Kara DioGuardi on The View, Plus More on Adam Lambert Coming Out in Rolling Stone and Best Week Ever Preview!

LOL, MJ.

My video had over 200 hits before I even had a chance to post it. That’s just crazy.

Well, I didn’t see Kara’s words as all that heinous an offense.

Yes, she probably should have referred it back to him with a flash of wit, but as comments go it’s the same as everyone else has been saying for months.

well once he “officially” says he is gay, what is there to talk about?

^ His music?

I’m going to laugh so hard if this whole RS thing is about something completely different, like what label he’s signed with or something. :laugh_tb:

Wow MJ, 200 views before you posted it?! Nice!

That is Adam’s business. He can do what ever he pleases.

OMG MJ, really? That’s insane.

Also, Slezak just tweeted that Adam’s Idolatry segment would be discussed on The O’Reilly Factor tonight. Hee.

I like how Kara handled it, very matter-of-factly. Adam has nothing to be ashamed of, hence, she doesn’t need to pretend she had no idea.

I loved how they all thought Bobwa said that Ryan tweeted that he would be coming out with the big announcement soon. Still waiting for that one, LOL!

If he comes out in the cover of RS I guess that’s the reason he’s not answering the question directly… probably he sold the exclusive to RS and won’t be commenting till then. It’s all about creating buzz and use the situation. And the more he keeps he suspense, the more people will talk about it, some will get pissed, some will defend him… gotta give it to Adam, if what he wants is to have his name out there because of his sexual orientation he’s clearly doing it well.
That RS can’t come soon enough.

Btw, I don’t see anything wrong with what Kara said. I always though he was gay too.

lol, MJ. Thanks for the summary because I don’t like The View, I don’t like Kara, and I don’t care what happens in Rolling Stone.

i really like Kara’s hair.

woops double post!
i hope all the speculation ends soon, i can’t wait to focus more on his music :)

I’m so tired of this subject. I swear to god I have no idea why anyone would care.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going to laugh so hard if this whole RS thing is about something completely different, like what label heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s signed with or something.

Me too. At least we now know the cover story is probably legit. But yeah, I have a feeling its not going to be everything people are expecting.

Also, Slezak just tweeted that Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Idolatry segment would be discussed on The Oà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Reilly Factor tonight. Hee.

I guess he’s going to lecture Adam and tell him that he should have been embarassed about the pictures……. This is edging on the verge of ridiculous here.

When Adam feels comfortable he will admit if he is, not the media.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like The View

High 5! I cannot stand those women and to put them all together on a sofa is my biggest nightmare. Who cares what they think?

Is Whoopie pregnant? She sure looks like it.

MJ – I agree with your point of view here (and Kara’s for that matter). I do think Adam Lambert is being very coy. He strikes me in interviews as being very smart, practical, and grown up about the business he wants to be in. He’s not above using some of this buzz about his sexuality for getting more publicity for himself – but so what. He’s not hurting any gay cause, I don’t think by coming out in a major magazine article, rather than in some other fashion. It’s his choice, after all.

I am sick of this story…WHO REALLY CARES if Adam is not heterosexual…I surely don’t.

If I have to see one more blog dedicated to the “IF ADAM IS GAY” phenomona, I think I will puke. I am trying to read the things about Adam that matter, this drivel is just ridiculous!!!

GIVE IT A REST!!!

BTW: Kara is stupid for feeding into any questions regarding Adam’s sexuality…I think she should have said “I have no idea, I haven’t asked him, I haven’t seen him sleeping with men or women, and it isn’t my business to discuss!!!”

Also, Slezak just tweeted that Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Idolatry segment would be discussed on The Oà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Reilly Factor tonight. Hee.

I hope this doesn’t become some kind of back-and-forth thing. O’Reilly just needs to let it go.

ETA: Kara looks pretty :)

Yeah, That comment Kara made on Adam “Never really being in the closet” was blown WAY out of proportion. Some need to chill :smoke_tb:

Adam is very smart, and while I totally understand how this whole “coy” thing could be annoying to a lot of out folks, I kind of understand why the kid may have chosen to leverage all the hoopla over his sexual orientation to his advantage. Do we think Adam would have gotten the cover of RS if he’d been out all along? Their “breaking the story” will make them AND Adam a lot of money, no doubt.

Also, Slezak just tweeted that Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Idolatry segment would be discussed on The Oà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Reilly Factor tonight. Hee.

You know Keith Oberman is going to pick up on this. And O’Reilly will get to be one “worse person in the world” once again.

I really like Kara in interviews, I find her voice slightly grating on the show, but she sounds like a completely different person off of it. I think she thought she had to be this loud, brash person to fit into American idol, and that isn’t who she really is. I hope next season she feels more comfortable being herself, because I think she can give constructive criticism when given the chance

He strikes me in interviews as being very smart, practical, and grown up about the business he wants to be in. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not above using some of this buzz about his sexuality for getting more publicity for himself – but so what. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not hurting any gay cause, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think by coming out in a major magazine article, rather than in some other fashion. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s his choice, after all.

Agreed. I think Adam is focused on his career so he is leveraging this to his full advantage. It may not be true, but I like to think this is a wee bit of a slap in the face to Perez Hilton, and all of the gay EW writers (accept Slezak) who keep trying to out him and trash him for not being a gay role model. Take that! Besides, Adam can be a role model to all kids (not just the gay ones) that feel weird or different in school.

Adam has got to focus on his brand. Madonna is a brand, and part of her brand is her bi-sexuality and theatrics. If Madonna, through the course of her career by putting it all out there has opened some people up to new sexual ideas, than that is terrific. I think that should be Adam’s goal. Educate people with music, not with political statements.

It’d probably have been better if Kara’d stuck to saying that she respects Adam for his fearlessness and always staying true to himself and if she backed him up saying she never felt he hid anything. That would’ve been less quotable. But what she did say is not that bad at all and I don’t think it was her trying to get herself some extra attention.

I still think Kara hasn’t adjusted to the soundbyte driven setting that is TV, whether it’s AI or The View. I read a Billboard article about her a couple years back and she’s made a lot of good decisions as far as her publishing company. She’s a smart lady.

LOL @ the View ladies thinking Ryan was going to make an announcement.

Huffingtonpost is giving the story some major space. Maybe Cook should announce he’s bi (j/k!).

I do not understand the brew-ha-ha about Kara and the View. She answered a direct question with a direct answer the exact same way I would have done. She wasn’t betraying a confidence, or speaking out of turn, she was answering per her own perspective of someone who (based on what she had heard and observed) was gay. Every one of Adam’s on air video moments reinforced the obvious, and they came from himself and his parents.

I’m glad its over. Or is it? I guess the media will be interviewing the other fellow Idol contestants. I guess Adam had it all planned. He has to prove first that he got the talent and worth the attention. If he sells or not, then that when the activist in him will come in. The Rolling Stone Magazine is worth waiting for.

What annoys me about this whole situation is that gay people in the media (like Perez and that guy raging on Defamer or that jerk from EW) are USING Adam as a lightening rod to vent all their pent up personal issues. The way they are just RAGING on about this just boggles the mind. They’re just using Adam as their punching bag du jour and it’s SO NOT FAIR for Adam.

If Adam wants to come out in Rolling Stone and he sold the exclusive to them then I understand why he hasn’t talked about it with the press, he just can’t. And it’ll be great publicity for him and good sales for RS. I say good for him. If everyone in the media is talking about him being gay or not, I don’t see why he can’t talk about it and answer a couple of questions. I do hope the RS article won’t focus on that, I hope it is about his album, AI, etc. Rolling Stone LOVES him because he’s really talented so I don’t think the gay thing will be the only subject.
If Adam wants to do it this way, then I’ll support him, I trust him.

You know Keith Oberman is going to pick up on this. And Oà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Reilly will get to be one à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“worse person in the worldà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  once again.

When is BOR not one of Oberman’s worst person in the world?? lol

O’Reilly must need ratings or something because he really should let it go. Adam didn’t say anything derogatory towards him in the idolatry video.

Maybe Cook should announce heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bi (j/k!).

I know this is off topic, but I kind of always thought Cook was. He always seems to be cuddly with his band mate Andy. I think it is cute.

Man, I’m not familiar with this show – outside of US and all. But I give up after 1 minute – so much screeching and talking over. Personally, I don’t quite like how Adam sounds but the people on this show really take the cake.

Speaking of Huffingtonpost, how did I miss this last week???

Adam Lambert and Susan Boyle Sing a Duet

I wasn’t a huge Kara fan during the show. But the more I see of her off Idol, the more I respect her. I think her comment was great in that she placed absolutely zero emphasis on it. She shoved it aside as the non-issue it should be and I completely respect her for it.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I hope she’s back for next year (I could do without Randy though).

LOL at Barbara and her comment about Ryan coming out!! Now that would be a story.

I agree that Kara looked great but also should have had a better answer for a question that she knew she would be asked. Even Kris has done a great job with this question, and he is not a PR master.

Being an AI judge really means that you need to be able to represent the show well, create press without making real controversy (Simon and Ryan have truly mastered this) and be articulate about music. Kara just does seem to get it. I don’t think that if fans could vote on judges, Kara would be back.

Finally, if Bill O. does yet another Adam is gay story, he deserved to be “Worst Person in the World” one more time.

Adam getting another magazine cover is good for his brand. Hope the emphasis is on his music and his Idol performances over the personal stuff. But it does certainly take the oxygen away from Kris. But then again, Kris can just go about and do his thing.

Personally, I find his toying with the journos, who keep asking him about it ad nauseum, both hilarious and entertaining.

I do too. I love his responses.

Kris gets to go to Disneyworld and Adam has to deal with these idiots.

Personally, I find his toying with the journos, who keep asking him about it ad nauseum, both hilarious and entertaining.

That was my perception as well. I never thought he was in the closet. I just assumed that he’d rather talk about his music and his run on Idol. All this “coming out” business is pretty ridiculous. People are making too much fuss over it.

“well once he à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“officiallyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  says he is gay, what is there to talk about?”

“^ His music?”

Yes!

This has become an obsession for some of these media outlets, and I am talking about the gossip mongers of the world, Perez, TMZ, Bill O’Reilly (snort) etc. They’ll have to move on to something else once they get what they came for. I really don’t care one way or the other, I just like to watch him and hear him talk and sing. I’ll give him every inch of my love either way. :wink1_tb:

I think that Kara’s observation was a natural response. Adam has never tried to hide his true self from the press. I felt kind of bad for her, actually. It seemed like they brought her on the show for this purpose, and really didn’t let her talk at all after she mentioned it. I don’t watch this show normally, is always like that with their guests?

The one who ended up looking like an idiot on The View was Barbara Walters with her stupid comment about Adam’s “black hair and nail polish” somehow indicating that he’s gay. Really, Barbara? *sigh*

These newspaper headings are very misleading. Kara just said that she assumes Adam is “out” due to what she’s seen, meaning internet pictures, etc. Kara never said Adam TOLD her he was gay… These journalists are just twisting her words around. I almost feel sorry for her. She’s going to get a lot of flack for this, and she didn’t really say anything except state the obvious.

My video had over 200 hits before I even had a chance to post it. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just crazy.

Lolz. We are soooooooo Adam deprived.

I do not understand the brew-ha-ha about Kara and the View. She answered a direct question with a direct answer the exact same way I would have done. She wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t betraying a confidence, or speaking out of turn, she was answering per her own perspective of someone who (based on what she had heard and observed) was gay. Every one of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s on air video moments reinforced the obvious, and they came from himself and his parents.

This. She just said “she thinks” he’s out. BFD.

I really want to know what Adam is wearing/or not wearing on the cover of RS!!

Speaking of Huffingtonpost, how did I miss this last week???

Adam Lambert and Susan Boyle Sing a Duet

Bootstar. Thanks for posting, I hadn’t seen this. LMAO! And still laughing!!

When a person appears at lots of gay-pride events over years, is seen in Internet photos kissing another guy and simply says, “yeah, that’s me!”, and has his own brother posting on the web that, “don’t get your hopes up, girls, Adam’s gay,” then that person is out and has been out and has no need to “tell” anyone else anything.

The word “admit” connected to all of this drives me crazy. You only are required to “admit” to what’s bad. Nobody ever “admitted” to being heterosexual. Sickening stupid hideous double standard.

And I have no idea how anyone could deal with this situation in anything but an awkward way. He doesn’t think it’s bad, so he sure as heck ain’t going to “admit” it.

And I gather he told his high-school classmates at their senior breakfast — which was, what, nine years ago now. So if announcing you’re gay to hundreds of kids at a gathering in a public high school doesn’t count as “coming out,” I don’t know what does.
Where did we get the requirement that coming out wasn’t enough, so you have to come out again and again in every venue you enter? It’s absolutely creepy, as is the media fascination with this crap.

You know, as much as this endless crap is annoying me, I’m pretty sure Adam is LOVING every second of it. He’s always said that he wants the get people talking – well buddy, you’re doing a bang up job!

And if Adam wants to use the speculation as leverage to get more publicity and nail a Rolling Stone cover and feature article, then I say more power to him!! He’s got a career to think of – why shouldn’t he use whatever he can to his advantage. It’s a brilliant business move.

I think people like Perez and EW are pissed because THEY didn’t get the “scoop”. Adam has EVERY RIGHT to do it HIS way. I swear, some people are acting like they OWN Adam and have the right to dictate Adam’s life for him.

old babs just wouldn’t let go of this topic, she kept hammering kara for an answer (wouldnt even let her finish her comments about kris/the finale). really, get a chill pill lady.

btw, kara looks damn good.

and i do hope she stays w. the show (willing to give her another shot)…as long as the quips BETWEEN the judges stop. i know many blame the addition of kara for the time constraints, but i blame the lame, unnecessary banter btw simon and paula and simon and ryan, etc.

