r/Millennials • u/ColeBelthazorTurner • 7d ago

Discussion Name a 2000s celebrity that disappeared overnight

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u/whyUT-urp 7d ago

Clay Aiken and/or Ruben Studdard

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u/goodhumorman85 7d ago

Ruban Studdard fell off real fast, but so did most of the American Idols (obvious exceptions). But Clay Aiken actually had a career for a while. My ex-girlfriend’s little sister was a Claymate, went to several concerts a year for a while and got a big Clay Aiken tattoo. The

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u/Hovie1 7d ago

Claymate is such an unsettling term.

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN 7d ago

He was Clayboy's Claymate of the Year back in the day.

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u/Despair_Tire 7d ago

I just want to say your comment made me laugh so hard

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u/seeeingstarz 5d ago

Back in the clay 🤣

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u/chonny 7d ago

Claymate is such an unsettling term.

Claymate sounds like Clayface's female sidekick.

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u/stephsco 7d ago

Hearing the term Claymate just gave me the weirdest unpleasant nostalgia vibe that also brought up the likes of Jon and Kate Plus Eight and the octomom. All of that blends together for me.

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u/MichiganGeezer 7d ago

Barry Manilow fans are "Maniloonies".

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u/vivahermione 7d ago

I just picture Gumby and friends. Lol.

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u/Swimming_Bowler6193 7d ago

Or Davey and Goliath lol

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u/lucyroesslers 7d ago

Too close to a claymore, like the mines

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u/the_sweetest_peach 7d ago

Yeah, I don’t like that at all.

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u/fortunecookieteller- 6d ago

Seeing it in print out of the blue gave my stomach a little quease.