Pals Say Clay Aiken Will Be a %26#39;Good Parent%26#39; | Clay Aiken

’s friends are sending him support and good wishes after hearing news that he’s going to be a father with music producer Jaymes Foster.

“Congratulations, Clay!” says American Idol alum . “I think he will be a good parent.”

Actor Eric Roberts and wife Eliza says their close friend Foster - the sister of music producer David Foster - pulled them aside at her 50th birthday party in Los Angeles in March to tell of her pregnancy with a friend, whom they later learned was the 29-year-old Aiken.

Foster, who has been friends with Aiken since they worked together on Idol, was artificially inseminated, and is due in August, a rep for her Foster’s brother tells PEOPLE.

Eliza Roberts stresses: “People should understand: It’s not like he’s the donor and she’s the surrogate. These are two people who made a very loving decision to have a baby together.”

Talked on Bus

Former Idol contestant Carmen Rasmusen, who toured with Aiken after the second season, says, “I’ve always thought Clay would make a great dad. He’s great with kids. … He’s accomplished a lot in his career, so it’s probably a good time for him to be a dad.”

While on the tour bus, Aiken would talk about wanting to become a father, Rasmusen says.

“I remember him saying, ‘I can’t wait to be a dad and have a family and have my own kids,’” recalls she. “He really was looking forward to being a father, even five years ago. I thought it was so cute that that was a priority for him.”

• Reporting by MOLLY LOPEZ, TIFFANY McGEE and PAMELA WARRICK

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