After his controversial American Music Awards performance, Adam Lambert told the Los Angeles Times, that if his performance was edited for the West Coast, it would be discrimination.
“If it’s gonna be edited, then in a way that’s discrimination. I don’t mean to get political, but Madonna, Britney and Christina weren’t edited,” Adam said. “It’s a shame. Female entertainers have been risqu for years. Honestly, there’s a huge double standard.”"
The West Coast feed was edited. I’m hearing the simulated blow job was edited out.
- To see Idol performances from The American Music Awards, check click HERE
- I’ve posted photos from the show, and updated my live blog HERE
- Check out photos from the AMA Red Carpet HERE
Adam tells Access Hollywood that “shock is fun” and name checks artists like Prince and David Bowie who also pushed the envelope. Plus, Adam reveals to Access that he’s not singing “For Your Entertainment” when he performs on Letterman tomorrow night (for a show that will air Nov. 25)
He says the song he’s performing will show his “vulnerable” side. My money is on the Pink-penned tune, “Whataya Want From Me”, released as a single download with the Deluxe version of Adam’s debut album (out today). Some radio stations are spinning it.
Check out Perez Hilton HERE. Heh.
Video after the JUMP…
edit: one more like this, and I ban you
Oh, this is only the teeter.
I hurt when you hurt……………
I smile when you smile………….
He is in my heart…
I will aLWAYS be here for you………
Our BB is growing up!
It will always be “as you wish”
Starry, I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Expectations were high…for me it was a good performance, and I’m still a fan. Being an Adam fan is exciting. So happy that I could get his cd here in HK.
Why are people complaining about the kiss being edited out? IT WASN’T. Saw it on the west coast airing and the edit was the simulated blowjob, and rightly so. What was the discrimination here? Discrimination against the performance of lewd acts onstage?
Starry …. well said and ITA.
I miss the smile he normally did at the end of a performance.
Ah well….haven’t read thru all of the comments of the day, but IMO AL’s performance wasn’t offensive in the puritan sense….but thought it was just plain stupid. What was he thinking? I didn’t find anything about the performance sensual. Just uncomfortable. Vocals were off. Choreography not vocalist friendly. And….just felt an immature vibe coming off the performance. And why was he flipping me off?
I do not care anymore about Lambert`s music, after this performance. He is not interesting. I`ve downloaded couple of his song before, but that`s it from me.
have you,koka? really? hmmmmm…;(….
Set aside the performance issues here, I have serious problems with AL claiming discrimination based on the editing here. Maybe if the kiss had been edited out, but I don’t know of any other situation where a simulated bj by any artist (or anyone else, for that matter) was permitted on network television during prime time. Period. Regardless of gender of sexual orientation. Discrimination is a serious matter. And it didn’t happen here.
Reminder:
Deleting and editing angry, defensive posts. Also, the lecturing–please keep your screeds on your fansites. We DON’T keep fans in line here.
Adam’s comments about censorship came immediately after the performance and before the west coast feed had been broadcasted. At that time he did not know what might or might not be censored or if it would be edited at all. He simply stated that if his performance were subjected to censorship, it could constitute discrimination.
I’m upset that I didn’t get my FYE album today by mail Yep, still an Adam fan even though I had to pull my mouth shut after that performance. lol
He sure has people talking though. Have to watch MTV Tuesday 3:30pm eastern time to see him with Alexa Chung. Letterman’s gonna have a field day with him for sure. haha. Wonder what he’ll be singing then.
He’s singing Whataya Want From Me on Letterman and I don’t believe there is an interview. Letterman doesn’t usually interview the guest performers.
Preemptive claims of discrimination don’t really make me happy either. Part of me kind of feels like he kissed his band member so that he could make this about “freedom of expression” and non-discrimination.
Discrimination my foot. What Adam did was just plain porn & totally inappropriate for that audience. Yes, some people show way too much but there is a distinction between “sexy” and just plain porn. Adam needs to STFU & don’t dig his hole deeper. What is done is done.