Singer Adam Lambert initially considered his 2009 American Music Awards performance as a groundbreaking act, but he’s now wondering if he went a bit of out of the line.
“It was maybe a little too far,” he told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview on the show. “I think in hindsight I look back on it and I go, ‘OK, maybe that wasn’t the best first impression to make again, the first second impression.’ I mean, I had fun up there, I had a good time, my dancers had fun and the band had fun.”
“I respect people and feel like people walked away from that feeling disrespected. I would never intend to disrespect anybody. So that was not my intention.”
The American Idol judge, however, believes that there exists a double standard on television involving gender. The singer nodded in agreement.
“I think, too, people aren’t used to seeing gay man portrayed that way on TV,” Lambert commented. “The gay male image in the media tends to be very clique and safe…I was putting on a character, putting on a persona being this kind of rock star, kind of dangerous kind of guy.”
Adam’s dad believes that an apology would clear things, but the 27-year-old believes he has no reason to.
“I was like, ‘You know, Dad, I don’t feel like I did anything wrong.’ It just wasn’t maybe the right judgement call. It’s a taste thing more than an obscenity thing. I think it’s just a taste level.”
The American Idol star tweeted, however, that he is heading towards a new direction: “AMA performance was a one time event. Goin in a new direction now. Focus back on the music…Don’t worry friends: I’m still gonna be me. Always. W/o appologies. Just gonna experiment differently w how I present myself…I’m learning.”
