Adam Lambert's coming out gay is
explored in a new VH1 'Behind the Music' special airing on Sunday.
In the hour-long show, Lambert talks
about the media speculation concerning his sexuality that appeared to
engulf the Fox reality season American Idol during its eighth
season.
“The article was speculating whether
or not I was gay or not, and whether or not America would vote for a
gay idol,” Lambert says, referring to an Entertainment Weekly
cover story published as the contest between himself and Kris Allen
was coming to a close.
“I remember reading it going, 'Why
does it matter? But I guess it does.'”
“It was pretty crazy,” Lambert
says.
Lambert adds that he has nothing to
hide.
“I wouldn't want to go through my
career hiding anything or trying to cover something up. It's just
not my style. Sexuality is so sensationalized. Like everybody feels
they have to label it and call it out. And I'm proud of it. I'm
proud of my sexuality. I have no hangups. I have no shame. But for
me, it's not about wearing a t-shirt saying 'gay,'” he says, then
adds, “It's Adam.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of
this page.)
Lambert recently said that fans can
expect new music from him in the fall, and added that he's in love
with Finnish reality star Sauli Koskinen.
“[T]he good news is that I am in
love,” Lambert
told OK
Magazine, “so that's a good place to be.”
In
earlier remarks to Us
Magazine, the 29-year-old Whataya Want From Me singer
said that he didn't see himself marrying: “I don't see myself
getting married in the future.”