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'American Idol' Adam Lambert at GLAAD: 'There are some challenges' to being gay
Adam Lambert talked with The Dish Rag at the 2010 GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday (Apr. 17) about how things are changing for gays in show business.
He discussed being the first openly gay artist to be signed to a major record label, gave his advice for the current "American Idol" contestants (differentiate themselves, coffee, maybe a jog), as well as talking about the home-sweet-homeness of mentoring and performing on the show that helped launch his career and seeing old friends this week.
And he even gave Zap2it readers a big personal shout-out. Awww.
Can we just say that this guy is even hotter up close and in person than he is onstage and on camera. Just trust us.
And the shades? Vintage.
[UPDATE]: Hey Zap2it readers, we noticed some of your comments and just wanted to clarify Adam's statement: He said he's been told that he's the first artist signed to a major record label at the time when the artist was already openly gay and out of the closet to the public. We hope that clears up any ambiguity there may have been in a previous version of this post.
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Greg before you write do a little research. Adam Lambert was the first openly gay singer to the public. Big difference buddy. The record labels may know or suspect some of their artists are gay and they are fine with it as long as they keep it quietly in the closet and don't make big splashes across the cover of The RollingStone. Adam is openly gay in the public before, during and after. He never hid
Uhhh, Adam Lambert is in no way the first openly gay singer.
Rufus Wainwright was signed to Dreamworks back in '95 and he's openly gay, and the record company knew that when they signed him.
Adam is great !
He didn't say first openly gay singer now did he?.
he qualified that with
(1) signed to a major label (2)openly gay at start of career and not coming out after making a few millions..
Thanks for updating your text to reflect the quote correctly! As you can see, some people can't wait to start criticizing Adam.
Isn't that the truth..some people are so ready to pounce on anything they can twist and mold into something negative about Adam..they just cannot stand it that his fanbase is rapidly growing and his star is rising. They can't just go away and let his fans enjoy him..and they always seem so bitter in their comments..I just don't understand the hate....Adam has been nothing but humble, gracious and sweet to everyone he has met along this journey (just listen to those who have worked with him), yet the haters want to nullify him, degrade him, and pull him down...makes me sad to see this type of ugliness in the world.
I appreciate Adam’s talents, singing, dancing, acting, speaking and laughter! These talents and the human qualities hooked me as a fan the first time I saw and heard him sing. Love his inventiveness as a performance artist and for those that don’t share the same musical cups of tea please find someone that can bring joy into your life.
Just ignore the haters. They are closet fans who are on the prowl for anything new about Adam!
I agree moxy, but unfortunately there are these types in the world. Remember though, those that bash,and ridicule and critisize others are actually fearful because they have all those qualities in themselves and can only see from their own dark perspectives- check out the psychological facts. That aside, Adam is the best singer/entertainer to come along in decades and he is such a beautiful human being, everyone who knows him and works with him cannot say enough good things about him and his fans love him, so no haters could ever bring him down, only themselves