Posted on 11/25/2009 7:05:14 PM PST by Steelfish
Adam Lambert Furor Spreads to Gay Community
REUTERS November 25, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert on Wednesday admitted he got carried away during his racy American Music Awards performance, as furor over his singing and dancing stoked a wider controversy in the U.S. gay community.
More than 14 million people watched the gay, glam rocker close the live AMA telecast on Sunday with a performance that included Lambert kissing a male keyboard player and pushing the head of another performer into his crotch. Complaints poured in to the ABC TV network that aired the show, and it canceled the Lambert's appearance on its "Good Morning America" news and chat show set for Wednesday.
Yet rival network CBS put him on its "The Early Show" program, where Lambert claimed he had not intended to provoke audiences but declined to apologize, saying: "I'm not a baby-sitter. I'm a performer." "I admit I did get carried away, but I don't see anything wrong with it. I do see how people got offended, and that was not my intention," he said.
"If it had been a female pop performer doing the moves that were on the stage, I don't think there'd be nearly as much of an outrage at all," Lambert added. "I think it's because I'm a gay male."
The "Early Show" also ran video footage that blurred Lambert's male kiss, and doing so caused the network its own problem. Gay rights groups accused CBS of hypocrisy by also playing unedited video of a kiss between Madonna and Britney Spears at 2003's MTV Video Music Awards.
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) said the CBS decision "reinforces an unfortunate double standard that is applied to openly gay performers."
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41 posts too many for this stool pusher.
I dont care what he does, my remote works fine, when he comes on that channel will go off.
Can we get a barf alert next time?
LOL at 23! Xerxes’ lil’ catamite boy!
Adam Lambert,,isn’t he the female version of “Pink”? You never see them in the same place at the same time..just sayin’
(btw no such thing as bad publicity)
I agree...people will be saying, adam who?
I caught a clip of his disgusting performance. This country is going to hell in a hand basket if they think that is entertainment.
The wheat shall be separated from the chaff. There sure is a lot of chaff everywhere.
And
There’s plenty of room in Hell.
The catamite boy can now get married and find some womb to give him a family..
Cole Porter was right on..ANYTHING GOES.
SO glad I missed it. I am also reminded why I never watch these stupid award shows. There was a time people turned to TV for entertainment. Now? It is a place to turn only if you enjoy being nauseated. Me? I hate the feeling, it is very unpleasant.
this is why in our house you will find the t.v. tuned to
a)cartoons for the 3 yr old
b)history channel or gameshow network (with a few others)for the 14 yr old
c)hgtv or diy networks and food network for me
d)dvds of decent (usually older)movies for everyone.
hubbymayhem doesn’t watch much t.v. since he spends a lot of time out on the road.
Why is it always sex with these gays..(while I don’t agree with homosexuality-it is immorality), this young man’s perversion prevents him from seeing how this is wrong?
I am sorry, but common decentcy should abound. I don’t hate gay people, and even believe Mr. Lambert has a good vocal skills/preformance (when not showcasing the X-rated)? Why couldn’t he do a family friendly show? Maybe his sexual perversion has affected his head as well..(that is the only explanation I can think of)!
Really, you mean the Homo-Leninists are complaining like little girly men and the whining bitches that they are…imagine that, I am just shocked, just shocked I tell you.
My favorite group is Chicago. Great 70’s music. REAL music.
billboard magazine says his album is on pace to sell 230,000 copies in its first week.
the american idol winner kris allen only sold 80,000 of his album.
the sexy stuff really sells with the kids.
Yet another trashy faggot.
Your 15 minutes are up, Adam.
You know, I just heard “Feeling Stronger Every Day” on the radio. What a great song.
Just another simpering faggot “celebrity”.
Nothing to see here, FRiend. Move along.
personality induced destruction sounds good...but in my world it would be pelvic infectious disease... I guess either would fit the situation..
Arrogance is a sad state and Adam has a healthy helping of that.
His fans will rise up against all the no-no’s, buy the video, buy the album (see Clay Aiken) but, unless he goes mainstream, down the road, he’s toast.
Adam Lambert will become a gay club fav and I’m sure that will be ok with him. Until he goes to cash his first check.
I always thought he was a tad screechy anyway.
Which is about as true as the global warming hoax. There isn't shred of proof that is true. The whole premise is merely propaganda being promoted by leftist, going back to the communist goals for the nation in 1963 and even earlier than that.
Are pedophiles born that way, too? Are those with foot fetishes?
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