I hope next season she feels more comfortable being herself, because I think she can give constructive criticism when given the chance

1) I hope Kara is back next season.
2) I also think she gave some really good feedback this year.
- She told Adam he needed to connect more emotionally with his songs and he said this was the best advice he got from a judge.
- She had Kris pegged when saying he did not play the idol game.
3) The more I see of Kara in interviews outside of idol, the more I like her.

I can understand why some gays are a little miffed about Adam. I got a little eh about him when he kept on teasing the whole time…it sort of became a game that seemed bigger than the whole thing. Now, it’s an even bigger deal than it is, and if he doesn’t deliver on the tease or he doesn;t live up to the expectation as the Great Gay Hope, he only has himself to blame for becoming a sideshow,

Good luck to him.

Adam’s OUT & proud. He always has been. I still don’t get why people are so obsessed with wanting it in print. Should I release a press annoucement revealing to the world I’m a straight female into straight men? :/

Adam said in his Idoltary he just wanted to sing, not represent a movement & cause but he also said if people have latched onto that, he can’t ignore it…so if an official bulletin will help kids out there who feel a little wierd or segregated & need a role-model then it’s a good thing. But ugh, I just don’t want him to be the media’s one-note headline.

Anyway, Adam’s (hilarious) brother Neil confirmed the obvious a good while ago.

http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/adam-lambert-chasing-off-clueless-chicks-since-way-before-idol/

I suppose everyone’s entitled to their “15 minutes of fame”

A moment of realism…

Everyone but a few over-invested fans and people who really thought Kris won because he is the better singer (and I’m not being rude) are getting a kick out of what is going on. AI is absolutely LOVING every bit of the controversy…this is more post production hype than they have gotten in all 8 years of the show. 19 is absolutely LOVING this because the names Adam Lambert AND Kris Allen are in the mainstream news (the voter controversy, etc.) and this will help people identify with them come fall when there albums come out. Itunes is Loving this because they are selling more downloads because people want to know what the fuss is about. Magazines love this because if they put either Idol on the cover people will read the magazine. Adam loves it because, even having lost the title, he is getting the press (his Publicist must be over estatic), the internet loves it because all kinds of sites dealing with the Idols are getting hits.

Isn’t this what TPTB set out to accomplish when they “cast” Season 8. They must be laughing all the way to the bank to think that their little drama caused all this furor.

Nobody is loosing right now. I’m sure that Kris gets it, too. He’s an intelligent young man and he knows that the more all of this goes on the bigger success the tour will be and the bigger his name recognition will be down the road.
I think all of this is just GREAT. Besides, it helps me fill some boring days.

Sickening stupid hideous double standard.

A to the men. Twice.

If this nonsense keeps up for the next two weeks, I’ll have to put myself on an internet moratorium. Because gawdamighty you should see how crazy it’s gotten on some sites. Clay is a saint, Adam is the devil. Adam can’t be a role model unless he comes out. Bla de bla de bla. And I’m a HUGE fan of Adam’s.

How about we talk about Kris’ album plans or something? How did Katy like Disneyworld? Why is it THEY DON’T WANT KIDS gasp, horror? I mean, the guy WON right?

This is a classic “teachable” moment, and I hope Adam & the Rolling Stone editors take the opportunity to have a meaningful discussion about the nature of sexuality in our culture. Just as Obama did with his speech on race.

Let’s talk about the meaning of public & private sexuality in our culture, the necessity of announcing one’s sexuality, whether one can “come out” if one has never been “in”, whether or not the public “needs” to know things, etc.

Take this opportunity, Rolling Stone! Let’s have an adult discussion about an important cultural issue. The country clearly needs it.

The word à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“admità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  connected to all of this drives me crazy. You only are required to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“admità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bad. Nobody ever à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“admittedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to being heterosexual. Sickening stupid hideous double standard.

Lucy, couldn’t agree more. why gay people have to “come out” in the first place? straight ones never have to “come out” and say “I AM straight”. as if they have to be labelled and marked as “gay” to be discriminated from the “normal” ones! sick!

LOL about the “Kris gets to go to WDW and Adam has to deal with this.” – Adam should come NEXT Friday lol. The first Friday in June is gay day. :)

Yawn.

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/05/kara-dioguardi.html?cid=153583939#comment-153583939

oh , jeez, EW jumping in on the Kara Beating…LOL, love how they make it seem Kara went on the View to willingly discuss the subject, when in reality, she diplomatically answered Bab’s 1st question and finally responded with the “always out” comment when Babs wouldnt let the subject go. really, much ado about nothing.

hypertwink May 29th, 2009 at 1:47 pm

I can understand why some gays are a little miffed about Adam. I got a little eh about him when he kept on teasing the whole timeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦it sort of became a game that seemed bigger than the whole thing. Now, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s an even bigger deal than it is, and if he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t deliver on the tease or he doesn;t live up to the expectation as the Great Gay Hope, he only has himself to blame for becoming to big to live up to.

Good luck to him.

I disagree completely and it that’s a totally unfair assessment. DURING the show his intent was to keep the focus on the SINGING. It’s NOT his fault that people like VFTW rooted through his social networking pages and posted his personal pictures. And it’s NOT his fault that other news outlets picked it up and ran with it. And it’s NOT his fault that the media won’t shut the fu@k up about it either.

As for POST Idol, don’t be so quick to judge. There could be a multitude of reasons that Adam is playing “coy” about it. The first being – and immediate announcement would have TOTALLY overshadowed Kris’ win. And seeing as they’re such good friends, Adam could be trying to hold things off so Kris can get the focus right now. The other reason could be that they worked out the Rolling Stone deal and he HAS to play coy for now. It may frustrate other people in the media, but that’s what the business is like.

And it’s NOT Adam’s fault that some people want to put him on a pedestal and make him “The Great Gay Hope”. It’s SO not fair to lay ALL of this at Adam’s feet.

Note to Perez & the others mentioned above; as long as a gay person has to make an announcement that they are gay, there will never be equality.

Just my opinion.

I had an epiphany; Adam will “come out” in RS without saying the words “I’m gay.” He will say that because he’s been living the lifestyle for years and hasn’t tried to hide it or cover it up, the brouhaha the press has been making about it is just them “riding his coattails.”

Take that Clay. Boom! Take that Press. Bam!

Adam is superman!

Tess, I honestly think Kris is the better singer. I don’t fool myself that he has the better voice, but I do believe Kris is the better singer. The two things aren’t the same. I’m enjoying this because I love a good bitch fight. I especially love it when the bitchee gets the best of the bitcher. I don’t believe Clay knew what he was in for. Adam is nobody to be toyed with, as he’s proven himself so well. I love Adam for himself but not for his singing. I love Kris more for what he does with music. I don’t believe it has to be a yes or no, this or that, type of thing. I most of all believe that American Idol isn’t the be all end all. It’s what they do after that is so very important. I think both Kris and Adam understand that and are conducting themselves thusly.

Adam is superman!

Or as his brother Neil said in a recent post, “a glittery alien from Planet Fierce.” LOL!

Eee!!! Here is Adam’s BEST WEEK EVER preview!!

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009/05/29/best-week-ever-preview-adam-lambert-answers-the-question-america-is-dying-to-know/

I can understand why some gays are a little miffed about Adam. I got a little eh about him when he kept on teasing the whole timeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦it sort of became a game that seemed bigger than the whole thing. Now, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s an even bigger deal than it is, and if he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t deliver on the tease or he doesn;t live up to the expectation as the Great Gay Hope, he only has himself to blame for becoming a sideshow,

I just don’t get why Adam not discussing his personal life, (but at the same time not keeping it a secret) is a big deal. I also never got the idea that Adam thought he was the Great Gay Hope. I think he even mentioned in his Idolatry vid that some of this stuff was being projected on to him. I really do think the gay community is driving this much more than the “straight” community. If I were Adam I think I would resent people trying to turn his Idol run into something more than it is.

I had an epiphany; Adam will à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“come outà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  in RS without saying the words à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m gay.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

If he does this, he’s going to be be the biggest cocktease this side of WeHo. And you thought that the frontrunner backlash was awful…

Kris gets to go to Disneyworld and Adam has to deal with these idiots.

I’d like to think winning has at least SOME perks. Kris has been dealing with idiots the last few days himself.

OMG Adam is Gay?! Really that is he big news? I thought it was about “Boxers or Briefs” My bet briefs…Get my head out of the sports section..btw orlando is up..

If he does this, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to be be the biggest cocktease this side of WeHo. And you thought that the frontrunner backlash was awfulà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Dude, still not getting it. It’s time to get rid of labels. I think it would be terrific if Adam said something to the fact that he has romantic relationships with men and he also adores spending time with women. I think from everything out there, we can all come to that conclusion. And Adam can say all of that without using the word “gay.” Why is that word so important? And I’m not being flip, but I’m not getting why it is?

I’m a subscriber to Rolling Stone, but to be totally honest, I really don’t care. Maybe Jann Wenner cares, but I don’t. I said this before and I’ll say it again: I don’t care if Adam had group sex with every gay man in California in broad daylight, it doesn’t matter.

Why can’t it be an open secret like Queen Latifah, Jodie Foster, or Lily Tomlin? Why drag people out of the closet who don’t want to be dragged out (I’m talking to YOU Mario/Perez)? Get over it. Fight against Prop 8 and other important issues.

Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not above using some of this buzz about his sexuality for getting more publicity for himself – but so what.

gotta give it to Adam, if what he wants is to have his name out there because of his sexual orientation heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s clearly doing it well.

Adam is simply reacting. He’s not driving this story. And he’s not stupid either. He knows that coming out will hurt him more than help him but what can he do? The mainstream media and bloodsuckers like Perez and Adam Markovitz of EW won’t leave him alone. Ever. So he is making the best of the situation by trying to control the delivery of the news by picking one of the more respected magazines like RS who will hopefully focus on his music as well.

I really don’t think Adam wants to be the poster child for gay causes nor do I think he wants to be defined by his gayness. He wants to be a singer/performer who happens to be gay, who sets an example because he’s so comfortable in his own skin and who’s out there living his own life openly and normally. Adam wants it to be about his music. He’s always said that and I believe him. In a perfect world, people would find out Adam was gay when someone interviewed him and he said, “This is my boyfriend.” Matter of fact. No big deal. That’s the way Adam would handle it given the choice. The point to remember here is that his “choices” at this point are pretty limited.

What annoys me about this whole situation is that gay people in the media (like Perez and that guy raging on Defamer or that jerk from EW) are USING Adam as a lightening rod to vent all their pent up personal issues.

So sad and so true. The only consolation is that when you read the comments to the posts made by readers, those guys are really getting slammed. The resonse is overwhelmingly negative and, by overwhelmingly, I mean maybe 10 out of 300 agree with them and the rest passionately and vehemently disagree with them.

straight ones never have to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“come outà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and say à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I AM straightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . as if they have to be labelled and marked as à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“gayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to be discriminated from the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“normalà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  ones! sick!

Ummm, but Danny and Michael felt it was necessary.

Everyone but a few over-invested fans and people who really thought Kris won because he is the better singer (and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not being rude) are getting a kick out of what is going on.

Beg to differ here. I am not getting a kick out of this only because it BORES ME TO TEARS… :thumbdown_tb:

Sigh, I just wish it would all be over soon. There is so much more to Adam than this… I guess he is bemused by all the hoopla, which is better than being upset.

Wonder what his parents think of all this ? I suppose they are bemused as well…

Why canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t it be an open secret like Queen Latifah, Jodie Foster, or Lily Tomlin? Why drag people out of the closet who donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to be dragged out (Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m talking to YOU Mario/Perez)? Get over it. Fight against Prop 8 and other important issues.

Now THAT’S what I’m talking about. Thanks for saying it so succinctly.

And now some of the gays are pissed that Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been coy with the press. Personally, I find his toying with the journos, who keep asking him about it ad nauseum, both hilarious and entertaining.

lol .. me too. I enjoy all his little double entendres If he does actually make a statement saying “I’m Gay” .. what will the like of Perez have to talk and bitch about? …lol

For me it will be a huge anticlimax to read a whole article where Adam admit’s he’s gay …. it’s kind of like “well tell us something we didn’t know” …lol

I’m sure there’s far more interesting things to read about and learn about Adam than his sexuality.

Yes, you can tell it from his videos and from some of his performances that he’s gay but I guess I have this wishful thinking that he might have a change of heart later on. He presented himself well as being mysterious. He will survive. He’s still have a lot of things going for him. I have a feeling that Obama might even invite him in future Whitehouse social functions.

Eee!!! Here is Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s BEST WEEK EVER preview!!

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009/05/29/best-week-ever-preview-adam-lambert-answers-the-question-america-is-dying-to-know/

Oh Adam….you are way too cute….at least you get it even though a whole bunch of other people don’t!! By the way, I love Neil’s blog. That “amazing” sense of humour seems to be a very strong family trait. Like Eber like sons.

And you thought that the frontrunner backlash was awfulà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Awlful?? Its still the Adam Lambert Show post-idol. I think Adam is making out pretty well actually……. LOL

Note to Perez & the others mentioned above; as long as a gay person has to make an announcement that they are gay, there will never be equality.

This. Seriously.

I don’t assume that folks wander around having behind my back discussion on if I like guys or not. So the thought of having to make an “Yes, ladies and gentlemen of the press, I am straight!” announcement is silly to me.

WHY would we expect a gay person to behave differently? Again should Reuben take out a full page ad stating he is black? Should Carrie and Kelly join the vagina monologues and out their uteri? It’s silly.

I actually thought Kara’s response was fine. She treated Barbara’s question very matter-of-factly — her response kind of said “why is this an issue — of course he’s gay”. (By the way, I really can’t stand watching The View; all of the hosts are very annoying, except for Whoopi.) Also, I think it’s pretty obvious that Adam is gay, and his brother even confirmed it in his blog over a year ago. So why all the questions, and why does Adam need to “confirm” whether he is gay? I think that already happened a while ago.

