Show Rundown: May 21, 2009
A Theory on Why Adam Lambert Didn’t Win ‘American Idol’
A Theory on Why Adam Lambert Didn’t Win ‘American Idol’
May 21, 2009
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A caller asked if Howard thought Adam Lambert didn’t win “American Idol” because he was a gay man and Howard speculated that Adam Lambert didn’t win “American Idol” because he was a gay man: “And he’s a flamboyant gay man…I believe it was a landslide for the guy who wasn’t gay.”
Artie laughed: “I can understand that a homophobic guy doesn’t want gays in the military, but no gays in ‘American Idol’?”