Adam Lambert VS ABC

More than a week after his now infamous performance on the American Music Awards (AMA's), in which he shoved another mans face into his crotch, dragged two men around the stage on leashes and made out with his male keyboardist, Adam Lambert finds himself shunned by ABC.

Last Wednesday night, the singer and "American Idol" runner-up, wrote that his invitation to two ABC programs, Jimmey Kimmel Live and Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, had been withdrawn.

"Yes, sadly friends," Lambert Tweeted, "ABC has canceled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE. Don't blame them, it's the FCC heat."

These are not the first guest appearances that ABC has canceled for Lambert. Last week, his appearance on Good Morning America was scratched. However all is not lost, He is allegedly scheduled to appear on Jay Leno sometime in December.

In response to Lambert's risque AMA performance, ABC has announced that they will be seeking more control over how live events are structured. Disney/ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney has issued a statement saying that the network will now ask artists for assurances that their live performances will resemble their rehearsal performances. Lambert has admitted that the on-stage kiss was improvised in the moment, but he remains unapologetic about the shocking performance. Lambert has also voiced his opinion that he, as a gay man, is being held to a different standered than female performers who have used similar gambits at past award shows (ie: Britney Spears kissing Madonna at the MTV video music awards.)

I think that Lambert has done the right thing from a PR standard by sticking by his performance. If he had done it and then said that he was sorry for it, he probably would have had more backlash than he already has because he would have offended many gay and lesbian people. GLAAD (gay and lesbian alliance against defamation) has already weighed in when CBS's Early Show re-played the performance with the kiss blurred out, and then played the Britney and Madonna kiss unedited. GLAAD accused CBS of employing a double standard when it comes to openly gay artists. So, if they can blow up at CBS for that, imagine if Lambert had apologized for his sexually charged performance. Although, he did admit on Ellen that he may have pushed the envelope a bit too far.

I think that ABC had also done the right thing by canceling the appearances, even though I don't really agree with it. ABC acted fast and knew that their audience (mainly families) would probably not be fans of Lambert's at the present moment. By canceling Lambert's appearances, they showed their audience that they do not condone the performance and they probably made many of their viewers happy.