It was seen by a few school teachers in the audience that day at Ellen’s, who didnt think much of him. The guy who preps the audience came over to our side and asked who the Adam fans were and most of us clapped that we were but 4 teachers right next to us (with Adams mom right by them, behind me) said, OH wait, we are not Adam fans, we would die if our kids saw us cheering for him, WE are Ellen fans – BUT during his performance you could see them enjoying it and afterwards they said he was great, so I think he got new fans that day!

LOL…a bit of a coincidence too that we’ve all made four babies. There must be something in the water here in Ohio. ;p

Now, I live near Cincinnati’ ¦

Hey, me too! Southwestern Ohio represent! LOL

Adam made a mistake and got caught up in all of it. I accept that and I think his honesty will win back fans. He comes from working the gay club circuit in Hollywood and this is/was part of performances he’s done and did.

I wish he had close friends, since I guess it wasn’t RCA, to give him a little more guidance. The whole first song choice was wrong. But I think he’s a good guy with a great voice. Ellen seemed to really love him, as do others.

If you read tweets and media from other artists, they mostly say they just want to hear him sing. That’s what he needs to do. Adam’s taking responsibility for poor judgment and that’s good enough for me.

I think it has nothing to do with the ‘gender who got groped and kissed’ . I think it has nothing to do with ‘kissing’  and all about someone simulation giving someone a bj on tv which was very crude and not appropriate for an award show regardless of who is giving or getting the simulated bj. It crossed the line no matter who did it. Adam knew exactly what he was doing and is now just making excuses. When he flipped off the viewers or whoever on live tv, what did he think people would think? f-you is a pretty specific statement, don’t you think? Am I supposed to think ‘oh, cool’  (and I liked Adam on Idol ‘“ Adam and Alison were my two favorites) but the fact is that it was crude and unnecessary ‘“ just my opinion.

IA, Cmom. If it was a female dancer involved it would have been worse.

I don’t really care about this anymore but do disagree with those that are blaming ABC. Adam’s a grown man and someone who has experience onstage. I doubt he was able to do anything he wanted in the heat of the moment when he was in musicals. ABC gave him a lot of camera time all during the show plus gave him the last performance which to me is still odd given they had a lot of more known acts that would have made more sense. I don’t think they needed him to get people to continue to watch.

Going on Ellen probably did help with those that were offended.

I live in a small town in southern Ohio

I previously lived in Huntington. Now, I live near Cincinnati’ ¦where are you??? (p.s. I made4babies too!! haha)

Me too!

I live in a small town in southern Ohio

I previously lived in Huntington. Now, I live near Cincinnati…where are you??? (p.s. I have 4 babies at home too!! haha)

This. Personally, I think Adam is falling on his sword for ABC.

Absolutely. Adam has been raked over the coals enough for this…..ABC milked the shock value of his performance all night long, and then is shocked when it is “shocking” (kicking puppies would have been shocking — what adam did, in the context of a risque award show IMO was not shocking (well, the poor singing was shocking to me))…i think it is time to give the guy a break and move on

Wonder what he would have sold if he did that performance?

He does have a killer voice and talent. I wonder where all the guidance has been. These Idols haven’t made it on their own for a reason. I think RCA was crazy to give him all that control. Like Ellen, I do hope he didn’t ruin it.

We will never know about sales. He might have sold MORE because of the AMAs. NO ONE will ever know the answer to that.

You do know there was a song writer, two choreographers, a set designer, and costume designer. Also RCA was with him every step of the way during the THREE WEEKS he rehearsed this routine. AMA saw 95% of performance and pimped it for all it was worth. That included the S&M costuming (with cute leashes) and imagery. Adam was not given “complete control”!

Where did you hear Ellen say Adam had “ruined it”? I didn’t hear her say that at all. She said the same thing he did on stage had been done by females for years. Ellen also said ABC was wrong for cancelling him from the morning show. She completely supported Adam!

I picked up a couple of Adam’s CDs today at my local Walmart. I live in a small town in southern Ohio. I wasn’t sure if there were actually any Adam fans here since most people I know don’t really watch Idol. I was pleasantly surprised to see only 6 of Adam’s CDs left on the shelf. Next to his was Subo, Kris Allen, and Lady Gaga. Out of the four, Lady Gaga and Adam had the fewest CDs left. When I was at the counter paying, the cashier said, “You know, I heard that he’s gay. That’s too bad cuz he’s so gorgeous! How come I never see any straight guys who look like that?” I laughed and agreed with her and then asked if they had sold very many of his CDs. She said, “Oh yea, quite a bit. And it’s funny cuz there were several kids who came in dressed up like him.” I thought that was really cute. It’s nice to know that I’m not the only Adam fan in these parts.

This. Personally, I think Adam is falling on his sword for ABC. I think if ABC really had to own up to what they were promoting and how it differed from Adam’s actual performance, I think it would come down to the gender of who got groped and kissed and ABC would have a lot of explaining to do. But I am glad Adam didn’t apologize because that would mean apologizing for who he is. This can’t be about trying to find someone who is unique, exciting and innovative and then forcing them to conform. Furthermore, one can only do so much conforming for the money before they feel like they are selling out. So, while I want Adam to garner new fans and win back those fans he lost after the AMAs, I don’t want it to be through “false advertising.” Adam remains who he is and that person is the same person who performed at the AMAs.