Editing Clay Walker (section)

===1996&ndash;97: ''Rumor Has It''===
Having just completed the tracks for his fourth album in 1996, Walker was playing [[basketball]] with a friend, when he began to experience numbness, facial spasms, and double vision.<ref name="find1">{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0675/is_1_23/ai_n9474815 |title=Diagnosis: survivor living with multiple sclerosis, country music star Clay Walker has learned to put a positive spin on life |access-date=November 16, 2007 |last=Siegler |first=Bonnie |date=January 2005 |work=American Fitness |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125144809/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0675/is_1_23/ai_n9474815 |archive-date=November 25, 2007 }}</ref> [[Magnetic resonance imaging]] revealed that he had [[multiple sclerosis]] (MS). Walker subsequently began changing his diet and treating the disease with a daily injection of [[Copaxone]], sending his MS into an arrested state.<ref name="find1"/>

Also in early 1996, Nu Millennia Media released ''Self Portrait'', which included five of Walker's songs in an interactive [[CD-ROM]] format and 30 minutes of video footage.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gillen|first=Marilyn A.|date=October 21, 1995|title=Major Acts on Enhanced CDs for Interactive Label's Debut|magazine=Billboard|pages=94|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mw4EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22clay+walker%22+%22self+portrait&pg=PA94}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/1996-06-13/stories/more-than-music/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129103918/http://www.nashvillescene.com/1996-06-13/stories/more-than-music/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2013|title=More Than Music A foray into clickable country|last=Morris|first=Edward|date=June 13, 1996|work=Nashville Scene|access-date=March 2, 2010}}</ref> He then released his fourth album, 1997's ''[[Rumor Has It (Clay Walker album)|Rumor Has It]]'', which he co-produced with Stroud.<ref name="gac"/> Its [[Rumor Has It (Clay Walker song)|title track]], the first single, became his sixth and final No. 1 single that year.<ref name="whitburn"/> Other singles from the album included the number 18 "[[One, Two, I Love You]]" and the Top 5 hits "[[Watch This (Clay Walker song)|Watch This]]" and "[[Then What?]]" at number 4 and number 2, respectively.<ref name="whitburn"/> The latter also reached number 65 on the Hot 100, making for his first entry on that chart since "What's It to You."<ref name="whitburn"/> As with his three previous studio albums, ''Rumor Has It'' was certified platinum.<ref name="riaa"/> Larry Stephens of ''Country Standard Time'' gave this album a mostly-negative review, calling the songs "cookie-cutter" outside "I Need a Margarita".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=570|title=''Rumor Has It'' review|last=Stephens|first=Larry|work=Country Standard Time|access-date=March 1, 2010}}</ref> Thom Owens of Allmusic also thought that it was formulaic, but said that Walker was "able to make even mediocre material sound good", rating it three stars out of five.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r259540|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Rumor Has It'' review|last=Owens|first=Thom|work=Allmusic|access-date=March 1, 2010}}</ref>