For my own part, I still don’t get why Adam’s sexuality is such a big deal. He’s a singer/entertainer — who cares whether he prefers girls or boys in bed? Is this really going to influence whether you buy his music or not?

Eee!!! Here is Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s BEST WEEK EVER preview!!

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009/05/29/best-week-ever-preview-adam-lambert-answers-the-question-america-is-dying-to-know/

Adam and Paul are too funny! Adam has great comedic timing! Plus he looks fabulous in those reading glasses!

edit: it belongs in the headlines thread where I already posted it

Oh good grief! Now there’s a National Enquirer article about Adam.

Why aren’t questions regarding sexual preferences being asked of Anoop? Or Scott? Or Allison? I mean really.

Next thing we know, when people audition before the AI judges, the judges will ask, “What’s your name, what are you going to sing, and what is your sexual orientation?”

And I gather he told his high-school classmates at their senior breakfast à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  which was, what, nine years ago now.

Curious….

Is there a source for this? Thanks.

Maybe Adam is going to reveal in RS that he got married in California while it was still legal, but chose not to risk the reaction of single fans (of both sexes!) by revealing that he was already taken. Now THAT would be news. Otherwise, what exactly is the big story? Only the fools at PEOPLE magazine and Clay Aiken thought his big “coming out” was news.

I honestly can’t believe how horrible the gay community and others have been towards Adam. The guy said all he wanted to do was sing and entertain. He’s tried to have a sense of humor about this, but people are going way overboard. The guy should not have to answer anyone’s darn question about his private life. Why do people want to destroy this guy? It hurt him in Idol, and now it’s still hurting him. Now people threaten that he’ll get backlash no matter what he decides to do or say.

I can honestly say that I’ve never seen so much pressure and attention put on any one human being to completely reveal his personal life. After years and years of being the struggling artist and he now has a chance. And he gets this treatment. I pray to God something good and kind will come his way.

Oh good grief! Now thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a National Enquirer article about Adam.

Don’t know if this truly is “Adam’s new love” but I actually thought the story was very nice. And he’s pretty damn cute and obviously Adam’s Mom isn’t uncomfortable with him being around.

Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know if this truly is à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s new loveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  but I actually thought the story was very nice.

I agree Tess, it was a very nice article. Hard to believe coming from the National Enquirer!

“Eee!!! Here is Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s BEST WEEK EVER preview!!”

OMG. That was so hilarious. There were even pie charts. Yippee!

The only thing that’s at all good about these journalists being ridiculous and basically calling for Adam to ‘declare himself gay’ is that it a lot of people seem to disagree.

That post on EW is probably 80-90 percent in Adam’s favor. And the post on the gawker site seems evenly matched. Now, it could just be because Adam fans are loyally commenting in droves. But I think that really, most people just don’t care.

It’s only the media that seems to not be able to let it go.

snuffles, I could not agree more!!!! One would think that gay people should rather support their own, not persecute them. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
I have many gay friends, my daughter loves them and defends all the weird kids at school, because she feels they need that (she is 13). I just hope that the next generation will be more tolerant and less prejudiced

This is pretty much the way today’s celebrities make names for themselves. Whatever you have to sell, you sell. Doesn’t matter if it is your addiction, your bad marriage, your criminal behavior, or your sexuality. It is all up for sale. And, unfortunately, there are plenty of people willing to buy it. What a sad commentary.

For Adam’s first recording, I would suggest something of social concern in the tune of a Change is Gonna Come. I’d like him to draw social awareness to the people through his music. This will be a hit for him.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s only the media that seems to not be able to let it go.

We know that the EW writer is gay.
We know that Perez is gay.
Do we know if the Gawker writer is gay?

It really does seem to me that the gay writers are trying to make Adam some sort of symbol and they are pissed that he isn’t playing their game.

Most people just want to hear Adam sing and want to find out what kind of album he is going to make. What he does with his personal life is his biz. Adam is in his mid-20s. Right now, I’m sure he wants to get his career launched. I’m sure there will be a time in the future that he will want to discuss politics, but I’m not getting that this is that time. Those writers need to chill.

Stupid me thinking the Rolling Stone cover would be about Adam’s music. Nope, all people are going to talk about is Adam being gay.

Well, I said my peace about BOR and Clay in another thread, so I’ll spare you all a painful repetition here. :-)

All of this makes me a little sad for Adam. For those who ask, the media cannot refer to him as gay until he refers to himself that way. So they dance around the topic and endlessly ask the question. Once he answers it definitively, the story will no longer center around the possibility that he’s gay, it will discuss the reality that he’s gay. But the story will still be that he’s gay.

Pathetic.

ETA: Politics and hot button issues aside, all these other media outlets hounding for answers and writing expose’ type articles today are simply trying to scoop Rolling Stone. It’s no coincidence to me that once it leaked that RS had the story, every other outlet pounced. Again, pathetic.

This is just driving me crazy. I just have a hard time understanding why this is such a big deal. I live in Vegas. 90% of the show people here are gay. No one cares. My hairdresser is gay. I love him !! I just want to grab people, shake them and say, “leave him alone.” It is no one’s business. I don’t think he should have to publicly admit to anything. People are stupid if they can’t figure it out. It seems life can’t go on without verbal confirmation. As for “Bull” O’Reilly, he is a pompous ass. Who gives a twit what he thinks.

This may sell some magazines and gather some Internet hits but I wouldn’t jump to the conclusion yet that it’s going to lead to mega sales of downloads and albums. What sells music is not the same as what sells gossip mags.

How about how we start with step 1 and see how the sales of the Idol tour does. That’s usually a good indicator of fan interest, buzz, etc.

Why arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t questions regarding sexual preferences being asked of Anoop? Or Scott? Or Allison? I mean really.

Because they aren’t newsworthy. Reporters who won’t let go of the Adam thing (yeah, you Perez) have two beliefs; If you come out and say you are straight, you are really gay and in the closet, if you are gay and won’t get on a soapbox and announce it, you are in the closet.

You can’t win either way.

undercooked May 29th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s only the media that seems to not be able to let it go.

We know that the EW writer is gay.
We know that Perez is gay.
Do we know if the Gawker writer is gay?

It really does seem to me that the gay writers are trying to make Adam some sort of symbol and they are pissed that he isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t playing their game.

Yes, the Gawker writer is gay as well (he managed to mentioned it in the middle of his gay rage barrage of insults). I maintain, the writers that are ANGRY about this are by and large gay. The rest just want to get hits on their web sites.

I do believe the “angry gay man” has superseded the “angry black man” these days! (P.S. I’m black so I can say that) LOL!

That Gawker/Defamer rant reminded me of this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mSVZmk8Yzg&feature=related

I guess (and I hope) that Adam is taking everyhting in stride. As he would put it – No regrets. Things happen. It happens for a reason.

Are there any interviews for him today?

Yes, the Gawker writer is gay as well (he managed to mentioned it in the middle of his gay rage barrage of insults). I maintain, the writers that are ANGRY about this are by and large gay. The rest just want to get hits on their web sites.

I do believe the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“angry gay manà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  has superseded the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“angry black manà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  these days! (P.S. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m black so I can say that) LOL!

Snuffles, you are so right!

Does anyone else find it ironic that the gay writers are the ones being the most intolerant of Adam? It’s as if they really do eat their young.

Eh, I can’t wait until the press releases about the labels come out and the AI tour starts. Lets just get back to the music and some kick ass shows.

Thanks mj and the rest who gave an insight on what went on the show. I couldn’t bring myself to press ‘play’. I claim to be a Kris fan, but I don’t think I could watch him if he shows up at that show — just like I couldn’t watch the billy bush bit. His name alone makes me cringe.

Yes I know I’m about to make a sweeping generalization here so let me just say this is supposed to be snark:

Adam didn’t win because he’s gay and now he has to tell everyone he’s gay…

I can understand the gay community being pissed at Adam. It’s not like American Idol hasn’t had plenty of gay contestants (even a winner) in the past. They just were in the closet. So Adam in 2009 was supposed to be the first “openly gay” contestant. However, he’s been playing coy so they’re annoyed.

undercooked
May 29th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Maybe Cook should announce heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bi (j/k!).

I know this is off topic, but I kind of always thought Cook was. He always seems to be cuddly with his band mate Andy. I think it is cute.

No rocker man love is a whole different kind of thang…..LOL

Well, we all know Adam is gay. Most of knew Clay was gay. Some gays just can’t hide it. Unlike, Rock Hudson, who hid it for years. What a wasted crush that was. LOL
Kris is the better singer, but Adam is getting all the press.
Kris won and this should be his time.

He hasnt been playing coy, he doesnt have to come out, he has never been in, I think he finds it all amusing that it has gone to this extent. He IS hilarious in the way that he is going forward with this, you are right on about that MJ. Adam nor did AI bill Adam as “the first openly gay contestant”, the media, Perez Hilton, everyone else did, that is why it is so funny how so many gays and journalists have got their little panties all in a ruffle, or whatever, Oh panties all in a bunch, too funny hunnies

Anyhow, I just read that Kris is the gay one and his wife is just a cover, lol – Adam isnt getting all the press just because of the gay, issue it is because his talent is huge and he is the better singer in his genre, while Kris is good in what he does – Kris didnt win because he has the better voice, ugh – sorry for going there again but just – uh – no

I think the gays that are upset at Adam waiting until now to publicly state that he’s gay to the mainstream press (he’s been out forever to anyone that’s really cared) are just working through their own issues.

Adam’s not obligated to be our poster-boy. He was a contestant on a talent competition, and given the nature of the vehicle, his sexuality would have totally overshadowed the competition if he had said “I’m gay” at any point earlier. MJ is right; he couldn’t have said it without overshadowing Kris’ win, and I think leaving things unsaid was the professional thing to do.

Come on, guys, I know you don’t all have gaydar, but the boy has flashing neon signs. No one who’s actually in the closet behaves like Adam did and does– hiding would have been to deny being gay like Clay Has-been-ken.

And as for being a role model– Adam wants to be a role model for future entertainers and performers. I don’t see what the big deal is about that. The fact is, he hasn’t signed up to be a spokesman for any cause, and he’s not obligated to. I think it’s terrible when public figures or celebrities stay closeted, but he’s clearly not. =P

I just hope this doesn’t negatively impact his worldwide marketability, because sexuality is a much bigger (if you can imagine) issue and a deal-breaker in Asia, where he does have a following.

JPfan, Who is the gay winner? That’s a new one for me.
I don’t watch much idol any more, so maybe one I didn’t watch.

snuffles May 29th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Eee!!! Here is Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s BEST WEEK EVER preview!!

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009/05/29/best-week-ever-preview-adam-lambert-answers-the-question-america-is-dying-to-know/

Okay…that made me laugh…quite a lot.

I do hope he realises that the BIG downside to coming out is that he’s gonna need a new schtick… :tongue1_tb:

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not like American Idol hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t had plenty of gay contestants (even a winner) in the past. They just kept it in the closet.

I can’t think of any gay AI winners. Who are you referring to?

So Adam in 2009 was supposed to be the first à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“openly gayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  contestant. However, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been playing coy so theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re annoyed.

I think he has always been open, but never found the need to discuss it. And I’m kind of confused, did Adam go before a gay community panel and have a discussion with them about auditioning for AI? Did this panel then vote to have Adam go on AI with the sole intent of being the first “openly gay” contestant?”

As far as I know, Adam came to a decision to audition for AI because he wanted a record contract. A bunch of photos of him were splashed over the internet and he said, hey, it is what it is.

It seems to me he plans on discussing it in RS. If he is being coy now, I’m sure it’s because of the deal with RS. It doesn’t seem to me to be any different than Brad and Angie making a deal with People to publish their baby pics.

By the way, if Adam decides to never use the word gay, that’s his choice. Not the gay community’s choice.

Still not getting why the gay community is so pissed.

Y’know, I think both these guys are “safe” to the American public. I’ve never bought the “edgy” propaganda about Adam.

They both love their Mommies.

Neither of them is an a-hole, and are both extremely grateful for their AI success, sweet to their fans, polite to the world and nice to each other.

If you’ll allow me a little historical perspective: Since the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, when so many gay men were forced to come out because of their illness and need for care and family support, a lot of Americans have had to face the reality that gays aren’t “those people” but our friends, or relations, our celebrities, our co-workers, etc.

The two big hold-outs of homophobia are the military (due to IMO absurd concerns about people who risk their lives for this country together actually bunking in the same barracks), and the sports world. These are final bastions of machismo.

But Hollywood? Show biz? It was more than 20 years ago han Rock Hudson’s cover was blown, and since then it’s not anywhere near as big a deal.

However, it is STILL A PRIVATE DECISION. I support Adam in that. And at the same time, I think it’s perfectly ok for Kara to say what she thinks, as some one who is clearly totally accepting of who he is.

One last thought: I’m fascinated by how many women, who obviously get how Adam is “different,” find him really sexy and get all fangirly about him.

Gay men are “safe” for women to fantasize about, because the likelihood of us ever hooking up with them is close to nil! (It’s close to nil with straight male celebs too, but there’s still a bit of delusional hope.) But whatever his sexual proclivities, Adam is seductive and sexy to men AND women, and I love that! A lot of great entertainers have that androgyny, and it’s a wonderful reminder that attraction and sexiness are not an either/or proposition.

Also, Adam is a drama queen! He loves dress-up, make-up, acting out different characters, and keeping people guessing! It’s probably been a little scarey for him to come out — and a lot of fun for him to do this long, slinky fan dance about his sexual identity.

Oh, the Mommies! I just adored these interviews with Leila Lambert and Kim Allen. No wonder these boys turned out so cool:

http://www.momlogic.com/2009/05/kris_allens_mom_american_idol.php

http://www.momlogic.com/2009/05/adam_lamberts_mom_american_idol.php

Does anyone else find it ironic that the gay writers are the ones being the most intolerant of Adam?

Yes. They are projecting their own insecurities and hangups onto Adam.

