Khalid ‘Harm’ Over Accusations Made by way of Ex Who Outed Him: ‘Triggering’

Khalid is responding to allegations made by way of the ex who outed him. In a video shared to his social media pages Monday, the R&B singer mentioned he used to be “harm” by way of Hugo Almonte’s claims and slammed social media customers who accused him of being “manipulative” after Almonte’s posts.

“All of that is indubitably irritating,” Khalid mentioned in Monday’s video. “I’m now not gonna run round like I’m unbothered. I by no means mentioned I used to be unbothered by way of the rest. That is very bothering. … I needed to say one thing.”

Khalid mentioned he used to be dissatisfied by way of the feedback claiming that he could be an “abuser” within the scenario with Almonte. “Seeing the few feedback of folks portray me as though I’m only a few manipulative abuser, it’s simply loopy to me in regards to the tales of the abuse,” Khalid mentioned within the video. “It’s triggering. It’s triggering as it’s the wrong way round, and that’s what hurts.”

The video comes after Almonte instructed Rolling Stone Friday that he supposed to “percentage how [Khalid] attempted to make use of his energy to silence me as a result of I merely ended our dating,” and that he didn’t imply to out the singer. (He didn’t right away reply to Rolling Stone‘s request for remark Monday.)

On Friday, Almonte claimed that “one in all your favourite homosexual R&B singers” had served him purple cocaine and had accused him of breaking into his space, apparently referencing Khalid.

In his video on Monday, Khalid mentioned he had “by no means performed cocaine an afternoon in my lifestyles,” denied publicly accused somebody of breaking into his space, and mentioned he by no means paid somebody to be in a dating.

“I’ve by no means accused any one publicly of breaking into my space, and the one individuals who even find out about a breaking are my shut circle. No person knew as a result of I don’t need everyone in my trade,” he mentioned.

Khalid mentioned that he dated Almonte “4 or 5 years in the past” and hadn’t talked to him since, and didn’t know the place the out-of-the-blue accusations had been coming from. “I haven’t even had a dialog or observed this dude in 4 years,” Khalid mentioned.

Khalid ended his video by way of pronouncing that the tune he had scheduled for the following month or two used to be “meant to occur sooner than all of this,” after he noticed claims that he used to be the use of his sexuality as a exposure stunt.

The R&B singer showed on Friday that he’s homosexual after Almonte’s X posting rampage, which incorporated pictures with Khalid. “🏳️‍🌈!!! there yall pass. subsequent matter please lol… I were given outted and the sector nonetheless continues to show,” Khalid wrote. “It’s not that i am ashamed of my sexuality!”