A few days ago, Adam Lambert went to see Les Miserables – which, incidentally, I still haven’t seen!! I want to see it. Maybe this weekend. Anyway, Glambert went to see Les Mis and he was NOT happy about it. Glambert took to his Twitter – go here to his feed – and tweeted a series of random thoughts which basically turned into some kind of Twitter review. Here’s what he said in order:

Les Mis: Visually impressive with great Emotional performances. But the score suffered massively with great actors PRETENDING to be singers. It’s an opera. Hollywood’s movie musicals treat the singing as the last priority…

Anne Hathaway as Fantine and Enjolras were the exceptions for me.

Helena B Carter and Sasha B Cohen were great too.

I do think it was cool they were singing live, but with that cast, they should have studio recorded and sweetened the vocals. . .

Eponine’s voice was cool too…

I felt like I should ignore the vocals and focus on the emotional subtext- but the singing was so distracting at times it pulled me out.

The industry will say ‘these actors were so brave to attempt singing this score live,’ but why not cast actors who could actually sound good? Sorry for being so harsh but it’s so true!

I’m so glad we are all discussing this now! Look-I grew up w this musical and so my expectations are quite high. Didn’t mean to b negative.

One more clarification: DO go see it for Anne Hathaways performance. It’s was breathtaking.

[From Adam Lambert’s Twitter]

Eh, I think he’s actually being pretty fair. Les Miserables is trying to rewrite the way Hollywood musicals are done, and the “singing live to camera” thing is very new, and I’ve seen some reviews which are basically like “It sort of works half the time.” I do think actors were cast mainly for the overall performances that they could give rather than the strength and quality of their voices. I think as a musical professional, Glambert has higher standards than the average filmgoer (or musical-goer), and I don’t think he was a flat-out bitch about it. Why are people upset with him?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

“American Idol” is preparing for the kickoff of Season 12 (already?), and E! Online has gathered wind of some internal buzzing from the “Idol” bosses that one or more of the current judges will be replaced. I think the general consensus (although there’s been no official word) is that Jennifer Lopez will not be back to host a third season, but there’s no telling whether she’s being pushed out or leaving of her own volition due to the infinite wisdom of Casper Smart. Here’s the word on potential new judges, which include Miley Cyrus, Will.I.Am. and (ugh) Katy Perry:

Spoiler Alert: The American Idol judges table could look very different this fall!

Sources confirm exclusively that along with Adam Lambert (a story we reported earlier today), Idol’s big bosses are also considering some other notable names to join the cast, including: Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Fergie, Katy Perry and (frequent A.I. mentor) Will.I.Am.

So how many new judges will there be? And who’s most likely to get the gig?

“No one has signed any contracts yet and producers are currently putting out feelers and setting up meetings to see who they can get,” one Idol insider tells me. “We won’t know if Randy [Jackson] and Steven [Tyler] are returning until they see who else is on board.”

According to sources, the American Idol higher-ups all agree they want Jennifer Lopez back, however, as we previously reported, the megastar isn’t planning to return. And while we are told Idol’s big bosses are fans of Randy and Steven, they also would like to breathe some new (possibly younger) life into the series to compete with “X Factor,” which recently cast Britney Spears and Demi Lovato.

It’s possible there may be more than one new AI judge this fall.

[From E! Online]

Here’s an excerpt from the earlier story that Adam Lambert is at the top of the list for hosting candidates as well. I know he’s kind of a famewhore, but the “Idol” audience adores him, and bringing him back full circle as host would be a great way to evoke some nostalgia while also catering to a younger crowd than, say, one that follows the likes of Steven Tyler:

The latest name to be floated around at Fox as a possible new judge is–get ready for it–Idol alum Adam Lambert!

“They have been talking about Adam for over a month,” a source exclusively tells E! News. “He personifies the show, and will be a popular choice right from the start. He knows what it’s like to be on the receiving end of the judges’ comments, he has a human touch, and they know they can’t go wrong if they bring him on. He would be able to bring a unique perspective to the show. People love him.”

[From E! Online]

Both stories seem to agree that it’s time for a changing of the guards, and it sounds like they’re looking to circumvent criticism that “Lopez, Tyler and Jackson haven’t been as harsh as past judging panels.” So basically, they’re looking for the “Idol” counterpart to Christina Aguilera. I think Miley could go there — and she could do so without fake tanner, a busted wig, clown makeup, and a nightly bottle of Jack Daniels.