Tess -

Isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t this what TPTB set out to accomplish when they à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“castà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Season 8. They must be laughing all the way to the bank to think that their little drama caused all this furor.

I remember back before the season began and we learned that all of the contestants were going to live together in one house instead of the previous apartment arrangement. They hinted that this would be the “season of drama” and as I recall some of the news releases hyped it up pretty well.

At the time I envisioned “big brother” 24 hour video feed, contestants clashing, and snarks a plenty.
As the season got underway and none of this actually came to fruition my husband and I wondered several times “where is all the drama they promised us?”.

Little did we know that the drama was planned for after the finale!
You simply cannot buy buzz like this.

jpfan May 29th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

I can understand the gay community being pissed at Adam. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not like American Idol hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t had plenty of gay contestants (even a winner) in the past. They just were in the closet. So Adam in 2009 was supposed to be the first à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“openly gayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  contestant. However, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been playing coy so theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re annoyed.

You call it playing coy, I call it not playing into their bullsh!t games. THEY want to control the narrative and Adam’s not letting them.

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009/05/29/best-week-ever-preview-adam-lambert-answers-the-question-america-is-dying-to-know/

Funny stuff. ha ha. Adam looks good in glasses. lol.

Except does being effeminate and/or flamboyant mean you are gay 100 per cent of the time or just in denial? A lot of hetero musical types wear black nail polish, make up and “interesting”hair. How can we forget the days of hair bands?

The initial inference that Adam was gay before there were pictures or confirmations from brothers and stuff, wasn’t that in fact stereotyping someone? When of course ultimately who cares or who should care.

“”"I think he has always been open, but never found the need to discuss it. And Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m kind of confused, did Adam go before a gay community panel and have a discussion with them about auditioning for AI? Did this panel then vote to have Adam go on AI with the sole intent of being the first à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“openly gayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  contestant?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ”"”

This ^^^^ when did AI or Adam put out the memo on this ^^^^ or advertise that this was happening this year? I am confused also

Ok, everyone gets it…Adam is gay but he is still a human being. I’m betting my money that something good will come out of this despite the negativity.

carroll May 29th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

JPfan, Who is the gay winner? Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a new one for me.
I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t watch much idol any more, so maybe one I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t watch.

I think a lot of gay people assume Kelly Clarkson is gay. But she’s said numerous times that she isn’t. But, you know, in gay land, you’re gay until proven straight (which is never).

The Best Week Ever promo? So. freaking. hysterical! Adam has fantastic comedic timing.

Kara was asked (paraphrasing here) if she thought Adam’s perceived sexuality cost him the win. She basically answered by saying,”I always thought he was [gay],” although she used the word “out.” Nobody asked Kara if she thought Adam was gay. Whenever Adam or Kris were asked the same question, they both just said that the two of them presented two different styles of music and people made a choice. Yes, Kara should have been better prepared for the question, and basically her answer was moronic. I thought she was smarter than that.

I think a lot of gay people assume Kelly Clarkson is gay. But sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s said numerous times that she isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t. But, you know, in gay land, youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re gay until proven straight (which is never).

Which is why I think this issue will dog Archie. Especially if Adam is “out”, then I am afraid the media will start going down the line of AI winners.

By the way, I don’t know too much about Taylor Hicks, is he married or dating? Anyone who is single (and doesn’t have kids) is going to be looked at.

If youre not married with children, you must be gay.

If youre not married with children, you must be gay.

LOL! I was referring the the Kelly Clarkson gay rumors. Even though she has said she isn’t, those rumors still are flying.

ETA: One of the questions the media was told was off limits by Jive was the question about Archie’s sexuality. I don’t think the media is about to let this go for either Kelly or Archie, no matter what they say.

Note to Perez & the others mentioned above; as long as a gay person has to make an announcement that they are gay, there will never be equality.

sparkles, I could not agree more.

Who cares if Adam ever tells an interviewer those three magic words, “I am gay.” I’ve found his refusal to answer, what I consider to be inappropriate, questions about his sexuality rather amusing. What I’ve really enjoyed is the frustration of those who want to know so badly that they’ve turned it into this ridiculous controversy.

Adam should just be allowed to live his personal life as he sees fit, and if he’s publicly kissing men or women or both, who cares? More power to him!

I’m not married with children. I’m beginning to think I might be gay and simply don’t know it yet.

That best week ever is too funny – theres the reason he used the word “speculation” poking fun at the morons who want him to say it, like it matters, duhhhh – he is gay – leave him alone or not, it is becoming too funny now actually

Adam lost because he’s gay, non-Christian and got so much praise because of his great talent and stage presence and recieved backlash for all of it. That’s the story of this year. Part of the story is the intolerance of gays for Adam. This has been going on since the start of Idol. Adam cannot win. He was used by the show, he’s being used by gays, he’s used by O’Reilly’s and conservatives, he’s being used by other contestant’s fans, used for hits by bloggers and media, used by Perez and it goes on and on.

GeminiDolly May 29th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

If youre not married with children, you must be gay.

If you don’t parade your love life in public, you must be gay.

If people speculate that you’re gay and you don’t loudly protest “I’m STRAIGHT!”, you must be gay.

If people speculate that you’re gay and you DO loudly protest “I’m STRAIGHT!”, you’re actually lying and…you must be gay.

If a gay person finds you attractive, you must be gay.

The list is endless y’all!

LaurelG:

I think you have to take the “gay test.” It involves 827 questions, and if you score more than 50% on it, you get your gay badge and gay certificate and gay license. :tongue1_tb:

“”The initial inference that Adam was gay before there were pictures or confirmations from brothers and stuff, wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t that in fact stereotyping “”

you got me there lavender, my bad too, I just love him -whether he is willing to have sex with me or not has never been an issue with me.

Oh, the Mommies! I just adored these interviews with Leila Lambert and Kim Allen. No wonder these boys turned out so cool:

http://www.momlogic.com/2009/05/kris_allens_mom_american_idol.php

http://www.momlogic.com/2009/05/adam_lamberts_mom_american_idol.php

Wow colette those were great interviews, thanks for posting!!!

If you’re not married with children, you must be gay.

That is correct. And that is why to me Adam isn’t necessarily being singled out on this question. People often say why is Adam the only one being asked this. But he’s not. Even straight people have to prove it before they aren’t gay in many eyes. And you can’t prove it. Look at Archie, Kelly, VFTW called Cook gay last season. Even being married with kids isn’t “proof” – Tom Cruise, John Travolta.

I don’t understand the need to know or disbelief when told, but it’s there.

God, that BEW segment had me rolling! Adam’s timing is priceless! He needs his own sitcom, seriously.

The media’s preoccupation with Adam’s sexuality is like a game of chicken now. It’s ridiculous. I hope Adam keeps messing with them. This shit is getting entertaining as hay-ell.

If you’re a male and you use hair product, you’re gay.

If you’re a female and you DON’T use hair product, you’re gay.

I always think that the fear that many homophobics have about being approached by a “gay” person is so weird. I can remember 40 years ago before being gay was ever openly talked about that the individuals who were “gay” always seemed to easily link up with the other “gay” person that was around and it was like an instant beeline. While at Stewardess school, out of a class of 30 the two girls who were lesbians hooked up pretty much from day one. I’ve always firmly believed that “gaydar” is real…I don’t think that I’ve ever misjudged a person whether in or out of the closet. (not that I would ever say anything to them). I knew my cousin was gay as soon as we both hit puberty without a word being spoken.

That is why, I guess, I find all of this gay idol stuff so amusing. There were several guys in the final 36 that are probably gay and I firmly believe more than the 3 that seemed to be easily identified. Remember this was the idol year for the gay vs. Christian conservative theme. I also find it funny that I even noticed this because, really, as sexually liberal as I am it shouldn’t mean a twit to me. All that being said, I hope that Adam does succeed in breaking another invisible barrier that is still out there. I hope after this year the whole subject becomes a moot point and that nobody will care about the sexuality of any contestant on a reality program. A girl can dream, can’t she.

Yea!! Adam gave a shoutout to me in Pennsylvania!! LOL

This is priceless. I can’t wait to watch the whole thing tonight. lol

Hope Adam’s publicist knows how much he’s being hurt by this. The EW guy who is a big fan of Adam’s is pissed and saying he can’t be a role model

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/05/adam-lambert-a.html?cid=153585511#comment-153585511

SNL needs to have Adam host and sing on the show. He was great.

colette
May 29th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
LaurelG:

I think you have to take the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“gay test.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  It involves 827 questions, and if you score more than 50% on it, you get your gay badge and gay certificate and gay license.
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don’t forget the toaster oven.

I think you have to take the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“gay test.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  It involves 827 questions, and if you score more than 50% on it, you get your gay badge and gay certificate and gay license.”"”"”"”"”"

Now I know why I only got the year old calendar. My score was a 46.

snuffles, you are acting like it is some kind of terrible thing to be questioned about your sexuality, oh no someone might think you’re gay, the horror! Why is it that big of a deal to you? Do I have the right to be as indignant as you are because most people assume I am straight because I am pretty masculine and like sports?! How unfair, right? lol. So what if people ask about Adam being gay, because guess what HE IS!

Hope Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s publicist knows how much heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s being hurt by this. The EW guy who is a big fan of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s is pissed and saying he canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be a role model

Thats old, and he wasn’t really a fan of Adam. He’s just projecting his own insecurities and issues onto Adam. I hope you also read the responses to that article. Adam isn’t getting hurt by anything.

Kris is the better singer, but Adam is getting all the press.
Kris won and this should be his time.

I can understand if someone prefers Kris’ style, appreciates his ability to arrange songs and the way he phrases music. But even Kris says that Adam is a better singer. And Kris is getting tons of press coverage. Adam is just getting more coverage.

It’s not Adam’s fault that the press in more interested in him. Adam is getting more press because people are more interested in Adam. Media is a business and they print what people read and advertisers want to buy. So if you look at online traffic, even post Idol win, Adam generates 2.8 times the traffic of Kris. And remains more popular in all the online polls.

Finally, almost all of Kris’ coverage is positive. Some of the Adam coverage is not positive. For example, look at Fox News – Adam will be the subject of Bill O’Reilly’s anti-gay bashing while Kris will be on the Mike Huckabee Show and perform. Which would you rather have?

Well I am happy to be devil’s advocate. I agree that Adam’s sexuality is his own business and I think even speculating is he gay or isn’t he all season was stupid. Who cares? Is someone entertaining is the only real criteria that should matter. To me anyway. Cute helps too. I am shallow in that way.

However, I can also see why certain members of the gay community are unhappy.

I think that many members of the gay community still believe they have a lot of battles to fight yet and Prop. 8 illustrates that fact. The rationale is that if a gay person is in a position where he or she has the eyes and ears and respect of the public and media and particularly where they gain recognition or fame in areas that gays were previously excluded from or felt it necessary to stay in the closet in order to succeed, if they are open about their sexuality from the get go, it furthers the cause of the various battles of the gay community and serves as a role model for other gays. That is the argument anyway. Also it is an acknowledgement of the courage of others that have taken a stand that went before you and from which you now benefit. This is a common argument in the African American community. If you are successful, you owe it to those that struggled before you and those that are still struggling to give a hand up and/or serve as a role model.

By being coy all season, and not being direct about his sexuality, when asked, can you read that as he was ashamed of his sexuality or squandered an opportunity to be a role model during the whole season or did Adam just feel being open would have killed his chances of winning. Which would just reinforces the fear of many gays who feel they do have to stay in the closet to succeed.

But I agree that he didn’t volunteer to be a gay poster boy -and aye there’s the rub. He didn’t volunteer and by bashing Adam because he isn’t following the political handbook probably does more harm than good in the end. Be more productive by letting Adam do his thing in his own way. Patience is a virtue.

gangreen29 May 29th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

snuffles, you are acting like it is some kind of terrible thing to be questioned about your sexuality, oh no someone might think youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re gay, the horror! Why is it that big of a deal to you? Do I have the right to be as indignant as you are because most people assume I am straight because I am pretty masculine and like sports?! How unfair, right? lol. So what if people ask about Adam being gay, because guess what HE IS!

Nope. I’m pointing out how ridiculous assumptions are. And the littany of ridiculous “reasons” people jump to the conclusion that someone is gay (or straight for that matter) by using the shallowest stereotypes.

Loved the BWE skit. Adam knows exactly how much the media wants “the question” answered and he’s having a ball leading them around by the nose. LOL!

snuffles
May 29th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
If youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re a male and you use hair product, youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re gay.

Bwah sorry snuffles but many hetero men use hair product as much as gay men these days – ask any hair stylist. Makeup is probably more unusual unless you are Marilyn Manson or KISS but guyliner is certainly not limited to gay performers for sure. Nor black nail polish. We are in the age of the metrosexual chic and rocker chic.

I was fantasizing that the platform Adam would support would be “Homophobic Homo’s” and call Perez out and keep hammering him to “come out” and admit he’s afraid of gay men who are comfortable with their sexuality.

I know lavender, I was being sarcastic. There are tons of people out there that were saying “Of COURSE Adam’s gay, did you not SEE the eyeliner and nail polish!?” Like that’s the first clue to every male’s gayness. It’s just another stereotype. A stereotype used by gay and straight alike.

Kris Allen from his EW interview. I thought this was a great response.

On his frustration with Christians who wouldn’t accept Adam Lambert.
Christians have a hard time accepting people like Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ liberal, from L.A., looks different, maybe acts a certain way. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a great, great guy. They donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t even give him a chance. And ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s frustrating because I come from that. A lot of my friends are not that way, which I appreciate, but a lot of people in Arkansas or in the South or wherever are that way. We really hope that our relationship can be an inspiration to people. I could go on about that forever.

