November 26, 2009
Lambert posts/videos/interviews
(11-25) Early Show: Lambert answers fan questions, discusses AMAs, performs and his mom comments.
Letterman: “What Do You Want From Me?“
The Early Show blurred the Adam-keyboardist kiss and then went on to show the Madonna-Britney kiss. Uproar. Double standard. They showed Madonna’s – why not Adam’s? CBS: Madonna’s has been around forever.
EW.com [TONY LAMBERT] received a statement from an Early Show representative:
We gave this some real thought. The Madonna image is very familiar and has appeared countless times including many times on morning television. The Adam Lambert image is a subject of great current controversy, has not been nearly as widely disseminated, and for all we know, may still lead to legal consequences.
Also from EW: statement from the President of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, JARRETT BARRIOS:
The Early Show’s decision this morning to blur Adam Lambert’s kiss from the American Music Awards reinforces an unfortunate double standard that is applied to openly gay performers.
Never took Lambert for a victim. He got to the finals of American Idol, didn’t he?
Let’s be honest – it was the desperate nature of his performance, as well as the poor singing, that made what he did so obvious. Not to mention his fall. It’s why he was so defensive.
It must have been rough to have both criticized first time out but one would think he would have been a little more humble and at least apologized to the parents of the kids who will be buying his music.
He wouldn’t have had to make an apology for his creative license as a performer – just acknowledge that it offended some people. The old “I’m sorry if I offended someone”. There was no need for his ‘I’m not a babysitter’ comment.
Has inner diva overtaken his American Idol humility and media savvy?