As for Katy Perry, I doubt she’ll be “lowering” herself to such a gig unless her next album isn’t a hit. Nicki Minaj would be a nightmare in the wardrobe department. Fergie and Will.I.Am.? Who knows. But Miley would be perfect for the gig, and it would give her something else to do besides, you know, shag Liam Hemsworth and attend pilates classes.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN

I usually don’t pay any attention to Glambert, so this is the first time I’m actually looking at Adam Lambert’s boyfriend, Sauli Koskinen. Um, OMG. Look at how TINY he is! Adam Lambert is dating a Hobbit. He literally has a pocket boyfriend. Anyway, it seems like Adam and Sauli had a bit of an incident in Finland, of all places. Adam and Sauli were in a gay bar called Don’t Tell Momma, and Adam started getting violent.

Former American Idol star Adam Lambert was arrested following a fight with his boyfriend outside a Helsinki, Finland bar on Thursday.

Lambert, 29, and boyfriend Sauli Koskinen, 26, got into the altercation outside a gay bar called Don’t Tell Momma, according to Finnish reports. When patrons outside the establishment tried to stop the altercation, Lambert attacked them as well, though no one was injured.

Koskinen, also a TV star, won Finland’s 2007 edition of the reality competition Big Brother.

Lambert, who finished second in 2009′s American Idol competition to Kris Allen, was still in custody at a facility in Pasila, while Sauli was held at a jail in Toolo.

[From Radar]

Ah, so Sauli is a Finn. That’s why they were in Finland. Anyhoodle, The Hollywood Reporter has much more on this violent attack:

American Idol star Adam Lambert spent several hours in a Finnish jail Thursday after being arrested outside a Helsinki gay bar following a brawl with his Finnish boyfriend, local reality star Sauli Koskinen.

According to Petri Juvonen, who is heading up the police investigation into the event, Lambert and Koskinen were arrested at around 4 a.m. Thursday morning outside DTM (Don’t Tell Mama), a famous Helsinki gay club. Both men are being held for questioning as local police investigate a total of four possible assault offenses. Juvonen tells the Hollywood Reporter that the two would likely be released after being interrogated.

According to media reports out of Finland, the dispute between the two men started in one of DTM’s back rooms. Lambert and Koskinen, a winner of the Finnish version of Big Brother, were apparently kicked out of the club but carried on fighting in the street outside.

Finnish beauty queen Sofia Ruusila, an ex-Miss Helsinki, who had been celebrating with Lambert and Koskinen, told a Finnish entertainment channel that she had tried to get between the quarrelling couple when Lambert accidently hit her by mistake.

Lambert arrived in Finland on Monday, Dec. 19 to celebrate Christmas with Koskinen. There had been much internet speculation that Lambert was scheduled to be a guest performer on Thursday’s finale of the X Factor. A show spokesperson denied the booking and clearly, being 5,100 miles and a continent away, a Lambert appearance was not in the cards.

It’s unclear when he’ll return to the U.S. or whether he’ll face charges in Finland.

Lambert’s new single, “Better Than I Know Myself,” was released on Tuesday. The singer last tweeted on Wednesday at around noon Helsinki time boasting that the song was No. 2 on iTunes in the Middle East. He had earlier written in Finnish, “Helsinki is a beautiful city full of beautiful people! Thank you!”

UPDATED: Investigator Juvonen has completed his interrogation and the two were released on Thursday afternoon. Koskinen later blogged about the incident, writing in Finnish (as translated by Google): “Celebrities are people too and fame is not easy. Love is not always easy either, but it’s forever.” Koskinen goes on to say that the “hangover is gone already” and “Paparazzi, police stations have back doors, too, go away already.”

[From The Hollywood Reporter]

It sounds like Adam had too much to drink and he started getting aggressive and pissy and… not good. If this was a heterosexual couple, would we feel differently? Because this seems like something out of the Charlie Sheen playbook. Does Glambert have issues with violence? Is he abusing his (much smaller) boyfriend? Is Adam a violent drunk?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

God knows I’m not an Adam Lambert fan. I find that he tries too hard to be controversial and edgy, and falls flat almost always. But he’s been keeping a lower profile for a few months, so I hoped he would come back stronger and more original than last we spoke of him – during the crazy time when his raunchy, crotch-grinding American Music Awards performance got him somewhat half-heartedly blacklisted from several shows. The last time we spoke about him was to mention a particularly fabulous outfit he wore, back in March. So what was I expecting from Adam’s new video? Not much.