Oh and yes GO ADAM!
On the Idols having to lip-synch for many of the early group performances.
That whole lip-synch thing, we were so upset about it. They were like, “It’s hard to blend the 10 voices” or whatever. After a while, we complained enough and Adam’s pretty good at taking a stand. We’d be like, “Yeah, Adam! Go, Adam!” He would always lead the pack. He was the first one to be bold and say something [to the producers].

edit: always, always post a link when you excerpt from an online article

Entertainment Weekly

Loved the BWE skit. Adam knows exactly how much the media wants à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“the questionà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  answered and heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s having a ball leading them around by the nose. LOL!

And don’t think for one minute that a “straight” guy would be so relaxed about making fun of what could be a very sensitive subject. The people that “get it” are having a ball, the rest are just setting themselves up for frustration.

However, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been playing coy so theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re annoyed.

I apologize if this is a double post, but I don’t think Adam’s playing coy so much as he is simply refusing (in a charming, good-humored way) to be drawn into the discussion until he’s ready. Adam’s never lied about who he is. He openly discusses his life, his friends, the internet pictures, the meaning that “A Change is Gonna Come” had for him personally, etc. If people are unable to connect the dots without a headline in bold, then that’s their problem…not Adam’s.

Regarding the “angry gay” perception- I think this week the gay population and those who supports gay rights are very vocal this week. The California Supreme Court ruled unfavorably towards Proposition 99 last week and in at least a hundred cities there were demonstrations against the ruling. In New York, there were quite a few of them early Tuesday morning. This week there has been a call to action throughout the country. I’m not sure how Adam plays into this appeal for action since I had been taking a break from the AI/Adam oversaturation, but reading the AI news today, I wonder if this is why the general tone is a bit heated from certain writers like the EW writer.

Oh I love that quote from Kris about his relationship with Adam…Kradam just brings me such joy.

I wish O’Reilly would not say anything else about Adam. Someone suggested maybe O’Reilly needs ratings, but the thing is, he doesn’t, he’s doing fine in the ratings game.

I would LOVE IT if the big reveal in RS has nothing to do with Adam’s sexuality. That boy is so entertaining & has Perez & the other crazies in the media in a tizzy & I think Adam is loving it. Total equality means no one – regardless of who they sleep with or prefer to sleep with – is expected to make an announcement about their sexuality & no one should ever be hounded about it the way Adam has, especially by people like Perez who seem to feel Adam owes them something. I don’t think Adam is looking to become a spokesman for all gay people, I think he wants to focus on his music.

Finally, Adam looks super hot in those glasses. Can’t wait to see the whole thing.

I think you have to take the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“gay test.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  It involves 827 questions, and if you score more than 50% on it, you get your gay badge and gay certificate and gay license.
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donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t forget the toaster oven.

You got the lavender toaster oven, right? The black and red ones are reserved for people with “straight” licenses.

Be more productive by letting Adam do his thing in his own way.

This is the point, for me. And, also the irony.

While I understand the sentiment and frustration expressed by some in the gay community, by expressing disapproval of Adam’s way, they undermine their own “cause” in my view. Taking a step back, I believe, folks would do well to see that all of these matters are smaller versions of the same big thing we all want — freedom to be who we are and live our lives as we deem and feel appropriate. Why must we project our own views of how we think things should be on every other person on the planet? (And don’t say, people who say this are doing the same thing — that’s a false equivalency if ever there was one. LOL)

Live and love, and let live and love….

Finally, almost all of Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ coverage is positive. Some of the Adam coverage is not positive.

I agree that Kris isn’t getting asked if he is gay. I guess that’s a positive? But his coverage isn’t positive. It’s not positive to be continually asked why you won when the other guy was better (basically the question he is posed). Or that you only won because AT&T cheated or Arkansas people are nutty power voters. This all hurts his brand and image as a star.

A few gay journalists are peeved at Adam. To the rest of the world, from a media perspective, he is the winner. More power to him, I didn’t care who won this year and hope they both do well.

Finally, Adam looks super hot in those glasses. Canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t wait to see the whole thing.

I know! Who else but Adam would look hot in those things?!

Jocelin May 29th, 2009 at 4:29 pm

Regarding the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“angry gayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  perception- I think this week the gay population and those who supports gay rights are very vocal this week. The California Supreme Court ruled unfavorably towards Proposition 99 last week and in at least a hundred cities there were demonstrations against the ruling. In New York, there were quite a few of them early Tuesday morning. This week there has been a call to action throughout the country. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not sure how Adam plays into this appeal for action since I had been taking a break from the AI/Adam oversaturation, but reading the AI news today, I wonder if this is why the general tone is a bit heated from certain writers like the EW writer.

Very good point. You’re probably right. People are worked up and they’re unfairly attaching Adam to the frenzy.

I wouldn’t put it past some blogger to blame Adam for all of their current civil rights issues.

By being coy all season, and not being direct about his sexuality, when asked, can you read that as he was ashamed of his sexuality or squandered an opportunity to be a role model during the whole season or did Adam just feel being open would have killed his chances of winning.

I disagree. I think his good humored coyness can easily be read as someone who isn’t at all ashamed of who he is. Once this snowball started rolling, the speculation has probably gotten him more press than if he’d jumped up and down shouting, “I’m gay! I’m gay!” I don’t blame him for riding that wave. I mean, really, gay people in show business? How shocking! You have to wonder if his coyness cost him more votes than if he’d shouted from the rooftops. I think not being sure makes people more uncomfortable than knowing for sure.

Honestly, I think if he’d been stereotypically gay, it wouldn’t have been this big an issue. I find it interesting that they keep referring to him as androgynous, which is really what has people’s panties in a twist. He’s not effeminate, and he’s wearing polish and guyliner! Wait… some straight guys do that! Oh, what shall we do? He could be either… we must know! We must know!

All you have to do is watch him perform to see that Adam is not only comfortable but revels in his sexuality, which is one of the things that makes him so hot.

is it too much to ask RS to not do the whole YES, IM GAY as their “eye catching” headline on the cover? I mean, cmon, thats all I ask.

Through all this sexuality hoopla, I’m just trying to remember what Adam said in the Idolatry video, which was basically that he tries to keep a sense of humor about everything and not take any of it too seriously. I think he’s probably a lot less worked up it than we are and is approaching it all in a much more laidback way. I’m sure he sees and understands how ridiculous it is on so many levels and isn’t letting it get to him.

It’s the common media practice. There’s only so long they can sell the positive stories, so now that they’ve built him up, they start to tear him down. It’s sad and pathetic, but it’s what Americans as a whole eat up. I hope Adam makes it through, he seems like a great kid.

LOL at Best Week Ever.

Adam’s People.com vid is up, can’t link to it or view it. Is this the one in which he’s supposed to say his closet’s wide open, and there are rumors with him and queens?

Kris’s is up too.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12477707

Quote from this article that is hilarious:

“The claim comes a day after “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi taped an interview on TV’s “The View” in which she says she thought questions about Lambert’s sexuality had already been answered. (Tune in next week when DioGuardi discovers there’s a recession going on).”

LMAO

I just listened to the Best Week Ever. LOL

Sooooooo funny.

Our Adam can act, too, but I guess we already knew that!

I don’t think what Kara said was offensive she was just being honest and she helped Adam on the show with her advice so I don’t see the big deal at all…I also think its kind of sad who sex-obsessed mainstream society is. This should be about music and art but w/e..I will respect Adam no matter what his decision is pertaining to what he says or doesn’t say about his sexuality I don’t need to know who he is sleeping with. He is entitled to his privacy.
He has some passionate fans though, lol.

im a grad student in my late 20′s that has always put school before boys and i cannot tell you how many times my parents and other people in my family have asked if i was “sure im not gay”. especially after getting worked up about all this hoopla. because not being boy crazy and ALSO being a fervent supporter of gay rights clearly means im gay. i think i need to call RS and see if i can come out as straight so my family will leave me the eff alone.

since when do we all need to walk around with labels on our foreheads? “i like romantic comedies, watching american idol, and penis” i mean REALLY? what is there to gain by any of that?

ETA: i hope instead of the “yep, im gay” he has a “wtf, i was never IN” headline.

and the BWE clip… awesome!

Okay, you know the only thing that was really wrong with this interview? Barbara Walters cutting off Kara when she was about to talk about Kris! Umm.. Adam being gay is obvious so let’s hear some real scoop!

All the gay writers out there that are pissed need to just mind their own business. If they want a poster boy for being gay, why not volunteer themselves, instead of trying to force others to do it. I consider myself part of the LGB community and I definitely don’t walk around screaming at people how gay I am. There is a difference to being out and proud and being out and obnoxious. The whole “gay movement” that seems to be taking over the media right now, is really not helping the true cause, which in my mind is equality. These people that are bashing Adam and the other celebs who are not vocally screaming out the fact that they are gay are doing a lot more harm than good. IMO they are screaming out that they think that they’re better than “straight” people and deserve preferential treatment. It’s supposed to be about equality all this is doing is segregating. Just my opinion, but in recent weeks what little respect I had for people like Perez Hilton is down to zero. I wish his 15 minutes of fame were up already.

Also, after watching Kara’s interview, I really don’t think she said anything wrong. She pretty much said what most people here have been saying about the non-issue of Adam’s sexuality. Seacrest on the other hand needs to stop fanning the flames. All he seems to be doing is provoking the controversy.

Seacrest fanning the flames…LMAO. Projecting much, Ryan?

I read he said something else about Adam on the radio this morning…anyone hear or know what he said? I am sure it was idiotic.

I come from a very orthodox Catholic country, i.e. Poland
I am happy to say that although there are many homophobes and antisemites and anti… everything people here, there are a lot of people who are accepting and tolerant :)))
I love Adam and Kris and I really think that they should be example to us all :)))

That BWE clip is almost as great as the “on top” clip. Heh.

since when do we all need to walk around with labels on our foreheads? à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“i like romantic comedies, watching american idol, and penisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  i mean REALLY? what is there to gain by any of that?

LMAO! We’d all have some pretty interesting forehead labels, huh?

ETA: i hope instead of the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“yep, im gayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  he has a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“wtf, i was never INà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  headline.

^^^^THIS.

I love Best Week Ever, and that clip is hilarious. And, Kara, I actually like you, but not even you can get me to watch those harpies on the View.

Seacrest fanning the flamesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦LMAO. Projecting much, Ryan?

LOL, I didn’t realize how that sounded until afterwards, lol. Why don’t Perez and the rest of the media start trying to make him publicly state his sexuality. Let’s see how seacrest likes it when the only thing people wanna talk about is who’s in your bed. Now I’m not a big Seacrest follower, so I don’t really know if he has ever publicly stated that he’s “straight”. I do think it’s odd though that in 8 years of him being in the spotlight, I’ve never really heard of him having a steady public relationship…with anyone, boy or girl…

“”"By being coy all season, and not being direct about his sexuality, when asked, can you read that as he was ashamed of his sexuality or squandered an opportunity to be a role model during the whole season or did Adam just feel being open would have killed his chances of winning.”"”

Coy all season? They dont really do any in depth interviewing until the season ends, a few seconds here and there where they are pretty much told what to say and do is all we really saw with any of them. He or Danny or any of them were not really allowed to take stands on anything during the season

“”LOL, I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t realize how that sounded until afterwards, lol. Why donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Perez and the rest of the media start trying to make him publicly state his sexuality. Letà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s see how seacrest likes it when the only thing people wanna talk about is whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s in your bed”"”

Perez is probably upset that Adam didnt run to him and profess his love for him and ask him out, that is probably what was behind Perez’s sticking up for Adam while on Idol, Perez has a big ole crush on ADam that wasnt reciprocated.

and in regards to your add about O’Reilly Mj, ratings are down and they all know who is a ratings “getter” Adam Lambert, Like Clay, O’Reilly is gonna ride on in on Adams coattails also, (sorry for the bad english)

oooh. even better… he is on the cover in his full-on glammed out Zodiac outfit with the headline “welcome to MY closet”

seriously. if that boy is in the closet. the entire WORLD is an effin closet.

So I guess whatever comes out will be with American Idol’s Management Blessing. Read E!

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b126542_adam_lamberts_mother_talks_sex_contracts.html

So I guess whatever comes out will be with American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Management Blessing. Read E!

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b126542_adam_lamberts_mother_talks_sex_contracts.html

I just knew there was a gag order in place.

And the way she said “until it comes out” tells me that there is indeed a Rolling Stone something happening.

Although it was a bit oddly worded:
“regarding Adam’s reported upcoming announcement to Rolling Stone that he is indeed gay.”

Unfortunately, they missed one out from Kara.

Does anyone know the issue date of RS?? Please?!!

lola May 29th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

Unfortunately, they missed one out from Kara.

Oh, I imagine she got REEMED by the 19E bosses BIG TIME for it.

I completely see why Kara said what she did – she was simply stating things as she saw them.

The ridiculous thing about all this is that Adam was never in the closet in the first place. In fact he couldn’t have been more out.

Then VFTW found those pics, the media picked up on it and shoved him in the closet themselves because he didn’t say the three words “I AM GAY”, despite the fact that he’s still not hidden a single thing. Now they’re baying for blood and demanding he comes out again, without any hint of irony!

ETA:
Snuffles said: Oh, I imagine she got REEMED by the 19E bosses BIG TIME for it.
Why would she? She didn’t really say much more than Simon did in an interview when the competition was still going on, where they talked about Adam’s sexuality not being a problem because he wasn’t hiding anything.

dude. thanks to whoever posted the link to his brother’s site… i had seen it before but hadnt seen his most recent posts. dude’s hilarious!

i love this:

“Letà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s face it: Lambertà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a household name. Yes yes, I know that everyone has seen Highlander and thus Christopher Lambert is already a household name, but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to be related to an immortal. Besides, I am already related to a glittery alien from planet Fierce.”

and his new post-idol pick-up lines:

So millions of women across the globe would attack him with their vaginas if given the chance. The question is, how do I harness this power to satiate my carnal urges?! For starters, I could start by never saying à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“carnal urgesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to any woman ever. How about these, then?

