Before the live shows even began on American Idol, MK Nobilette had already made headlines for being the show’s first openly gay contestant to make it past the early rounds.
“I’m very obviously gay,” Nobilette told judges Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick, Jr., shortly before she was ushered into the Top 30. And with those words, the frequent “are-they-or-aren’t-they” aura that has pervaded Idol for 13 seasons, from Clay Aiken to Adam Lambert, was… if not shattered, at least dented a little.
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