Clay Aiken has issued an apology in response to the outrage over his comments regarding American Idol runner-up, Adam Lambert.

The Broadway star took to his members-only blog to address his earlier statements about the vocal stylings of Lambert. Explained Aiken, “I obviously meant it as a colorful statement to imply that I did not enjoy what I heard. Any performer hopes that their music will appeal to all people, but no singer realistically expects it to.”

“My opinion is just that, only my opinion, but for as much as some of the bloggers seem to dislike me and care so little about my thoughts, they sure can waste a lot of their space on what I say,” complains the performer.

To be fair, when that opinion happens to be about the most talked-about kid in Hollywood and refers to said “It” man’s singing as “contrived, awful and slightly frightening,” a certain amount of feedback should be expected.  

All criticism aside, Aiken makes it clear that he in no way meant to insult the rocker. “The only person I would really dream of apologizing to is Adam. And the irony is, if he’s smart he couldn’t give a crap what I think.” Aiken continued, “I do apologize to Adam for my colorful (and negative) choice of words. I hope he can forgive me. I imagine he doesn’t give a damn!”






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