The man who outed Khalid as gay last week is blaming “years of emotional abuse” from the singer as the catalyst that led him to expose the “Young Dumb & Broke” star on social media.
Rapper and bisexual adult content creator Hugo D Almonte shared his side of the contentious story via a lengthy Instagram Stories post on Thursday, expressing remorse for his actions while claiming there was more to the situation than the public was aware of.
In his post, Almonte, who never mentions Khalid by name, claims he was introduced to “this person” at a party in L.A. several years ago.
Though he wasn’t aware who the singer was, the two would hit it off via exchanges on social media two months later.
“They reached out to me on Twitter, saying they loved my energy and wanted to get to know me better,” Almonte shared.
“I was flattered and curious. They told me they had been watching me for a while, even bookmarking my photos, but they were waiting to contact me because they were involved with someone else [at the time].”
Khalid would open up early in their connection, which Almonte says started as a friendship. The singer would purportedly share details of “someone they loved” stealing $100,000 from them, despite never being in a relationship with the alleged thief.
Almonte says the story made them “cautious,” but as he never “used anyone for money, fame, or influence,” he assumed Khalid knew he had no intent of doing anything similar.
Over time, the friendship grew romantic, with Khalid eventually asking Almonte to move in with him. Almonte agreed and went house hunting with the star, but chose to keep his apartment.
“I didn't want to give up my independence because I knew how [things] like this could turn,” he expressed.
“I didn't want to be controlled or manipulated - but things took a darker turn.”
Almonte doesn’t note how long his relationship with Khalid lasted - but professed he soon began to hear rumors of him breaking into the singer’s home.
“Out of nowhere, I started hearing rumors,” Almonte relayed, “false accusations that I had broken into their house and stolen from them. At first, I stayed silent, hoping it would pass. I even saw them at a party two years ago.”
“When they saw me, they ran out of the club, pacing back and forth. I knew they were nervous because they were spreading lies they couldn't back up,” the rapper continued, “but I still said nothing.”
Four years later, the whispers regarding Almonte’s alleged break-in were still getting back to him. Almonte then supposedly heard from Khalid.
“They sent me a message directly [that said], 'Good luck with your career. You're lucky I don't get the cops involved!'” Almonte recalled.
The accusation sent waves of fear through Almonte.
“Imagine being accused of something so serious — something you know you didn't do, and then being threatened on top of it,” he wrote.
Almonte would later connect with Khalid’s manager to stop the rumors. According to him, the manager was already aware of his innocence.
“Their manager confirmed what I already knew: I didn't do it,” Almonte says. “They found out who really broke into [Khalid’s] house. And yet, even with the truth out there, the lies didn't stop.”
After years of “carrying the weight” of “constant lies, manipulation, and threats,” Almonte lost control and took to social media last Friday to reveal his relationship with Khalid, subsequently outing the singer.