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Baby, this is as much Lambert as youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re gonna get. Care to settle?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦thing is, we both do incredible things with our mouthsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“8pm, Fox. 11pm, Cock. Seeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ because theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re both animals! No? Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re leaving arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t you.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“This was a really tough decision. Both of you are incredibly talented, butà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Tiffany, youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re going onto the next round!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oh, yea, my brother is Adam Lambert. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s cool I guessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ I dunno. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really watch him. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve got my own shit going on, yà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢know? Like, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s cool that he can sing and everything, but does he own a website? No. Does he sing and write lame shit on the internet? No. I hope heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s happy being half as successful as I am, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know how I could live like that, yà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢know?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty hard to watch him since I have perfect pitchà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Justin8602 May 29th, 2009 at 5:24 pm

Seacrest fanning the flamesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦LMAO. Projecting much, Ryan?

LOL, I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t realize how that sounded until afterwards, lol. Why donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Perez and the rest of the media start trying to make him publicly state his sexuality. Letà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s see how seacrest likes it when the only thing people wanna talk about is whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s in your bed. Now Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not a big Seacrest follower, so I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really know if he has ever publicly stated that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“straightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . I do think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s odd though that in 8 years of him being in the spotlight, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve never really heard of him having a steady public relationshipà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦with anyone, boy or girlà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Seacrest has played the coy bit for all it is worth. Living in SoCal I have read many times people questioning his sexual orientation and he has danced around the question so well that he should be on Dancing with the Stars. I can remember not too long ago he went out to dinner with a female and TMZ was all over it just like when Adam did. LOL, no Seacrest like Queen Latifah, Jodi Forster, Lily Tomlin, etc. refuses to address the questions with a “yes” or “no” answer.

All this talk about his sexuality is ridiculous and redundant (the Press I mean, not here). It’s been obvious since day 1 if anyone cared to look. The good thing is that he’s being talked about. I’m sure he thinks it’s hilarious.

Boy can really read a teleprompter! And he sure does look sexy in those glasses. Better than Gokey ya think?

he is on the cover in his full-on glammed out Zodiac outfit with the headline à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“welcome to MY closetà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Brilliant! Then, make the focus of the article his style, clothes, and costumes!!! I LIKE it~

ETA: “BWE. I think my favorite part is that Cookie was way gayer last year. Hee.”

LOL Too true! Funny stuff~

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Baby, this is as much Lambert as youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re gonna get. Care to settle?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

I have a very hard time believing that any guy with a sense of humor like that, could have trouble getting a date. Hilarious.

As is BWE. I think my favorite part is that Cookie was way gayer last year. Hee.

Neil isnt bad looking.

JazzRocks –

I didn’t even think about Danny & his glasses, but yeah, Adam even wears glasses better than Danny.

JazzRocks May 29th, 2009 at 5:58 pm

All this talk about his sexuality is ridiculous and redundant (the Press I mean, not here). Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been obvious since day 1 if anyone cared to look. The good thing is that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s being talked about. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure he thinks ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hilarious.

Boy can really read a teleprompter! And he sure does look sexy in those glasses. Better than Gokey ya think?

His Mom said he was memorizing books when he was around four years old, so I think he must have either a photographic memory or darn close to one.

But he does put Gokey to shame in those glasses! Even with the glass holders attached. LOL!

lol. weareallinnocent – totally! that article would be wayyy more enjoyable.

we could have a whole thread on ideas for the RS cover headline. maybe i’ll head over to TALC and start one :)

“Yep, I’m…. a rockstar!”

is it too much to ask RS to not do the whole YES, IM GAY as their à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“eye catchingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  headline on the cover? I mean, cmon, thats all I ask.

God if that’s on there I’ll throw up again. I never want to see that on any cover, of any magazine EVER AGAIN! Seeing it on People for Clay scarred me for life.

The ‘gay’ best not be the focus of this damn cover and interview. If it is I will be terribly disappointed because it’s NOT what Adam is about and will be doing him a huge disservice by stereotyping him. He is Adam, musician and singer. That is what should be the focus. I hate that the gay has anything to do with it to be honest. He should just be going on the way he is. He knows who he is, that is all that matters. If it focuses on his being gay, he is going to be labelled that ‘gay singer’ for the rest of his career.

BTW……..somebody get a sock for Kara’s mouth. I’m sorry she gets no sympathy from me. It was not her business to be chatting it up with Barbara and the girls.

“he is on the cover in his full-on glammed out Zodiac outfit with the headline à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“welcome to MY closetà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Best. Idea. Ever.

http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/8/1/3/8/23218318-23218319-slarge.jpg

Fast-forward to 2009

Kris on the Idols having to lip-synch for many of the early group performances.
That whole lip-synch thing, we were so upset about it. They were like, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hard to blend the 10 voicesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  or whatever. After a while, we complained enough and Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty good at taking a stand. Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be like, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Yeah, Adam! Go, Adam!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  He would always lead the pack. He was the first one to be bold and say something [to the producers].

LOL at that one! Somehow this doesn’t surprise me. I just keep thinking that the AI folks probably were surprised by Adam. I don’t think that they ever had anyone with ability to organize all the kids, to get the band, musicians, mentors and production crew to give his so much creative control, or who really didn’t want to win — just become a star. From USAToday’s Behind the scenes 5/12/09:

Gokey admits that being home makes him want to win for the hometown folks. “I did wonder, ‘Why do they want me?’ But I just want to give love back. I’m not here for the attention.”

“I am!” Lambert cuts in. The line cracks the others up, but he’s not joking.

“Look,” says Lambert, “I didn’t really come here to win as much as I came to get exposure and build my career. It’s about what the show gives us.”

http://www.adam-lambert.com/USA-Todayand39s-Behind-the-and39Idoland39-Curtain-t1314.html

Adam seams to have built real working partnerships with people along the Idol season. In his post idol performances he’s been accompanied by Michael Orland (Pianist and Associate Musical Director for AI; Michael worked with Adam throughout the competition on his arrangements ranging from RoF to If I Can’t Have You.) and they clearly have a strong musically partnership.

It also gives me hope that Adam will control his album just like he built his Idol support team and got creative control of his AI production numbers.

There was an interesting entertainment story related to all this last year.

Pete Wentz is the Fall Out Boy guitarist who helped popularize the emo look that Adam adapts* (swoopy hair, guy liner, jewelry, girls jeans etc) and is also well-known for being married to a minor pop celebrity, Ashlee Simpson, and numerous indescretions involving his private parts and girls.

But in an interview with Out magazine about the fact that he’s something of a gay icon, he said “yeah, I’m a fag”–eg, his whole life people have called him a fag or queer for adopting styles and attitudes that deliberately upend what “boys” should be, and he in fact felt himself to be an outsider, weirdo, etc–so he decided to “own” the term. It’s not as if some guy in a bar who uses the f word really knows who Wentz–or Lambert–sleeps with. It’s the defiance of cultural rules and norms that enrages them

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“When Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going down the street I get called a fag all the time,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  he says. Instead of bothering to deny it, he shifts deftly to mocking the bulliesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Neanderthal mentality . . .He readily cops to having appropriated queer culture, just as early white rock and roll artists ripped off black music and went mainstream. . . .Like his friend Kanye West, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s found that à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“whenever you say that homophobia is stupid, you just get called gay.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

So, that’s another part of the context Adam is operating in. He’s proudly out there doing the things people call queer . . . and neither hiding nor denying that style and self.

* yes, there are many other aspects of Adam’s style . . .there’s just bits of it adapted from the scene kids look

Tony, you owe me new lunch. I just barfed it all up thankyouverymuch.

TKat, I believe everyone in the entertainment world now realizes that Adam is a force to be reckoned with. From his taking charge of all aspects of his performances on AI, to Queen praising him, to his ability to articulate so well, to his responses to the press and to Clay’s dis and to Gene Simmons’ roundabout dis/praise (it was both, just stupid to do it IMO).

He is a force that does it with a smile and a laugh and doesn’t throw temper tantrums. He has been fighting for himself for so long that it is ingrained in him to fight for anyone that is around him. He helped the other Idols and did it willingly. He is one of a kind and AI has never seen the likes of him.

ewwww Gemini, gross – I guess I shouldnt look at what Tony put up?

yeah, seriously Tony. party foul!
:nono_tb:

now i have to go watch the “38 second video” to get that outta my mind.

I am really upset with all this gay/non-gay discussion. Why do you need to know that? Do you need to select among gay – bi – straight buttons in order to enjoy Adam ´s songs or videos?

This is just giving headlines and readers. If we stop reading this kid of articles, they will stop this nonsense.

Adam ´s international fans are busy talking about his talent, his interviews, his upcoming tour and his imminent future as an international idol.

We don ´t care, and don ´t want him to talk about his privacy. It is HIS!

Why don ´t you all write here your real names and addresses and explain what your sexual preferences are and have been, with details? Would you like to be asked what your sexual preferences are in order to get a job?

I have not been reading anything related to the topic. Came here to see the Best Week Ever video, to find that the stupid topic is still on.

What a drag. Good bye. Back to all the Adam ´s fans sites.

dyg said – What a drag.

Heh! :devil_tb:

Twinkle…the 38 second video, what a fabulous idea.

On his frustration with Christians who wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t accept Adam Lambert.
Christians have a hard time accepting people like Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ liberal, from L.A., looks different, maybe acts a certain way. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a great, great guy. They donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t even give him a chance. And ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s frustrating because I come from that. A lot of my friends are not that way, which I appreciate, but a lot of people in Arkansas or in the South or wherever are that way. We really hope that our relationship can be an inspiration to people. I could go on about that forever.

Kris sounds just as frustrated as I am about this whole subject of Adam having to address his sexuality and being accepted in society. Actually I am getting really pissed off about the whole media thing. Like Adam told Slezak “is it REALLY that big of a deal?”

Interesting that his mom in the eonline article upthread seems to suggest that AI/19 Management is dictating what can be said about one’s personal life which is why Adam has to be coy.

I’m loving how Adam is dealing with the media right now, and the RS article will be just an extension of his professionalism and honesty. Hopefully, he’ll still be able to keep his sense of humor about the absurdness of this whole subject and make all that doubt him, will love him again.

On the Idols having to lip-synch for many of the early group performances.
That whole lip-synch thing, we were so upset about it. They were like, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hard to blend the 10 voicesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  or whatever. After a while, we complained enough and Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty good at taking a stand. Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be like, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Yeah, Adam! Go, Adam!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  He would always lead the pack. He was the first one to be bold and say something [to the producers].

I was pissed off about it too. Thank god for Adam getting rid of the lip-synch group songs! I’ve always loved the group songs, even if they were train wrecks!

“”What a drag. Good bye. Back to all the Adam ´s fans sites.”"

Bye, dyg, you first – k? No? , Ok – I will go first – Hi my name is Susan and I am straight from arizona and LOVE Adam Lambert – Ok d, I went first, now you go. This is the most interesting site I have ever been on, much more so than – i love Adam, no I love him more – no I do – I like the play back and forth, arguing and all – how boring life would be if we all just agreed like robots.

I do agree that I dont think he owes any of us an explanation about his sexual preferences, not at all

http://www.americanidol.com/videos/season_8/behind_the_scenes/finale_week

Awww, cute exchange between Adam and Allison.

First off I’ve had almost nothing good to say about Kara since the regular season started, but I am gonna totally give her a pass on this one. She didn’t do anything wrong, she certainly didn’t out him. You can’t out someone who has been living an openly gay lifestyle for his entire adult life. Some people have the freedom to never have to come out. The fact that many gay media peeps are forcing this onto him is a disservice to the community at large. Now you can’t just walk the walk? You have to talk the talk? Talk about backasswardness!

People in closets don’t make inferences to being a friend of Dorothy, or pink elephants. They don’t kiss men, and then smile when asked about it, and say that idol isn’t a kissing competition (hell he might actually win that one). If you are in the closet you don’t tell a female reporter that she is making you bi-curious. I guess what they all want is for him to whip out his penis, bend some dude over, and have at him? That he has to proclaim anything is ridiculous.

I understand that the community wants him to start waving a flag, but guess what? That is exactly what he’s been doing. He’s been telling kids that it’s okay to be different. Why he has to define his difference is sad. It will just alienate the kid that took it to heart, but isn’t gay. So it’s good to be this kind of person, but not that one? I am sick of labels.

I also know that AI has been down this road before. Of course we’ve had gay men on the show before. In season 1 all the guys were gay in the top 10 but Justin Guarini. RJ Helton, AJ Gill, EJay Day, and Jim Veraros were all gay, if I remember correctly. Idol wasn’t the big deal it is now, and I am sure Jim has said he was asked not to admit it.

Of course there is the Clay connection. Certainly there is so much different now. Clay was in the closet. Part of American knew he was gay on idol, but if you believe what he says now, his family did not know! Even when rumors and pictures surfaced he lied repeatedly. He wasn’t smart or clever enough to finesse it like Adam has. So he just pissed everyone off, because it seemed that he was a self loathing gay. Also it seemed as a manipulation of his fans. So he finally comes out 5 years later, after lying to the same magazine Adam is allegedly going to ‘come out’ to, there will be parallels drawn. Those parallels are really not so apparent to me.

I hope that whatever Adam says in the interview, that it will be the end of it for him, and that he won’t have to say anything, but continue to live his life by example. I hope that he does another thing that Clay couldn’t do, let the music be good, and speak for itself.

“”" guess what they all want is for him to whip out his penis, bend some dude over, and have at him? That he has to proclaim anything is ridiculous. “”"

^^^^^

LMAO – Oh ABbby I love you!1

Pete Wentz is the Fall Out Boy guitarist who helped popularize the emo look that Adam adapts* (swoopy hair, guy liner, jewelry, girls jeans etc) and is also well-known for being married to a minor pop celebrity, Ashlee Simpson, and numerous indescretions involving his private parts and girls.

