Wednesday November 18, 2009

ADAM Lambert never had to come out of the closet — because he was never in it!

The American Idol runner-up who declared, “I don’t think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I’m gay” in a June issue of Rolling Stone magazine — says he has never been ashamed of his sexuality — but he doesn’t want it to define him.

“There was never any deliberate, like, ‘I’m going to hint now…’ because I was never in the closet,” Lambert told MTV of his performances on Idol.

“When those pictures [of me dressed in drag and kissing an ex-boyfriend] came out online, I got freaked out.

“I was like, ‘Great, that’s going to f**k things up’. ‘Cause I just figured, you know, this is a national television programme and people are conservative in our country, aside from LA and New York and a couple of other places.”

“I think the whole magic of this moment is that I’m not alienating anybody,” Adam added. “I’m not trying to, anyway. I want as many people to feel like they can like the music.

“I don’t want to edit myself to the point where I feel like I don’t have integrity… It’s almost like being a political figure. It’s like a balancing act.”

The 27-year-old — who releases his debut album later this month — says he can understand why some people are disappointed with him for not being more open about his sexuality from the beginning.

“It’s a hard thing that everybody’s going to have their opinion about,” he said. “Some people in the gay community might look at it like, ‘You really should’ve owned that. You didn’t hide it, but you didn’t admit it and that’s weak’.

“My whole point is, I’m not trying to lead the f**king way for the civil rights movement that we’re in right now. I just happen to be a gay man – and I’m not ashamed of that at all.”

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