But is it supposed to remind me of Miley Cyrus’s “Can’t Be Tamed”? I mentioned before that Miley seems to be pulling less inspiration from Gaga and more from Glambert as of late, but at this point, what’s the difference between the two? Miley has more feathers and a bird fetish. Adam has more party boys. That’s about it.

Since I’m too bored to do a full-on breakdown, I’ll just mention the highlights all at once: Mad Max drag queen, a fancy top hat, a lyric about boys wearing stripper heels, I think, something about an orgy in the wilderness. Ooh, his fabulous spiked outfit is back! Ugh, are those white jeans? Yeah… that’s about it.

Here are photos of Adam Lambert performing in Japan this morning. I’m not even sure if I have words to describe how magnificent this outfit is. It has everything! Glitter, sparkles, spikes, chains, leather, spandex, mesh, jewelry, blinged-out shin-guards, booties, hair gel, eye makeup, more spikes, fingerless glovelets, nail polish… and a Victorian sense of decency, of course. Look at the (small) size of that bulge! Yikes.

Seriously, can you imagine Adam Lambert’s stylist? “Um, baby, you know what would bring this outfit together? More glitter. And maybe a few more spikes!”

Adam Lambert performed in Tokyo, Japan on Monday in front of a crowd of young Adam look-alikes — They all dressed up exactly like him! Adam performed during an event promoting his newest album For Your Entertainment, but by the look of the crowd they’ve already been sold on it!

Adam brought the glam to his performance at Club Eleven on Monday and it was definitely appreciated by his fans!

The tiny Adam twins flashed the peace sign while posing with their Idol!

[From OK! Magazine]

This is why I worry about how the rest of the world perceives America. Because Glambert is one of our cultural ambassadors. But it seems like his Japanese fans knew what they were getting, so God bless. Do you know how many self-inflicted injuries I would have I even wore a tenth of what he’s got on?

Adam Lambert isn’t too pleased with the woman who kept his debut CD, For Your Entertainment, from reaching number one on the sales charts this holiday. Lambert had some bitchy things to say about the quality of Scottish underdog Susan Boyle’s CD, I Dreamed A Dream. The 28 year-old American Idol runner up told Gay Times that Boyle’s CD was “terrible” and that her cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses” was so bad it made him laugh uncontrollably:

But weeks later, Adam answered his critics when For Your Entertainment sold 200,000 copies in its first week on sale, charting above new releases from Rihanna and Lady Gaga, albeit outsold by a certain Scottish lassie…

“I know, if only it weren’t for Susan Boyle!” Adam laughs. “I’m happy for her success, but that album is terrible. Wild Horses is the one that made me laugh the hardest. I just died when I heard it, I was crying with laughter. It was the most horrendous, sacrilegious treatment of that song!

“Still, when my album charted, it was validating. I was feeling bit attacked, like I had to vindicate something. I thought: ‘Wow, look what I did.’”

[From Gay Times]

“Terrible,” “Horrendous,” and “Sacriligious?” It sounds like someone is so afraid of competition that they have to put down the musical efforts of a fellow reality show contestant runner up. Susan’s type of music might not be Lambert’s cup of tea, but it’s petty to resort to nasty criticism.

Meanwhile Lamber is still harping on the negative response to his outrageous performance at the American Music Awards, which featured a same sex kiss between Adam and his keyboard player, simulated oral sex on Adam from a female dancer, Adam grabbing his privates, and flipping the bird. He previously called the response “discrimination” because he was a gay male, and in his interview in Gay Times he goes on to say that they’re so much more enlightened in Europe and in the UK and that he wouldn’t have had the fallout that he faced in the states.

“It catches me off guard,” he admits, recalling the AMA nightmare. “In my circle, and in a lot of the underground clubs and performance spaces in Los Angeles nobody thinks twice about it, they love it. Then I gave what I thought was a harmless performance and everybody jumps down my throat about it. And I’m like ‘Sorry, I didn’t realise it was going to be that big a deal.’”

