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Adam Lambert Gets Down and Dirty at AMAs

American Idol runner-up defends American Music Awards performance

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 23, 2009 9:08 AM CST

(Newser) – Adam Lambert’s crotch-grabbing, oral-sex-miming, bondage-themed performance on last night’s American Music Awards has everyone talking—even him. Right afterward, he said the idea of ABC censoring it, which it did before airing it on the West Coast, is tantamount to “discrimination.”... More »

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MarkFL

Nov 23, 2009 10:52 AM CST

That is just so painful to listen to.

Snarfeh

Nov 23, 2009 10:24 AM CST

Well, hell, that's cool, Twiny. To each, his or her own. And maybe it was more that his voice didn't go with the song or something. I'm actually not a big fan of his voice. Really, I just liked that he mimed a blow job with a male dancer on national network TV. :o)

Cat-Lover

Nov 23, 2009 8:20 AM CST

Ahhhh, come on people. Everyone's done it so let's see it done to music.

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