Adam Lambert Says He Acts the Way He Does Because He Used to Be Fat

By Jo Piazza Posted Nov 30th 2009 06:22PM

Adam Lambert's crazy pants American Music Awards appearance all makes a little more sense to us after hearing his interview with the Morning Jolt's Larry Flick on Sirius radio, where Lambert admits he suffered from an ugly duckling complex because he used to be quite the fatty.

"I suffered from a little bit of an ugly duckling complex in my early twenties. When I was in high school I was 250 pounds and that creates some stuff...some body image stuff, some confidence issues and I got a lot of my confidence from the validation I got as a performer," Lambert said. Watch the Interview Below

"It's common for kids who were made fun of for their weight to act out in that way. When you are developing your identity during those important years your self image and physical appearance are who you are," explains psychologist Cooper Lawrence, author of "The Cult of Celebrity." "Until you develop a life, a resume and a sense of who you are inside and you are criticized for weight it can have a long lasting impact. The AMAs were the perfect 'look at me now' moment. He not only looks amazing but he is so comfortable with who he is and it shows."

It is all coming together. Lambert used to be a chubby and now that he is much more svelte and sexy he wants to flaunt it as best he can, even if flaunting it means smooching his male guitarist and simulating oral sex onstage. We just bought some new skinny jeans when we managed to shed those hard to lose pounds, but hey, to each his own.

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Tuesday 01 December

By tom

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shoot the fu..... que..

Wednesday 02 December

By David

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stfu ...You stupid hillwhomp.

By Chase

As a straight married woman. I'm married to a gorgeous man myself say my husband is a beautiful male! But Adam is very pretty. Best of luck Adam.

By pallen

He's Pretty alright, Pretty obnoxious.

By Lori

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Oh PLEASE. I've always been overweight and I don't act like an idiot.

By Linda

No, you act like a fat person.

PS- News flash Adam - you're still ugly.

By Colleen

Just please go away...do not like you at all !!!
You are not a good influence on our kids...

By d

Since most people AREN'T gay, I highly dought that Adam's male/male kiss and oral simulation sceen will EVER be repeated by your children.

Just keep letting them watch/listen to the GOOD role models for your children. Little Miley Cyrus can teach your Pre-teen daughter to POLE DANCE and Chris Brown can teach your little boy to BEAT-UP their Girl Friends.

By Brenda

That's so sad, he was overweight and couldn't shove someone's face into his crotch ... what a goal to have in life for weight loss ...

By danny

All you homofobs need to look at yourselves for a change. We are all put here on earth with different ideas and ways of living. Tolerance is a big challenge for many of you......There is too much hatred and bigotry.......Try to remember, we all have feelings....After all, we are human beings and life is too short so try to enjoy every new day.

By dena

Oh, please. I'm a lesbian and the jerk is way too vulgar for TV. Homophobe? Get real. The word homophobe is as worn out and useless as the race card junk. We were not put on this earth to have someone's face rammed into our crotch on camera or off. If that is your idea of life, you are a failure as a human being.

By liz

Ok. I'm a lesbian too. Maybe Dana is not here to have her face rammed in to someone's crotch - but maybe I am. Leave me alone and let my face go where it likes. I'm going to guess that Dana, you think you deserve equal treatment, etc. Seems a bit hypocritical when you want equal treatment but aren't willing to dish it out to someone else. A performer, for that matter. IT'S a SHOW!!! Any we're all watching!

By bill

Danny just did a few selections from the "Life Sucks" chapter of the Big Book of Cliches.

By Wendell

None of what you said has anything to do with Adam's vulgar and disrespectful performance. What makes him think we want to watch him as he enacts oral rape on another dancer? By the way, the made up word is homophobe, not homofob.

By Janet

I've said it b4 & i'll say it again. Just bcuz u can do something, doesn't mean u shud. There's showmanship and then there's tacky. THAT was tacky. Someone said that he's what's wrong w/ this country & i agree. Not in the homo sense but in the doing something stupid, refusing to take responsibility & covering it up w/ excuses.

By Karen

What, please, is a homofob? Is that a gay chain for a pocket watch? Do try to keep up and post with some vague impression of being educated. The word is HOMOPHOBE.

By nikin78

Wow danny you just got dissed by dena. You actually thought you knew what you are talking about. I don't think people are disappointed as much in the gay part they are more disappointed in the vulgar part. I know lots of gay people and they find this crap distasteful. It's not a gay thing its a this is on national television thing and a guy is throwing around a bondage scene and there are kids watching. This is was not the venue for him to be doing this. If it was one of his own concerts not televised, then cool he can do all the bondage so called art that he wants.

By Mike

I was disgusted by this, and I have two gay friends, one who is involved with a partner at the moment. Adam kissing his guitarist and the blowjob thing was out there, but what makes me irritated is the fact that he is saying that people are being homophobic if they are agaisnt that being done. If this was a concert, I would not give a damn; know why? Cause it is a CONCERT. This, however, was different.
The man may be the nicest person on earth, but what he did is still wrong.

By holly

He's everything that's wrong with this country.

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