Hostility escalated when the (actually ace) cover of Adam’s space-themed debut album leaked days later. On it, Adam’s brave sense of style is epitomized – he appears in full make up, with electric blue hair and a pout to rival Victoria Beckham’s, looking like a character from the 80s movie Tron. And if a female artist had pulled the exact same pose…

“…With the soft focus, and the retouching,” he agrees, “nobody would have said a word. I’m glad you like it, but you’re the minority. Here in the States a lot of people are really uncomfortable with it, which is hilarious.

But Tron is a great movie!

“I just think you guys in the UK are way further ahead in terms of tolerance,” he adds. “It’s really interesting. In the UK and in Europe proper, it’s less of an issue because people are more comfortable with their sexualities And not just the gay thing, but even playful things, like the concept of androgyny. That is something that generally many Americans are uncomfortable with. Mixing masculine and feminine stereotypes together and playing with it, people get suspicious about it.”

[From Gay Times]

Yes, it’s all the American’s fault for having stricter standards for what they allow on broadcast television. I agree that some of that is unnecessary and that after living in Europe I have a different outlook on nudity and what should be on TV. As I mother I don’t mind my son seeing natural nudity or men or women kissing but I absolutely draw the line at simulated sex. Frankly I’m glad they do have standards for what can be shown along with a rating system. (Some of the crap on TV in Germany is way over the top. I wish my five year-old had never been exposed to a guy farting on a talent show with his ass cheeks exposed. Don’t get me started on the soft core phone crap they show at night.)

It’s very short sighted to say that Americans are somehow uncomfortable with gender bending due to the reaction to his album cover. That’s Adam for you, turning legitimate criticism into other people’s issue while cutting down someone he should be gracious towards. If he didn’t like Boyle’s album he could have just said it wasn’t his taste. He’s going to alienate even more people with these latest quotes.

Barbara Walters’ special “Most Fascinating People” on ABC included pop stars Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert. Both have been making a lot of headlines for their outlandish wardrobe and stage antics. The special aired footage from one of Lady Gaga’s videos in which she is full-on making out with another woman, tongue and all – but not Adam Lambert’s now-infamous guy-on-guy kiss from his over-the-top performance at the American Music Awards (otherwise known as “CrotchGate 09″). Footage from the performance was cut to spare Barbara Walters’ audience from having to relive the horror of… two men kissing!

Adam Lambert was featured on Barbara Walters’ “The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009″ special on ABC last night — but the most fascinating part, Babs refused to air footage of Lambert’s infamous man-on-man kiss. Walters didn’t shy away from the issue on the ep, making several references to it — but ultimately explaining how Adam “turned the music industry inside out doing things we won’t show you here.”

During one of the first segments on her “The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009″ show last night, Babs aired a package featuring Lady Gaga locking lips with another female — it was not blurred, it was not censored, it was no big deal.

But later in the show, she made a big deal about the fact that she wasn’t going to show Adam Lambert’s man-on-man kiss at the AMAs.

[From TMZ]

I’m the first to say that I thought Adam’s performance was too much, and I also flinched a bit when Lambert’s camp came out in defense of the performance, saying that there was a double standard at work. I thought the whole thing was just a bad decision. But with this new development, it sure does appear to be a double standard, doesn’t it? ABC clearly doesn’t have a problem with two women making out, but two guys kissing is considered obscene enough to cut from a broadcast? Oh, wait, I forgot – two women kissing is “hot;” two men kissing is “gross,” right? Silly me.

Did anyone notice Babs’ “stern grandma” attitude when talking to Adam about it? She just loves to sit up on her moral high horse, doesn’t she? But let’s not forget, she’s not above messing around with a married guy or stepping on people to get what she wants. I hope when she finally gets off TV, she takes her “soft white light” interview cam and her sycophantic interviewing style with her.

The fallout from “CrotchGate 09″ doesn’t seem to be harming American Idol alum Adam Lambert’s career as much as previously expected. After grabbing his crotch, shoving his guitarist’s face in said crotch, fondling a female back-up dancer’s crotch, and an impromptu tonsil-hockey session with a male keyboardist in a nationally-televised performance on the American Music Awards, Adam Lambert was quickly banned from any further live performances on the ABC network, including an appearance on “Good Morning America” and Jimmy Kimmel’s New Year’s Eve show. But despite the controversy, there are other shows who are welcoming Lambert – including ABC’s “The View.” But don’t expect anymore crotch follies – The View is pre-taped, for your viewing pleasure.

