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Pals Say Clay Aiken Will Be a 'Good Parent' | Clay Aiken

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Pals Say Clay Aiken Will Be a 'Good Parent'

Originally posted 06/03/2008 03:40PM

Clay Aiken's friends are sending him support and good wishes after hearing news that he's going to be a father with music producer Jaymes Foster.

"Congratulations, Clay!" says American Idol alum Jennifer Hudson. "I think he will be a good parent."

Actor Eric Roberts and wife Eliza says their close friend Foster – the sister of music producer David Foster – pulled them aside at her 50th birthday party in Los Angeles in March to tell of her pregnancy with a friend, whom they later learned was the 29-year-old Aiken.

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