But in an interview with Out magazine about the fact that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s something of a gay icon, he said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“yeah, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m a fagà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’eg, his whole life people have called him a fag or queer for adopting styles and attitudes that deliberately upend what à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“boysà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  should be, and he in fact felt himself to be an outsider, weirdo, etcà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’so he decided to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“ownà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  the term. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not as if some guy in a bar who uses the f word really knows who Wentzà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’or Lambertà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’sleeps with. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the defiance of cultural rules and norms that enrages them

Actually Pete is bi, so it’s not just about him being an “outsider” or “weird”. But I see where you’re coming from, and you make a good point :)

On the Idols having to lip-synch for many of the early group performances.
That whole lip-synch thing, we were so upset about it. They were like, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hard to blend the 10 voicesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  or whatever. After a while, we complained enough and Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty good at taking a stand. Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be like, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Yeah, Adam! Go, Adam!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  He would always lead the pack. He was the first one to be bold and say something [to the producers].

Well, that explains why they stopped doing it. I’m glad he said something!

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ” guess what they all want is for him to whip out his penis, bend some dude over, and have at him? That he has to proclaim anything is ridiculous. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ”

^^^^^

LMAO – Oh ABbby I love you!1

You’re absolutely right, he owes nothing to nobody…I just really hope that Rolling Stone does not focus on the sexuality thing. And especially hope that the headline has nothing to do with being gay…but I’m not gonna hold my breath on that hope.

Not to be gross or inappropriate, but if he ever decided to release a sex tape, I’d buy it, lol :devil_tb:

People in closets donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make inferences to being a friend of Dorothy, or pink elephants. They donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t kiss men, and then smile when asked about it, and say that idol isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t a kissing competition (hell he might actually win that one). If you are in the closet you donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t tell a female reporter that she is making you bi-curious.

Seriously, his actions have pretty much shown his sexuality, so to have so much press around him saying a couple words is so weird.

(By the way, I like his playing with the media on this one. Adam’s fun.)

On a slightly different note, with the amount of press Adam gets I think he should release a revamped “Pop Goes the Camera” as his new single. It would be fitting.

Check this out. Adam’s Mom signed a contract with 19 to not talk about his sex life.

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b126542_Adam_Lamberts_Mother_Talks_Sex_and_Contracts.html

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going to laugh so hard if this whole RS thing is about something completely different, like what label heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s signed with or something.

unique28v
Me too. At least we now know the cover story is probably legit. But yeah, I have a feeling its not going to be everything people are expecting.
Also, Slezak just tweeted that Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Idolatry segment would be discussed on The Oà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Reilly Factor tonight. Hee.
I guess heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to lecture Adam and tell him that he should have been embarassed about the picturesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. This is edging on the verge of ridiculous here.

That wouldn’t surprise me at all! Adam has been totally “unexpected” throughout his Idol journey, so I just don’t see him simply giving in to the madness that is the “is he or isn’t he” question, without at least giving it some sort of twist. …I am still at a complete loss as to why anyone would think he’s straight, and why it matters even one iota, either way. I couldn’t care less, although I think my alter ego in Fantasyland prefers to believe that the *only* person he’s attracted to is her. (sheesh what a geek I am) ROFL!!

I’m secretly hoping that IF he ever answers the stupid question, it’s something along the lines of “Well actually folks, I’m not technically human – I know I said I was born in Indianapolis, but really I’m originally from the planet Erotopia, where my kind are pansexual – we’re attracted to *everyone*; gender is irrelevant. Satisfied? Mmmkay. Soooo, about my music…”

lucy
The word à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“admità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  connected to all of this drives me crazy. You only are required to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“admità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bad. Nobody ever à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“admittedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to being heterosexual. Sickening stupid hideous double standard.

YES! I’ve been trying to put into words what irritates me most about this whole ‘controversy’, and this is it exactly. Thank you Lucy.

maturin, interesting point. I wouldn’t give Pete Wentz too much credit for the Emo look. He was only 5 years old when Emo first emerged.

Emo came out of the hardcore punk scene of early-1980s in the Philadephia-to-Washington, D.C. area. I recall seeing Emo style punk bands as early as 1984 in Philadelphia, Baltimore and DC clubs. (Many people credit Emo to DC but I am not certain that anyone really knows where it started. My guess is Baltimore deserves the credit.) It really was a regional music-political-art movement that slowly spread across the US, Asia and Europe. The whole underground music scene become big business until the 1991 success of Nirvana’s Nevermind (I am not saying Nirvana is Emo) and that increased the interest in other forms of alternative music. Even with the increased interest, Emo music and fashion didn’t really hit mainstream US media until after 9/11.

Emo’s roots came from a number of sources — the Baltimore art and film scene (John Waters), underground comics, British-American New Wave and Punk bands (Talking Heads, Sex Pistols), political response to the Regan administration and resurgence of American Conservativism, on so on. Some people even trace Emo haircuts back to those worn by the Romulans and Vulcans in Star Trek. Quite simply, no one really can unscramble the whole thing. I personally believe much of what we currently call Emo style evolved in Japanese and California video/online game studios.

In any case, as you noted, only parts of Adam’s look are Emo — I think there’s a lot of West LA in his look and sophistication that just isn’t Emo. And that his integration of designer clothing and gay fashion sensibility with Emo works really well.

http://picture.belga.be/belgapicture/editorial/all/coverage/968568.html

Adam got a pedi.
http://picture.belga.be/belgapicture/picture/prev/14009403.jpg

1. On Kara:
She said exactly what I would have said. I mean, if you need it spelled out for you, you must live in a terrarium with a ceramic turtle. And, since when the hell does anyone–gay, straight or otherwise–have the right to even ask someone–gay, straight, or otherwise– about their sexuality, much less demand that they proclaim it to the world? Yeah, that’s the first thing I ask people I meet–”so which way do you swing anyway?” Its nobody’s friggin buisness to begin with & violates basic etiquette rules, i.e.–just plain rude.

2. On Adam’s Best Week Ever:
Best part? The end when they’re just sitting there & then Adam looks over at the other guy and back again…I actually did lol.
Last year Cook’s was hilarious–can’t wait to see rest of this one.

3. The alleged RS article:
Why even speculate? Buy the mag when it comes out–and read it.

4. I want more Kradam interviews; they bring out the best in each other and are cuter than Adam’s butt. Also: I want them to record that last Ford vid song and make it available on iTunes. They sound amazing together. (I keep saying this everywhere I post–you know, the old squeaky wheel theory.)

Thanks for the links to the pics of Adam’s pedi. I’m so jealous of whoever got to work on his feet…I am total fantard.

It also gives me hope that Adam will control his album just like he built his Idol support team and got creative control of his AI production numbers.

If I were one of the key people in charge of handling Adam’s career, including anything he does, I would give him total control and just advise if I felt the need. He has already proven that he has the knowledge, initiative, desire, whatever it takes to do the right things for his career. He could probably be the lone person to push himself to the top…….if that were humanly possible.

Thanks for the links to the pics of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pedi. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m so jealous of whoever got to work on his feetà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦I am total fantard.

Its so funny how he walks out showing them off. LOL Oh Adam.

The word à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“admità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  connected to all of this drives me crazy. You only are required to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“admità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bad. Nobody ever à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“admittedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to being heterosexual. Sickening stupid hideous double standard.

YES! Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been trying to put into words what irritates me most about this whole à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹controversyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢, and this is it exactly.

I too think Adam being Adam will “come out” in his unique way. This whole thing with the (mostly) gay press is ridiculous. Even if he admits he’s gay that does not mean that at one time he has not had sex with women, and may in the future if the attraction is there. It is his life and he obviously prefers men, so what. A good friend of mine pronounced she was a lesbian from early teens on, marched, did the whole rainbow thing, was so out that it lost her some friends. But, 25 years down the road, she met this guy, fell in love and is happy as a clam with her hubby. Anne Heche had one gay relationship, so did Julie Cypher (Melissa Ethridge) and both have since remarried men.

You never know whom you are going to be attracted to! All that matters is that a person is happy in their relationship.

Jann Wenner had a very ugly and very public coming out, back in the day. Even though his ex-wife still works at Rolling Stone, there was a time when he was getting horrendous daily coverage in NY’s tabloids. I wonder if that influenced TPTB’s decision to use Rolling Stone for this article/discussion. Maybe they thought it would be presented more sympathetically?

There is no other man on earth who could turn me on walking out of a salon showing off his freshly painted toenails…that is the magic that is Adam Lambert.

kate09 May 29th, 2009 at 8:06 pm

There is no other man on earth who could turn me on walking out of a salon showing off his freshly painted toenailsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦that is the magic that is Adam Lambert.

Adam Lambert is a turn on no matter what. He oozes sex appeal period. Rock God, yeah, but Sexy Rock God is more like it.

Geminidolly thank you for all the sites you make available to us-I’ll come back here when the Adam fans return it seems that Perez threw garbage over the fence.

ps if you reply can you tell me how to put the site page on the bottom to share with others

There is no other man on earth who could turn me on walking out of a salon showing off his freshly painted toenailsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦that is the magic that is Adam Lambert.

LOL and I agree!

Adam looks very happy and that makes me happy :)

Its so funny how he walks out showing them off. LOL Oh Adam.

Why on earth would go barefoot on that filthy sidewalk??–Gross!

Oh my, the blog used the words “some of the gays.” Isn’t that like saying some of the blacks, some of the cripples or any other group that is isolated by religion, race or custom?

Go see this. Kris appeared on Best Day Ever last night, and there was special appearance by Adam. Both were funny! Love having a new Kradam video.

http://bestweekever.tv/2009/05/29/doug-benson-and-kris-allen-form-a-best-day-ever-supergroup/

Oh my, the blog used the words à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“some of the gays.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t that like saying some of the blacks, some of the cripples or any other group that is isolated by religion, race or custom?

Oh. let’s cut MJ a break on that one.

I think the real issue is that few gay writers have been very critical of Adam for not “coming out” when it appears that he (and his parents) were contractually prohibited from addressing the issue without 19′s consent.

I believe everyone in the entertainment world now realizes that Adam is a force to be reckoned with.

He needs to earn his stripes first–sell some albums, expand his fanbase, get some significant tours under his belt, etc. Right now he’s the gay guy who came in second.

Every immediate family member of an Idol contestant beyond Hollywood week signs a contract that they will not talk to media without clearance from AI.

praepos May 29th, 2009 at 8:34 pm

I believe everyone in the entertainment world now realizes that Adam is a force to be reckoned with.

He needs to earn his stripes firstà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’sell some albums, expand his fanbase, get some significant tours under his belt, etc. Right now heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the gay guy who came in second.

That’s insulting on so many levels.

Sureà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’but when does a reaction to something negative itself become negative? Liberace was famous and made a lot of moneyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’but he was still a joke. Not that Adam crossed the line on AIà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’but he came close. And some of the videos on youtube crossed that line.

I think everyone has different lines. Adam already knows he’s crossed many that alienate him from mainstream America. But for some people, he’s crossing the right lines.

The lines he crosses are more likely to make me blush 87 shades of red than they are to make me think he’s a joke. :wink_wp:

Every immediate family member of an Idol contestant beyond Hollywood week signs a contract that they will not talk to media without clearance from AI.

Does that include Adam’s brother Neal? If that is true, are we sure that the on-line blog under Neal’s name is really Adam’s brother? I haven’t checked it out. Just a general question. It sounds like Neal’s blog is hilarious, so here’s hoping it’s legit. But someone said that Neal blogged that Adam was gay in an on-line chat. Could he do that if he is under the gag order until after the Rolling Stone interview?

Neil isn’t talking to the media, though. Maybe that’s the difference.

Oh my, the blog used the words à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“some of the gays.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t that like saying some of the blacks, some of the cripples or any other group that is isolated by religion, race or custom?

Oh MrRJ, I just knew you’d chime in.

I was being a tiny bit cheeky there. Don’t really see the big deal.

Sorry if my humor got in the way of your political correctness.

praepos May 29th, 2009 at 8:29 pm

Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s proudly out there doing the things people call queer . . . and neither hiding nor denying that style and self.

Sureà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’but when does a reaction to something negative itself become negative? Liberace was famous and made a lot of moneyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’but he was still a joke. Not that Adam crossed the line on AIà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’but he came close. And some of the videos on youtube crossed that line.

Well, if you are hired to play a part, you play that part. Adam played a drag queen in “Hair” – John Travolta has played a woman in “Hairspray” and in other movies Patrick Swayze and Dustin Hoffman have both played “drag” and Julie Andrews played a woman pretending to be a man. Guess they all crossed the line then.

Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s proudly out there doing the things people call queer . . . and neither hiding nor denying that style and self.

Sureà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’but when does a reaction to something negative itself become negative? Liberace was famous and made a lot of moneyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’but he was still a joke. Not that Adam crossed the line on AIà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’but he came close. And some of the videos on youtube crossed that line.

I believe everyone in the entertainment world now realizes that Adam is a force to be reckoned with.

He needs to earn his stripes firstà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’sell some albums, expand his fanbase, get some significant tours under his belt, etc. Right now heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the gay guy who came in second.

Wow dude…I just don’t even know what to say to this that wouldn’t be considered attacking you. So I’m just gonna say NOT COOL.

I don’t have any problem with what Kara said. She knows Adam, the fans don’t, and I’m pretty sure she had a good idea of what he’d be ok with her saying. He’s not hiding his sexuality, he’s just not confirming it, likely until the RS article appears.

The brouhaha I’ve seen online over her comments reminds me of the mommy police Clay had whenever something was said his fans didn’t like. Adam is a man, he doesn’t need defending by his fans.

Hi MJ,

As they say, “just saying…..” I promise to seek out an appropriate spanking!

Neil isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t talking to the media, though. Maybe thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the difference.

Playing devil’s advocate here, but how does Neil know that a member of the media won’t log in and ask those questions. Ethically, the mainstream media should identify themselves, but if Neil has answered questions from other people, how does he back track and state “that answer isn’t for you to use?” I do find it odd that the media hasn’t picked up on his blog and aren’t quoting it.

