The "Adam Lambert is Gay" cover of Rolling Stone that we've all known for ages was in the pipeline finally hit stands today. In the interview Adam provides the requisite quotes about coming out and why he waited so long to do so.
"I was worried that [coming out] would be so sensationalized that it would overshadow what I was there to do, which was sing," Adam says of his choice to wait this long to address the rumors. As for the photos that stoked the fires, he says, "I've been living in Los Angeles for eight years as a gay man, I've been at clubs drunk making out with somebody in the corner. But photographic evidence? Didn't count on that. Wasn't ready for that."
But there is so much more to Adam than being "'American Idol's' gay runner-up." In fact, I found the quotes that had nothing to do with him "coming out" to be infinitely more fascinating -- elsewhere in the interview Adam talks drugs, crushing on Kris Allen and self-discovery.
Adam on ... Growing up: Discovering himself at Burning Man: His dream Burning Man buddy: "American Idol:" Rooming with Kris Allen: Being himself in the finale: Female attention: Loving yourself: Life post-"Idol:"
I started to realize I wasn't like every other boy, and I was just in my own head about it, tripping myself out. I was so scared of my sexuality. I didn't feel comfortable in my skin, didn't feel sexy."
"I was looking for something and I wasn't sure what it was. [After experimenting with] certain funguses, I had a psychedelic experience where I looked up at the clouds and went, 'Oh!' I realized that we all have our own power, and that whatever I wanted to do, I had to make happen."
"I'm trying to get Zac Efron to come to Burning Man. He says he really wants to go!"
"I saw what David Cook did last year, and it was cool. He thought, 'I have to sing something everybody knows, but I'm going to make it work for me and not give a f*** about the theme.' It is so pageant. That's why it's hard for people like Allison [Iraheta], who won't stand there and smile, say when they want her to say. I was on my best behavior, but it wasn't fake: That really was my best self."
"I was like, 'Oh, s***, they put me with the cute guy. Distracting! He's the one guy that I found attractive in the whole group on the show; nice, nonchalant, pretty and totally my type -- except that he has a wife. I mean, he's open-minded and liberal, but he's definitely 100 percent straight."
"I was so excited. I was like, 'I'm going to glue rhinestones on my eyelids, bitch! That's right, 'American Idol' in platform boots. You ain't voting anymore!'"
"I liked it this season when girls went crazy for me. As far as I'm concerned, it's all hot. Just because I'm not sticking it in there doesn't mean that I don't find it beautiful. Lately there's part of me that's almost bi-curious the other way around. I've made out with girls at nightclubs when I had way too many drinks. I don't know if it would ever happen, but I'm kind of interested.
"I'm finally checked in to my self-worth for the first time in my life, and the fact that it has coincided with "Idol" is so sweet. I mean, I still have moments where I think, 'Oh, my skin is terrible, and I'm a little fat. I should really go to the gym more.' But for the most part, when I look in the mirror now, I finally see somebody who can do something cool."
"Everyone is so hung up on 'Are you pop?' or 'Are you rock?' It's like, 'Um, does this song make you want to dance, or have sex, or remind you of something?' It's not that deep. I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader. Being a rock star is just playing. It's Halloween, make believe. I can't believe I get to play dress-up for a living now!"
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