Singer Khalid speaks out about ex-boyfriend's claims he was abusive after being outed as gay

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Khalid is breaking his silence about disturbing claims allegedly made by his ex-boyfriend while outing him as gay.

The 26-year-old singer, who confirmed his sexuality publicly last week in the wake of the social media posts, took to Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) on Monday to deny that he had ever been abusive in his previous relationship.

Instead, he accused his ex, the singer and rapper Hugo Almonte, of being the abusive one in their relationship.

Khalid (born Khalid Donnel Robinson) also said the two had been broken up for years, seemingly contradicting the earlier account which implied a recent split.

In a statement to Rolling Stone on November 23, Almonte claimed that singer tried to 'silence' him for ending their relationship, though he did not mention Khalid's name.

In Khalid's video, which showed him in closeup while he wore a simple red hoodie, he said, 'I’ve never accused anybody publicly of breaking into my house, and the only people who even know about a breaking are my close circle.'

Khalid, 26, broke his silence after he was allegedly out last week by his ex-boyfriend, the singer Hugo Almonte; Khalid pictured September 28 in Newark, New Jersey

On social media, Khalid denied ever publicly blaming Almonte for breaking into his house, saying he wanted to keep the alleged break-in private

He added that he hadn't mentioned the alleged break-in to his fans 'because I don't want everybody in my business.'

Almonte had also accused Khalid of using cocaine, which he strenuously denied in the clip. 

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'I’m gonna speak about the pink cocaine thing. I’ve never done cocaine a day in my life,' he claimed. 'I don’t place myself in those scenarios. I’m not in those surroundings.'

Although he admitted that he smokes marijuana and drinks 'a little bit,' he stated, 'I’ve never done cocaine a day in my life, for real.'

Khalid was similarly dismissive of claims that he had paid for the services of sex workers.

'Let’s talk about his escorting thing,' he continued. 'I’ve never paid for sex a day in my life, ever. I’ve never paid anybody to date me, I’ve never paid anybody to be in a relationship with me, ever.'

The Young Dumb & Broke singer also questioned why the allegations were made in the first place, as he claimed to have split from Almonte 'four years ago.'

'Where is this coming from? You tell me, 'cause I really don’t know,' he said.

He denied Almonte's claims that he used cocaine, and he also denied ever paying for sex

Khalid finally denied that he had been abusive during their relationship — which he claimed ended four years ago — and he instead accused Almonte (pictured on Instagram‚ of being the abusive partner

Khalid said his desire to set the record straight was because the comments on Amonte's original posts were 'triggering' to him.

'It’s not that it’s a running narrative or anything like that,' he said of the allegations, 'but it’s triggering seeing a few comments of people painting me as if I’m just some manipulative abuser. It’s just crazy to me.'

He also accused Almonte of being deceptive about who was the abusive partner when they were together.

Khalid said the abuse 'was the other way around, and that’s what hurts the most.'

'All of this is definitely frustrating. I want all of this to be over just like y’all. It’s literally one of the main reasons why I don’t involve myself in any drama, why I stay out of the way,' he said.

'I don’t like this. So I'm not gonna run around like I’m unbothered,' he continued, adding, 'I never said I was unbothered. This is very bothering for real.' 

On Friday, Khalid came out by posting a short post to X which read: '[LGBTQIA+ pride flag]!!! there yall go. next topic please lol.'

 'Wait hope Mr Khalid isn't GEHHH!' someone replied to which the singer reposted and wrote: 'I am! And that's okay.'

After being outed, Khalid confirmed that he was gay in a public coming-out post 

The El Paso native - born Khalid Donnel Robinson - took to X (formally Twitter ) on Friday evening to address his sexuality

The lovely hitmaker was not done speaking his truth as he continued on the microblogging site.

He wrote: 'I got outted [sic] and the world still continues to turn. Let’s get this straight (lmao) I am not ashamed of my sexuality! 

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'In reality it ain’t nobodies [sic] business! But I am okay with me [black heart emoji] love yall.'

He remained active on the site as another commenter wrote: 'the closet was glass baby. but we accept you. its not about who you love its about your artistry! [white heart emoji]'

Khalid reposted and responded by writing: 'I wasn’t hiding anything! It’s just not any of your business.'

A different fan shared a snipped of the singer dancing in the music video for his track Satellite.

The follower captioned it: 'Then there was the LGBTQ anthem he gave us in 2022 but ya’ll kinda slept. Either way.. hate that Khalid was forced out but he wasn’t "hiding" it. He just didn’t need to TELL nobody.'

Khalid appreciated what his fan had to say as he reposted it with caption: 'thank you!!!! I was never hiding.'

'Wait hope Mr Khalid isn't GEHHH!' someone replied to which the singer reposted and wrote: 'I am! And that's okay' 

The lovely hitmaker was not done speaking his truth as he continued on the microblogging site. He wrote: 'I got outted [sic] and the world still continues to turn. Let’s get this straight (lmao) I am not ashamed of my sexuality!

He remained active on the site as another commenter wrote: 'the closet was glass baby. but we accept you. its not about who you love its about your artistry! [white heart emoji]' Khalid reposted and responded by writing: 'I wasn’t hiding anything! It’s just not any of your business' 

A different fan shared a snipped of the singer dancing in the music video for his track Satellite. The follower captioned it: 'Then there was the LGBTQ anthem he gave us in 2022 but ya’ll kinda slept. Either way.. hate that Khalid was forced out but he wasn’t "hiding" it. He just didn’t need to TELL nobody'

He finished off his eventful night on the site by saying: 'aight love yall thank yall I’m off this [peace hand sign emoji]'

The outing the R&B hitmaker seems to be referring to was a few posts by fellow artist Hugo D Almonte (pictured)

The 28-year-old singer raised eyebrows on X earlier in he day writing: 'one of your favorite gay R&B singers suck my d*** and it was really bad'

Hugo did not stop there as he continued: 'I was dating this dumb a** singer he’s ugly as f*** but he tried to set me up and lie and say I broke into his house because I broke up with him like why would I go to your house and do all that if I broke up with you dumb a**!'

Then the Dominican American rapper and singer seemingly confirmed the guesses of many and outed Khaled as he posted a selfie of the two of them cuddling. He wrote: 'B**** a** [ninja emoji] lied and said that I broke into his house cause I didn’t want him.'

He finished off his eventful night on the site by saying: 'aight love yall thank yall I’m off this [peace hand sign emoji]'

The outing the R&B hitmaker seems to be referring to was a few posts by fellow artist Hugo D Almonte.

The 28-year-old singer raised eyebrows on X earlier in he day writing: 'one of your favorite gay R&B singers suck my d*** and it was really bad.'

Hugo did not stop there as he continued: 'I was dating this dumb a** singer he’s ugly as f*** but he tried to set me up and lie and say I broke into his house because I broke up with him like why would I go to your house and do all that if I broke up with you dumb a**!'

The posts had many people in his comments guessing who he could be referring to with many guessing that he was referring to Khalid.

Hugo responded: 'Y'all really really want me to blow this s*** up.'

Then the Dominican American rapper and singer seemingly confirmed the guesses of many and outed Khaled as he posted a selfie of the two of them cuddling.

He wrote: 'B**** a** [ninja emoji] lied and said that I broke into his house cause I didn’t want him.'

Khalid has had a successful career as both his singles Location and Young, Dumb & Broke hit the Billboard Hot 100 and received diamond certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).