ETA- this also makes me think the face page thinging floating around here is probably fake because of the gag order.

It’s Neil not Neal….he’s pretty adament about that. The quote about Adam was from early 2008, long before Idol and I don’t think it is currently up on his website. Someone must have clipped it before Neil took it down when Adam made Idol. Someone can clarify this but I think Neil has been working in Silicon Valley, is a college graduate, and is now moving to New York to teach. Anyone know anymore. He’s really cute, too.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Neil not Nealà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty adament about that. The quote about Adam was from early 2008, long before Idol and I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think it is currently up on his website. Someone must have clipped it before Neil took it down when Adam made Idol. Someone can clarify this but I think Neil has been working in Silicon Valley, is a college graduate, and is now moving to New York to teach. Anyone know anymore. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s really cute, too.

Ok thanks. If it is an old quote, that would make more sense. Someone recently stated that Neil had discussed this a couple of weeks ago. That just did seem odd. And I will be sure to spell it Neil (as in Mr. Diamond) from now on.

undercooked
May 29th, 2009 at 9:01 pm

The website is negativeneil.com and its hilarious. Neil is snarky as hell and he’s so funny.

The website is negativeneil.com and its hilarious. Neil is snarky as hell and heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so funny.

Thanks Tess. It sounds like a blast. That really is one talented, witty and beautiful family.

Interesting that his mom in the eonline article upthread seems to suggest that AI/19 Management is dictating what can be said about oneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s personal life which is why Adam has to be coy.

So nobody else thinks that 19 has orchestrated this whole thing?
From the gag order in the beginning clear through to overseeing and approval rights to the Rolling Stone article and cover?

Adam’s part is to keep mum/”coy” until the proper amount of time has passed since the finale, and three weeks sounds about long enough?
Well after the finale but well before the tour kicks off.

This whole thing could have been put into play weeks ago.

So nobody else thinks that 19 has orchestrated this whole thing?
From the gag order in the beginning clear through to overseeing and approval rights to the Rolling Stone article and cover?

I do. I think if Adam could have talked, he would have said more than ‘I am who I am’ that night on the Top 13 carpet and this would all be a mute point right now. That wouldn’t have been dramatic enough or gained enough attention for AI.

So nobody else thinks that 19 has orchestrated this whole thing?
From the gag order in the beginning clear through to overseeing and approval rights to the Rolling Stone article and cover?

All I can say is “well played 19, well played.”

The only good thing about this being orchestrated from the very beginning is that Perez Hilton got left out of the loop, as well as those EW writers who have been dogging Adam.

Question for the masses…..do you think RS would have considered giving Adam the cover if the gay issue wasn’t a factor?

Yes, I believe that the RS article is with the consent of 19E since he is now under contract with them. I’m still positive that despite this unending Adam gay bashing by the media, something good will come out of it….in the form of social awareness or acceptance of what’s really happening in the society. We just cannot ignore a minority section of the population. They are also human beings.

For sure 19E will try to make money out of this by having Adam record a song with a strong message that will address these issues.

Question for the massesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..do you think RS would have considered giving Adam the cover if the gay issue wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t a factor?

I don’t know. That is a good question. He did generate alot of buzz for his talent. He got Slash and Queen looking at him. He is the most youtubed guy on AI. He has a huge following. Who else out there on the charts has a voice like Adam’s? Also, he’s been on the cover of EW, had a huge spread in the New York Times, and the LA times has been heavily covering him. So even without an exclusive, I can still see them putting Adam on the cover because he sells.

For those who ask, the media cannot refer to him as gay until he refers to himself that way. So they dance around the topic and endlessly ask the question. Once he answers it definitively, the story will no longer center around the possibility that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gay, it will discuss the reality that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gay. But the story will still be that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gay.

weareallinnocent, not all the media, nor even all the gay media for that matter. Adam’s been a staple on AfterElton.com’s Gay of the Week (7-time winner) and is ranked 16th on their latest Hot 100 list and labeled as being “out”.

Question for the massesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..do you think RS would have considered giving Adam the cover if the gay issue wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t a factor?

I think it is something that will never be answered and my opinion really doesn’t count for squat. From most of what I’ve read by everyday people on this blog if they support Adam it is because they love his singing and his style and his wit and his intelligence. I really don’t think I have ever read the words: I support Adam because he is obviously gay. Therefore, my self-centered little theory is that the gay issue hasn’t made Adam popular and he would have still been an internet darling if he was OTT, flamboyant, and straight.

But, he is what he is and the situation is what it is and the media has their own agenda so, for me it is just fruitless to speculate if, without the social issues, Adam would have so much hype.

OMG. WE ARE NOT RE-VISITING THE DRAG ISSUE.

Yet again, I am removing all REDUNDANT POSTS.

As I asked previously, DON’T BEAT A DEAD HORSE.

And more importantly at this point. NO TROLLING or BAITING or HIGHJACKING THREADS.

Hey eveyone, MJ has O’Reilly up

You know honestlyI don’t give a rats azz whether Adam is gay or straight. The boy can sing and he is really funny and personable. But I do think Adam is smart. He knows that to have this buzz generated won’t hurt him. The more he keeps people guessing even when there is very little guess about keeps him in the news, and apparently on the cover of magazines, so good for him.

Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been a staple on AfterElton.comà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Gay of the Week (7-time winner) and is ranked 16th on their latest Hot 100 list and labeled as being à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“outà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

Just went to his site….oh my gosh these guys have the absolute best taste in men gay, straight, purple, green or yellow. I was beyond excited to scroll down the list. I’m going to have to add this link to my favorites just for some lunch time eye candy.

Read some of the comments about the top 20 choices for the Hot 100. My absolute favorite was about Hugh Jackman. That man has more class than anyone I have ever read about.

TKat

Reaching way back in the thread: I loved your back story on the history of emo style!!! I think it’s super cool that Adam pulls together elements of a bunch of different alternative and subcultural styles, from the long ago 70s glam of the Bowie/Pfunk era to kid subcultures of the 80s and 90s and 00s. I was horrified when some commentator misidentified him as “goth” though! Nooo! Wrong mall, wrong style! :vampire_ee:

But, I was (somewhat too crudely) trying to think about the way dude fits into a youth culture where a lot of kids already challenge the gender/sexuality boxes developed by us older folks. While the whole thing of “admit you’re gay” is played by both the right and left of the existing culture, the right as an accusation, the left as an affiliation (if you’re not claiming it, you’re not “proud”) . . . you have these younger boys who are saying, hmm me getting called the f-word has to do with how people see me, not who I sleep with, so I see the term “fag” as something much more malleable.

I just find that interesting.

Let’s not forget the fact that the very first question asked of Lambert in the press conference immediately following his defeat on Idol was not about the competition, but was asking him if he wanted to confirm that he was gay. The media deserves to get jerked around.

BTW, does anyone still believe that “the gay issue” didn’t impact the voting?

BTW, does anyone still believe that à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“the gay issueà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t impact the voting?

I always thought it did so I’m probably not the best to answer the question……but I will say I do think Kris believes that it did considering some of his comments about the Christian vote and his nodding his head in agreement when Ryan questioned Adam last Friday.

Kris is the bomb. I hope that if, and when (it still hasn’t been said by Adam) Adam states he is gay, that he and Kris can do a serious sit down interview with a reputable journalist. Kris has said he could on and on about their relationship. I sure would love to hear about their journey and how they reached the level of love and understanding they have for each other.

Finally, almost all of Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ coverage is positive. Some of the Adam coverage is not positive. For example, look at Fox News – Adam will be the subject of Bill Oà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Reillyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s anti-gay bashing while Kris will be on the Mike Huckabee Show and perform. Which would you rather have?

TKat, can I have door #3?

Finally, almost all of Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ coverage is positive. Some of the Adam coverage is not positive. For example, look at Fox News – Adam will be the subject of Bill Oà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Reillyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s anti-gay bashing while Kris will be on the Mike Huckabee Show and perform. Which would you rather have?

I’d rather have Adam’s publicity, by a mile. Are you kidding? He’s approaching “Brittney” levels of press attention.

clearone May 29th, 2009 at 10:11 pm

I hope that if, and when (it still hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t been said by Adam) Adam states he is gay, that he and Kris can do a serious sit down interview with a reputable journalist. Kris has said he could on and on about their relationship. I sure would love to hear about their journey and how they reached the level of love and understanding they have for each other.

Now, that is what I wish would happen ASAP to counter all this gay BS. I would seriously pay to sit in an audience for that interview.

maturin: But, I was (somewhat too crudely) trying to think about the way dude fits into a youth culture where a lot of kids already challenge the gender/sexuality boxes developed by us older folks.

How about the fact that Adam’s favorite books are the Twilight series? (Although he said he read them all in one month and is looking for something new to read.) And the costume/staging for Mad World in the Final did remind me of Edward Cullen from Twilight. And Adam and Randy even both said Twilight in response to Simon’s “Phantom of the Oprea” comment.

And I think the difference is that some of us “older folks” had to challenge the gender/sexuality boxes, and many kids I know don’t even see the boxes. I know that my 19 year old son and his friends are well past most of that.

RemusL – thanks for posting the link to AfterElton.comà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Gay of the Week. Fun site and this great quotes was in one of the articles:

“Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.” (Dorothy Parker)

Somehow seemed appropriate for this thread about the totally uncommon Adam.

I, for one, happen to think that the Mad World 2 performance happened to fit in the the lyrics and it set a tone that I appreciated. And I wear a coat just like the one Adam wore and it is no costume and I happen to hate anything Twilight (now Moonlight I appreciate).

I gotta concur with the posters who mention that Adam obviously comes from a very smart family. Brother Neil’s blog shows talent as a writer. Mom is totally cool, I would love to hang out with someone like her; did you see her singing along to the KISS song? I read some kinda out there stuff written by his dad. Adam is not the only one in the family who likes to push the envelope, its in the DNA. I’m sure AI didn’t quite know what to do with him, but the idea of making a grown man’s mom sign a contract to keep quiet about her son’s personal life is a little ludicrous. Even so, without AI we wouldn’t know about Adam and he’d still be an understudy in Wicked. So in the long run its all good.

Hmmm…let me think. Adam’s press, or Kris’?? I have scrolled past that video of Kris singing with Minnie Mouse all day, and sorry, I just can’t look at it. Not all that exciting for me anyway.

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009/05/29/lambertest-week-ever-what-you-didnt-see/

This is a new one for me! Complete with an photo captioned Librarian Adam!

yeah, that pic is now my wallpaper, love it!!!!!!

and in regards to your add about Oà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Reilly Mj, ratings are down and they all know who is a ratings à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“getterà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Adam Lambert, Like Clay, Oà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Reilly is gonna ride on in on Adams coattails also, (sorry for the bad english)

O’Reilly is the number one cable news show in his time slot. His ratings are huge. There are times that his repeat shows beat new shows on CNN, MSNBC and CNBC combined. His books are huge hits. The man does not need the ratings or more money. Have no idea why he decided to talk about Adam. He does like to provoke thinking though. He knows full well that the 2 ladies on the panel with him that night were republicans, but very socially liberal ones. Margaret Hoover has stated several times before during their segments that she is not anti gay. He usually has on Megan Kelly or Monica Crowley too. I don’t think either of them are anti gay. I don’t know which one of the two were on with him during the Adam segment because I didn’t see it. But all three of them are socially open- minded. I’m so happy to see that the younger republicans are more socially liberal. Included too would be John McCain’s daughter. A change is indeed happening and I hope it continues.

Check out this YouTube vid – Adam Lambert singing Techno

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHCzPKsJPV0&NR=1

Argh, it must be terrible to seat on that couch with a matching dress and have to answer the questions coming from 5 women talking at the same time and putting all the pressure on you, I cannot blame Kara, she tried to be as diplomatic as possible.

Adam is so unique and it bothers me that some people imply his being gay has something to do with his presentation. They should just relax and enjoy the talent presented to them.

O’Reilly is a feeder and will do almost anything for ratings. I wouldn’t be surprised if ‘his’ people have contacted 19 to see if Adam will appear on the show.

I hope Adam has a very successful career and being gay becomes insignificant.

I hope Adam has a very successful career and being gay becomes insignificant.

I am sure all of us here agree with you, Grammie Kari. I am a grandmother and I hope in my young grandson’s life that gays do not have to grow up with all the pressures bestowed on Adam.

Perhaps Adam will be the Rosa Parks of this generation.

Sorry if my humor got in the way of your political correctness.

LOL, MJ…..I better just bite my tongue and say………”Well said!”

O’Reilly has never watched Idol so he relied on his staff to feed him the information regarding the controversy surrounding Adam. It didn’t look like his heart was really in it, he really didn’t care one way or the other, it was just a filler for his show. Cable news has way too much time to fill and commentators often comment on things they really don’t know anything about. I hear it on talk radio too, lots of inaccurate information that goes unchallenged whereas in the (dying) newspaper industry retractions are made.

One of the Latest Headlines stories featured on Comcast right now is “Idol Judge Outs Adam Lambert.”

Thanks, Kara. Good work.

One of the Latest Headlines stories featured on Comcast right now is à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idol Judge Outs Adam Lambert.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Thanks, Kara. Good work.

Read the memo next time Kara! Ugh……… :annoyed_tb:

Personally, I find his toying with the journos, who keep asking him about it ad nauseum, both hilarious and entertaining.

I also find it hilarious. Adam does seem to enjoy watching people squirm.

One of the Latest Headlines stories featured on Comcast right now is à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idol Judge Outs Adam Lambert.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Thanks, Kara. Good work.

You really think that wasn’t planned? 19E is getting ready for this. If she outs him first, his headlines aren’t as big when he outs himself. They want him to come out (as if he isn’t already anyway) in a much more subdued no-big-deal way. If the announcement is an after-thought as opposed to a late breakeing story, then the backlash is minimized. And, like she said, most of us already figured it out anyway. The part that’s annoying is that anyone still cares.