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American Idol star Adam Lambert refuses to apologise over AMA uproar
By Entertainment Editor Ben Davey
news.com.au
November 24 2009 09:44am
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American Idol star Adam Lambert gestures during his racy AMA performance / AFP Getty Images
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AMERICAN Idol runner-up Adam Lambert has refused to apologise for his daring performance at the American Music Awards where he simulated oral sex with a male dancer.
In front of millions of primetime viewers Lambert also made out with a male keyboardist Tommy Ratliff grabbing his crotch before flipping his middle finger to the crowd.
Lambert who was performing his new single For Your Entertainment has come under fire from some who believe that the exploits were too much for TV.
The View’s Sherri Shepherd twittered: “Did Adam Lambert just grind some dude's head in his crotch... TO MY NIECE... GO TO BED NOW!”
“And did Adam Lambert slip the tongue to one of his dancers???? Whoa... Celibate woman here... turning off TV now...”
The openly gay Lambert has refused to apologise saying that the sexual gestures happened “in the moment”.
He told Access Hollywood: “You know honestly if I offended some people... it’s apples and oranges.”
“I’m not an artist that does things for every single person I believe in artistic freedom and expression I believe in honouring the lyrics of a song and those lyrics aren't really for everybody either.”
The controversial moments of the performance were cut before being shown on the US west coast a move that Lambert labelled as “discrimination”.
Rolling Stone reported that none of Lambert’s sexual gestures were cleared by the event organisers before the show went live.
Earlier in the evening Michael Jackson took out four posthumous awards while Taylor Swift was crowned Artist of the Year.
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