He Kissed a Boy and He Liked It

Why do we care that Adam Lambert kissed a boy last night on the AMA’s?  And why the heck was it censored for the west coast feed?  Hello?!?  California is as gay as it gets, people. Here’s a bit of the gossip from OMG!

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Even before Adam Lambert‘s show-stopping performance at the 2009 American Music Awards was edited for the west coast feed of the awards show, the singer told Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson that he felt censoring his performance would be wrong.

“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,” Adam told Access’ Shaun backstage following his racy performance of “For Your Entertainment,” where he kissed male keyboardist Tommy Ratliff, who is straight.

“I believe in artistic freedom and expression, I believe in honoring the lyrics of a song, and those lyrics aren’t really for everybody either,” he continued.

And before his performance was edited, he told Access the thought of changing what happened on stage for the other half of the country would be a double standard.

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“If it’s edited, that’s discrimination,” Adam said. “I will be a little disappointed because there is a little bit of discrimination going in this country. There’s a big double standard, female pop artists have been doing things provocative like that for years, and the fact that I’m a male, and I’ll be edited and discriminated against could be a problem.”

The singer did admit that an edited down performance would not shock him.

“I’m not going to be surprised that they edit it,” he continued. “People are scared and it’s really sad, I just wish people could open their minds up and enjoy things, it’s all for a laugh, it’s really not that big of a deal.”

What freaking century are we in? Men kiss all the time in soap operas and on sitcoms!  Get over it.  While I didn’t care much for the performance myself, it’s not because I was offended.  But get real….this would be like censoring Tammy Faye in the Bible belt because your religion doesn’t allow you to wear make-up!

One step forward for another performer for pushing the boundaries…

One step backward for Americans and their TV sets.