OUT<\/a>, was making Lambert look \u201ctoo gay\u201d. They were\u00a0so nervous because they think it will hurt his career to be known as\u00a0the guy who is too gay.<\/p>\nIs there something as too gay? If there is, what is too gay? Can someone be too gay? Is Adam Lambert too gay? Can being too gay hurt your public career?<\/p>\n
Here are some of my thoughts, and I\u2019d love to hear yours as well:<\/p>\n
I think Adam Lambert is getting caught up in the gayness of himself. There are things like this all over the place:<\/p>\n
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My thought is if Adam wants to be the slutty, sex-driven-I\u2019ll-bang-anything-that-comes-my-way-type-of-guy, that\u2019s ok because that\u2019s who he wants to be portrayed as. Doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s right. Doesn\u2019t mean that will give him mass appeal (hey, that\u2019s why there is Kris Allen). And his record label needs to understand this. They can try to tame him, keep him under-wrap, do whatever, but it\u2019s not going to work.<\/p>\n
For me, \u201ctoo gay\u201d is someone that is intentionally throwing their gayness and overt sexuality\u00a0in your face because they can. With that definition, yes, Adam Lambert is being too gay and I think it will lose him some sales. I can see why the record label is concerned about that messing with their bottom line, however I think they\u2019re going over the top by warning publications to not make him too gay. He is who he is, and that\u2019s why I personally like him.<\/p>\n
Although, I was in a shopping mall while visiting my mom and dad this past weekend and she and I picked up a magazine with Adam Lambert on the cover. When we flipped to the middle to see the pictures it was him in underwear, literally making out with a naked girl below him<\/em>. I guess his record label is ok with him being too straight.<\/strong><\/p>\nStrange. I fear that Adam Lambert is going to get too caught up in this game. I\u2019m going to buy his album because he\u2019s got some crazy awesome pipes and can sing the lights out of the world. I love listening to him. I just hope he doesn\u2019t lose that trying to make a point \u2013 whatever that point is.<\/p>\n
Much love.<\/p>\n
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