AI season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert took the stage to perform his new single “Never Close Our Eyes” during season 11 of American Idol (May 17- semi-finals).
In his AOL interview, Gene said, "He's enormously talented, best talent 'American Idol' has had, but I think he killed his career because now the conversation is not about his talent but about his sexual preference. He's done. You're forcing people to deal with issues they may not be interested in. Life is unfair, and the masses don't all live in L.A. They live in Wisconsin and Nebraska, and you're on crack if you think the same rules apply there. My advice is still the same, shut the f*** up, just sing and let people say whatever they want. But I do wish him the best because he's got all the talent in the world."According to Rollingstone, Gene thinks that Adam's voice is better if he sings ballads and Broadway songs.
"If only the world was not homophobic, but it is. I would be the first one to vote for equal rights for gay women and men, and get the church and the state to stop telling everybody how to lead their lives, but do I think he's killed his career? Oh, in an instant. I hope I'm completely wrong. I hope he becomes the next Beatles and proves me wrong."
“Respectfully, I don’t think Adam is a rock singer. He sounds much more convincing singing ballads and Broadway shows. His voice doesn’t seem to have a ‘rock quality.’ But, I’m sure he’s going to do just fine.”Checkout American Idol season 8 finale performance featuring the band KISS and Adam Lambert.
"I don’t think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear I’m gay. I’ve been living in Los Angeles for eight years as a gay man. I’ve been at clubs drunk making out with somebody in the corner.”Using Rolling Stone to finally reveal his sexuality.
“Right after the finale, I almost started talking about it to the reporters, but I thought, ‘I’m going to wait for Rolling Stone, that will be cooler. I’m proud of my sexuality.”Adam is eying Kris Allen but he is taken.
“They put me with the cute guy. Distracting! He’s the one guy I found attractive in the whole group on the show: nice, nonchalant, pretty and totally my type — except that he has a wife. I mean he’s open-minded and liberal, but he’s definitely 100% straight.”For the full article, visit Rolling Stone
In her guesting on The View, Kara said, “I don’t think that Adam was ever in [the closet]. I think he was always openly out. I never thought he wasn’t.”Barbara Walters asked whether Adam's sexuality may have influenced Idol voters...
DioGuardi says, "Well, first of all, I hope not ... because we should be judging on talent and viability in the music industry and they both [Lambert and winner Kris Allen] had that."
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