GT: ADAM LAMBERT EXCLUSIVE

The ever-controversial American Idol runner-up settles down with GT for a chat about life as an out celebrity, his new Gaga-inspired album and exactly what he thinks of Susan Boyle.

On being accepted by an American audience:

“I just think that you guys in the UK are way ahead in terms of tolerance. It’s really interesting. In the UK and in Europe it’s less of an issue because people are more comfortable with their sexualities. And not just the gay thing, but even playful things, like the concept of androgyny. That is something that generally many Americans are uncomfortable with.”

On Susan Boyle, who kept him off the top spot in the charts:

“I’m happy for her success, but that album is terrible. Wild Horses is the one that just made me laugh the hardest. I just died when I heard it, I was crying with laughter. It was the most horrendous, sacrilegious treatment of that song!”

On his sexuality overshadowing his career:

“Out here they dub me ‘openly gay singer, Adam Lambert’ and never just Adam Lambert. Whether or not I like it I have to own that. In the big picture and in the long run this is important. I didn’t ask for this, I’m not trying to be any sort of flag bearer, but if that’s the case then I have to accept it.”

March’s issue of GT Magazine is on sale 24 February and also features exclusives with The X Factors’ Olly Murs, Kim Cattrall and Desperate Housewives’ Shawn Pyfrom, plus plastic surgery disasters and self sucking: How far would you go to find satisfaction?

NOTES FOR EDITORS

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