RUMOR (n.) A favorite weapon of the assassins of character. The Jewelry Man is under the impression that while rumors are rumors, it's not hard to find the truth. What is hard is not to run away from it once you have found it. The Jewelry Man.telling you that rumors are the one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spreads.

In "It's not true" news, the I take provocative pictures homey Ne-Yo IS NOT coming out of the closet in the October issue of Essence Magazine.

Oh really EbenGregory.it must be a slow news week so far huh man?

Yes.

The Jewelry Man is informed that a rumor has been circulating over the Internet saying Ne-Yo's is gay and finally coming out of the closet in the pages of the publication's October issue according to "Barbra Stradoff, Essence Magazine." In fact, here's a clip of the bogus story in all of its unedited glory:

"The newly famed singer/songwriter has came out of the closet and announced that he is gay. The multi-platinum recording artist sat down for the October issue of Essence Magazine last week and announced the shocking news stating, "Yes, I am gay, and I have always been." After several internet rumors have been circulating around the internet. He also said, "You now this world we live in is full of judgement, resulting in one of the reasons why it took me so long to come out of the closet." Earlier this month, a man by the name of Derrick Johnson claimed that he had an intimate relationship with the singer during there teen years in high school. He also said that for months the singer and Def Jam has been trying to pay him to keep quiet over the ordeal. Worrying that it would destroy his image. Ne-yo responds saying, that the relationship did occur and he is no longer ashamed of saying that he was deeply in love. Reciting "That situation was what inspired me to write the song Unfaithful. But no one knew it was actually about myself, and our relationship." He told Essence that he doesn't care anymore, he was tired of living a lie and is ready to come clean. Quoting, "the music industry can either except me for who I am, or desert me." The full interview with the magazine is expected to hit stands mid-October.

Barbra Stradoff,
Essence Magazine

Wrong.

Here's a rep for Essence Magazine to EURweb.com on the fake Ne-Yo story: The rumor is 100 percent false. This story is not true. Ne-Yo isn't even in our October issue, and there's no one here by the name of Barbara Stradoff.

That's nice.like looking at his picture and being completely convinced. And speaking of doing damage control for free.

Here's some jewelry from out the closet being dropped by EbenGregory on Essence Magazine stepping up to the plate and clearing Ne-Yo's name: The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of gossip, the clearer we should see through it.

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