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Adam Lambert to Out editor: “Chill!”
I posted earlier today a scathing letter from Out Magazine editor Aaron Hicklin who had much to say about what his publication had to go through to get Adam Lambert (breakout star of the year) to appear on the cover of its year-end Out 100 issue.
Hicklin lashed out at Lambert’s record label and management for conditions he said they set on the magazine to ensure that the openly gay Adam not apear “too gay.” He wrote in part: “It’s only because this cover is a group shot that includes a straight woman that your team would allow you to be photographed at all.”
I posted the letter in its entirety and you can read it HERE.
Adam took to his Twitter account this afternoon to address the letter and addressed his tweets directly at Hicklin: “Dear Aaron, it’s def not that deep. Chill! Guess ya gotta get attention for the magazine. U too are at the mercy of the marketing machine.”
Second tweet: “(cont.) Until we have a meaningful conversation, perhaps you should refrain from projecting your publications’ agenda onto my career.”
Ouch!
Comments
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jacey homen says:
I love Adam’s response! He’s so cool and so mature and he nails this little episode perfectly. It really isn’t deep, Aaron! Loosen up.
Lexxvs says:
Thumbs up for Lambert. Sometimes people get angry if someone doesn’t agree a 100% with whatever they ask for.
Very poorly managed by this Out editor. I mean, making an editorial of his version of what happened -by the way, I don’t doubt that he is bending his version to make it worse than it may have been- is taking advantage of his media AFTER Lambert already accepted to be in this magazine.
Kris says:
Lambert better get used to it…and who cares anyways?
captivity hurts says:
Hicklin revealed the next day that the handler who made the statement is GAY. Imagine that. Never mentioned it in the blasting letter. Snuck it in on Twitter. That changes the conversation entirely. Waiting for Hicklin to out the handler since he feels every gay person owes the world absolute adherence to being as unapologetic as possible and in fact take a leadership role even when unwanted.
I’m betting he said something like “So, not too gay-gay no Village People inspired shots, ok? And politics is off our radar now”.
Knowing he was a gay man that would not offend me a bit, I’d understand the language. THEN I’d either cancel the interview/shoot or further negotiate. Shana is being quite dramatic and should have gone and gotten her superior if unable to handle the negotiation. It happens with all pr handlers.