LAMBERT TO FINALLY COME OUT?
According to the New York Post, American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert will come out in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in next month’s edition.
Lambert chose not to state his sexual preference throughout the contest, despite photos posted on the internet depicted him kissing men and dressing in drag. The singer said that he wanted people to “keep speculating”.
“He didn’t want it to be an issue during the contest, but he’s fine with his sexuality,” a source told the New York Post.
Meanwhile, Lambert has struck back at Clay Aiken, a previous gay Idol runner-up who recently denounced Lambert’s singing on his website.
Last week, Aiken wrote that he felt Lambert’s rendition of Ring of Fire on Idol was “contrived, awful, and slightly frightening” and almost made his ears bleed.
“I don’t know Clay,” Lambert told Access Hollywood on Thursday. “I’m glad he’s getting headlines now though, because he wasn’t before.”
This again ….. Oh God, does anyone really care about this? So what if he is gay or not. Why does that all of a sudden over shadow the fact that he is an excellent singer. He is a singer PERIOD.
And me thinks queer-as-a-rubber-chisel Clay Aiken is a tad bit jealous judging from his catty remarks. Has Clay ever heard himself sing? Sounds like a cat being dragged through a thorn bush backwards!
This again ….. I guess it only matters because Lambert had to wait until after his Idol bid to make the announcement. In truth, to have made the announcement before would have likely affected his chances to get as far as he did. Remember this is the country that still fights for (Christian) prayer in school, that still bombs abortion clinics (as recent as last week), and has political organisations spending hundred of millions of dollars to prevent gay marriage. This doesn’t mean that Lambert is less “brave” for waiting. It just means that even he knew the consequences of disclosure and that’s a really sad comment on our society __ not just in the US, but here in South Africa, too.
….. Jamie you are so right in saying that if he had come out before then his chances would’ve been affected even more, I totally get that. But now it seems that that is all everyone is focusing on. If he is gay then so what? And if he isn’t so what? I just fail to understand why it has become such a huge issue. The guy is a excellent singer and performer and his sexuality shouldn’t even come into question. Is the sexuality of the winner being questioned? No. Just because the winner has done missionary work and is the clean-cut image that Americans aspire to everyone presumes he is straight. Here is Adam who expresses individuality and questions are automatically raised about his sexuality. I just don’t get it.