Adam LampertControversy or not, American Idol-runner-up Adam Lambert made his chart debut at #3 this week. For Your Entertainment sold almost 200,000 albums in its first week, overtaking the New Moon soundtrack, following his controversial performance at the AMAs in New York City.

It’s no surprise then that Lambert has been invited for an interview on Barbara Walters’ 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009 television special which will air Dec. 9. Walters has also enlisted Lady Gaga, Kate Gosselin of Jon & Kate Plus 8, vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, NFL quarterback Brett Favre, filmmaker Tyler Perry, Fox News host Glenn Beck, South Carolina’s first lady Jenny Sanford, and Michael Jackson’s three children, Paris, Prince Michael and Prince Michael II.

Adam Lambert is an interesting candidate, as the majority of his appeal has popped up following his AMA appearance. Openly gay, Lambert used his performance of “For Your Entertainment” to showcase a display of sado-masochistic sexuality, then shoved a male-dancer’s face into his nether-regions and kissed his keyboardist. The event caused such a stir he was dropped from ABC’s Good Morning America (the same network that airs Barbara Walters 20/20).

“Given his controversial American Music Awards performance, we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning,” an ABC News spokesperson said.

The CBS rival The Early Show was quick to snap up Lambert for a spot to discuss the performance, some of which was cut when the AMAs re-aired on the U.S. West coast.

This week, Lambert was informed ABC cancelled his spots on the Jimmy Kimmel Show and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. But he is still busy, with upcoming spots on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and the Jay Leno Show.

Lambert told Rolling Stone any cuts to his song would be “discrimination.”

“My goal was not to piss people off, it was to promote freedom of expression and artistic freedom,” said Lambert. “I think it’s up to the parents to discern what their child is watching on television. Lady Gaga smashing whiskey bottles, Janet Jackson grabbing a male dancer’s crotch, Eminem talking about how Slim Shady has 17 rapes under his belt — there was a lot of very adult material on the AMAs this year and I know I wasn’t the only one.

“The minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.”






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