‘American Idol’ runner-up Adam Lambert landed in trouble for locking lips on ABC, with his controversial same-sex kiss on the recent AMA broadcast. This time he’s smooching the network itself, as ABC plays a little kiss-and-make-up with Lambert following the singer’s dismissal from multiple ABC appearances. PEOPLE is reporting that Lambert will appear on ‘The View’ Thursday.

Lambert’s provocative performance on the American Music Awards – in which he thrust his crotch into a dancer’s face, dragged two male dancers around on a leash and engaged in a makeout session with his male keyboardist – preceded the singer’s dismissal from ‘Good Morning America’ and the New Year’s Eve episode of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live.’

In a Twitter post last week, Lambert told his fans “Yes, sadly friends, ABC has cancelled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE. don’t blame them. It’s the FCC heat.” As PopEater pointed out in an earlier post, the FCC does not regulate programming after 10 o’clock, meaning the ‘Kimmel’ performance would not have faced any scrutiny from the government regulatory office.

Lambert’s visit to the ladies of ‘The View’ will be pre-taped – ABC can rest assured there will be no on-air shocks from the edgy performer. The appearance airs a day after he is honored by ‘View’ panelist Barbara Walters on her ’10 Most Fascinating People of 2009′ special, also on ABC.

[From PopEater]

Meanwhile, Fox, the network whose “American Idol” discovered the singer, has booked Lambert on its other talent show, “So You Think You Can Dance. Lambert is slated for a live performance on the two-night season finale next week.

While ABC can’t seem to make up its mind on Adam Lambert, Fox has no problem bringing the scandalous, smooch-happy Idol runner-up back to the network that launched him.

The glam rocker is set to take the stage for the two-night season finale of So You Think You Can Dance, airing Dec. 15-16. He’ll sing “Whataya Want From Me,” the latest track off his debut album, For Your Entertainment.

Fox announced the performance this morning, days after ABC struggled over what to do with Lambert following his racy American Music Awards antics.

At first, ABC issued a full-on Lambert ban, pulling the plug on a scheduled appearance on Good Morning America and a New Year’s Eve gig on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Glambert and GLAAD called the move evidence of a “double standard,” and ABC backtracked a bit. Lambert has since been booked to perform this Thursday on The View and will also be featured on Barbara Walters’ 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009 special.

Meanwhile, his upcoming SYTYCD slot will be the envelope-pushing showman’s first time on Fox since he placed second on American Idol’s finale last May.

[From E!Online]

It’s interesting that Fox has brought Adam over to “SYTYCD,” especially after the flack that show’s producer and judge, Nigel Lythgoe, got for some seemingly homophobic comments he made about two gay male contestants. I wonder what he will have to say about Adam’s performance?

Last night, Adam Lambert broke some bad news on his Twitter page, tweeting that ABC has cancelled two more of his performances. Lambert tweeted: “Yes, sadly friends, ABC has cancelled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE. don’t blame them. It’s the FCC heat. I AM doing Leno though. And lookin into something for NYE. It’ll all blow over. Let’s focus on being positive! ” So ABC pulled the plug on Lambert’s late-night appearances on Jimmy Kimmel’s show (who even watches that?) and Dick Clark’s big Rockin’ Eve or whatever. This comes after ABC pulled Lambert’s spot on Good Morning America… and yet they said “yes” to Chris Brown. Because homosexuals are worse than violent sociopaths, I suppose.

More than a week after his controversial performance at the American Music Awards, Adam Lambert says he continues to find himself an unwanted guest on ABC.

Late Wednesday night, Mr. Lambert, the singer and “American Idol” finalist, wrote on his Twitter account that his invitation to two more ABC programs had been withdrawn.

“Yes, sadly friends,” Mr. Lambert wrote, “ABC has cancelled my appearances” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and the annual “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special.

Last week, ABC scratched a planned appearance by Mr. Lambert on “Good Morning America,” its morning talk show. That decision stemmed from Mr. Lambert’s performance on Nov. 22 at the American Music Awards, also broadcast on ABC, during which he simulated sex acts with his dancers, kissed a male bandmate and extended his middle finger to the camera.

