Clay Aiken gives Newsweek the diva treatment...

Clay Aiken really needs to get over himself.

The former "American Idol" runner-up, who is set to make his Broadway debut in "Spamalot," got all snippy with Newsweek for daring to ask him about the incident with Kelly Ripa a little more than a year ago when he was co-hosting her show and put his hand over her mouth. Kelly got pissed and said "I don't know where that hand has been honey."

Rosie O'Donnell piped in on "The View" and called Ripa's words homophobic which was odd since Clay has never come out as a gay man. A few weeks's later, Clay spoofed the whole thing with Tori Spelling when they presented at an awards show. But Clay has clearly lost his sense of humor about mouthgate as you can see from this exchange from the Q&A.

Q. What about the Kelly Ripa thing?
A. I'm not going to discuss it.
Q. Did you think it was homophobic?
A. I'm not going to discuss it.
Q. What do you want to talk about?
A. I think we're done.
Q. Can we talk about something fun?
A. No, we're done. I thought NEWSWEEK would be more reputable. I'm surprised.
Q. But I think people are curious about it.
A. It was a year ago. This is NEWSWEEK. It's not the National Enquirer. I'd hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people.
Q. We're just having a conversation.
A. Change the subject! I'd never take a job where I had to do something that I didn't want to do.
Q. What about all those Ford commercials on "American Idol"?
A. That wasn't a job.
Q. It was part of your job.
A. It wasn't a Ford commercial. It was a music video. It was a completely different thing.
Q. I'll change the subject. What do you do for fun?
A. I watch the news. I read news magazines, but I'm reconsidering that now.
Q. Are you going to watch "Idol"?
A. I haven't watched since season four. I compare it to high-school football--if it weren't for high school, we wouldn't be successful, but I don't need to keep going to the football games.

What. A. Bitch.