Adam Lambert on proving those who thought being gay would ‘work against’ him wrong

Adam Lambert (Image: Attitude/Joeseph Sinclair)

Adam Lambert, who first rose to fame as the runner-up of American Idol in 2009, has spoken about his early years in the entertainment industry as a queer artist.

Speaking to The New York Times this week, Lambert recalled a time during which he was often referred to as “theatrical” though he suspected this was usually just coded language for “gay.”

“It was like a euphemism [for being gay],” he told the paper. “I was like, ‘And?’ Because up until that point, it was commonly thought in the industry that it would work against you. I was part of a wave of people that were proving that wrong.”

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