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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/lambert.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2400" /><figcaption>Adam Lambert finished as the runner-up on 'American Idol' in 2009.</figcaption></figure>
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<p>Adam Lambert found fame "really overwhelming" at the start.</p>
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<p>The 37-year-old singer shot to stardom when he finished as runner-up on the eighth season of 'American Idol' in 2009, and has said he struggled to come to terms with his level of fame at first because it all happened so "fast".</p>
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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>"I was really overwhelmed in the very beginning. 'American Idol' was so fast."  </p><cite> — Adam Lambert </cite></blockquote>
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<p>Adam came out as gay when he was a teenager before he found fame, and says being a voice for the LGBTQ community after 'American Idol' put extra pressure on him to "be an educator".</p>
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<p>He said: "I was really overwhelmed in the very beginning. 'American Idol' was so fast. All of a sudden, I was on magazine covers. I was dealing with the personal adjustment I had to make, and then on top of it, there was all this energy behind being the gay guy doing it. I knew I was comfortable saying, 'Yes, I'm gay.' But educating the masses? I didn't get into this business to be an educator. I just wanted to wear glitter and sing."</p>
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<p>The <strong>Ghost Town</strong> singer says there "weren't a lot" of LGBTQ people in mainstream media when he found fame, and so he was asked a lot of questions about his sexuality.</p>
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<p>And although he says he was happy to talk about it, he didn't want it to become his defining factor.</p>
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<p>Speaking to Billboard magazine for their 2019 Pride issue, he added: "When I started my professional journey, in the mainstream media there weren't a lot of [queer] people, so that was the thing the media wanted to talk about. I loved talking about it, but at the same time I was like, 'Can it not precede me?'"<br><br></p>
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