fan's words, reposting it with the caption: "thank you!!!! I was never hiding”.