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American Music Awards 2009: ABC receives complaints for Adam Lambert's "racy" performance
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Sunday's "American Music Awards 2009" had some highs and some lows, but definitely made some news with Adam Lambert smooching his male keyboardist during his song, "For Your Entertainment."
The 27-year-old ex "American Idol" runner up, made some surprising moves at the AMAs, with millions of of viewers tuning in, and over 1,500 complaints about the "sexually charged" performance, according to Reuters.
Lambert who caught the attention with dragging men in leashes, along with some "oral sex" movements with back-up dancers, to kissing his keyboardist, said his "goal was not to p*ss people off, it was to promote freedom of expression and artistic freedom."
However, because of the time zones with the east and west coast, ABC did cut and edited out parts of the "racy" performance for the west coast.
Despite the complaints network television ABC received with Lambert's surprising performance, Lambert told CNN, "Adrenaline is a crazy, crazy, crazy feeling. Some of the things I love most about performing is when you're up there and all of the sudden you just have these feelings, this rush that comes over you."
Dick Clark Productions who produced the AMAs, earlier commented that they "did not expect" Lambert's impromptu, had an estimate of 14.2 viewers tuning in on the AMAs, following other racy moments in television including the MTV's 2003 Britney Spears and Madonna kiss, and NBC's Janet Jackson "slip-up" during the 2004 super bowl half time show.
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