In announcing its cancellation of Mr. Lambert’s booking on “Good Morning America,” ABC said it was concerned that the singer would give another “controversial” performance “so early in the morning.”

On Monday, Anne Sweeney, the co-chairwoman of Disney Media Networks and president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, said that the network was re-evaluating its approach to live shows in the wake of Mr. Lambert’s act, and would seek to ensure that artists’ performances more closely resemble their rehearsals. “We certainly don’t want to suppress artistry at any level, but we also have to be very cognizant of who our audience is,” Ms. Sweeney said in an interview with Reuters.

A spokesman for ABC’s entertainment division, which oversees “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” was not immediately available on Thursday morning.

But on his Twitter account, Mr. Lambert tried to strike a conciliatory tone. “It’ll all blow over,” he wrote. “Let’s focus on being positive!” He also said that he was still booked to appear on “The Jay Leno Show” on NBC.

[From The New York Times]

I actually think Lambert is being very gracious and professional with this ABC smack down, and he’s winning me back a little with his attitude, and with his sort-of apology the other day. Now I only feel rage for ABC and the busybodies who think Lambert’s gayness can’t even be seen on late night programming.

Adam Lambert is still out there, doing the publicity rounds like he’s still the story of the week. Sorry, Glambert, but the tabloid press has moved on to Tiger Woods. But still, Lambert still wants to tell us what he thinks about the aftermath to his boy-kissin’, crotch-grabbin‘, oral-sex-portrayin’, bird-flippin’ AMA performance that launched a million head-shakes. Personally, I did find the performance to be inappropriate for network television, and I think Lambert should have had a better explanation/apology than “they’re attacking me because I’m gay”. Of course, Lambert’s critics and the networks totally overstepped the appropriateness issue when they did, in fact, make it about Lambert’s gayness, revealing a sort of knee-jerk homophobia that was just unpleasant. Anyway, Lambert went on Ellen to talk in greater detail about his performance and how he thinks maybe it’s all about “the taste level”.

Among the people who weren’t thrilled with Adam’s Lambert’s controversial American Music Awards performance: His dad.

“My dad was like, ‘Maybe you should apologize, Adam,’” he says on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Tuesday “I was like, “You know, dad, I don’t feel like I did anything wrong. It just wasn’t maybe the right judgment call. It’s a taste thing more than an obscenity thing. I think it’s just a taste level.’”

During his performance, he smooched another guy, simulated oral sex and flipped off the audience, Looking back, “maybe that wasn’t the best first impression to make again,” Lambert, 27, says. “I mean, I had fun up there, I had a good time, my dancers had fun and the band had fun.”

Still, he said he felt people walked away from his performance “feeling disrespected. I would never intend to disrespect anybody. So that was not my intention.”

He said that “people aren’t used to seeing gay man portrayed that way on TV. The gay male image in the media tends to be very cliche and safe … I think I got up there and put more energy … I was putting on a character, putting on a persona, being this kind of rock star, kind of dangerous kind of guy. After seeing one of my favorites Lady Gaga tear it apart on stage … I don’t know something came over me, and I got caught up in the moment and maybe went a little too far.”

As for being canceled on ABC’s Good Morning America, Lambert says he isn’t upset at the network.

“I don’t blame them,” he says. “They gave me a great opportunity to close the AMAs, and I would never want to smack that gift horse in the mouth. I think they were taking a leap of faith having me do that, and it unfortunately didn’t work out as we all thought it would.”

[From Us Weekly]

In total, I think the entire incident was a wash. No one came out ahead, really, although I’m sure Adam Lambert enjoyed being the hot topic for a week, and maybe he got some added record sales with that. And what did the networks really learn? Don’t let Lambert perform live? That it’s okay to confuse systemic homophobia with simple appropriateness levels? Whatever.

In other Lambert news, he gave an interview to some Sirius show where he talked about how he used to be heavy. He told the interviewer: “I suffered from a little bit of an ugly duckling complex in my early twenties. When I was in high school I was 250 pounds and that creates some stuff…some body image stuff, some confidence issues and I got a lot of my confidence from the validation I got as a performer.” The Huffington Post’s headline on this story? “Adam Lambert, Former Fatty”. For goodness sake, ease up, HuffPo.

Here’s part of Adam’s interview at Sirius:

Adam Lambert performing on the CBS ‘Early Show’ on November 25, 2009. Credit: WENN.