NEW YORK, NY -- Access Hollywood has learned from a rep for Adam Lambert that ABC's "Good Morning America" has canceled the singer's live morning show concert Wednesday morning.

An ABC News spokesperson tells Access, "Given his controversial live performance on the AMAs we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning."


Adam has already performed on "GMA" before. He was a part of their summer concert series last August.

Before the "GMA" cancellation, the "American Idol" season eight runner-up was already booked to perform pre-taped on CBS' morning show, "The Early Show." CBS has now announced that Adam will perform live on Wednesday, November 25. CBS says he will also, "discuss his recent controversial 'American Music Awards' performance."


On Monday, Adam pre-taped a performance for the "Late Show With David Letterman," which will air on Wednesday. Other future TV appearances for Adam include Ellen DeGeneres' show on December 1.

Following his racy performance on the American Music Awards on Sunday, reaction was split over his performance - many fans favored Adam's open artistic expression, while many concerned folks condemned it. Still others criticized it for just being too pitchy and off-key.

ABC received around 1,500 negative comments regarding Adam's AMAs performance, which is considered "moderate."


However, the Parents Television Council (PTC) does not think "GMA" should have canceled Adam's performance. Dan Isett, Director of Public Policy for the PTC tells Access, "I do think it's a little bit unfortunate. This is not a personal crusade against Adam Lambert."

"The idea that he should be scrubbed from TV completely is not where we're going," Isett continued. "It may be a bit of an overreaction on ABC's part. The important thing is that networks have the easy ability to air on a delay to prevent this sort of thing."

But the PTC felt differently about Adam's appearance on the AMAs. Lambert "chose to treat American families to simulated oral sex and other demeaning behavior," Tim Winter, president of the PTC said on Monday.

Winter continued, "ABC and Dick Clark Productions had every reason to know what to expect, as Lambert himself proclaimed that his performance would be 'very sexy' and would include leather and chains. But the producers and the network chose to bury their heads in the sand." The PTC is working on a new statement today regarding "GMA's" decision to cancel Adam.

Adam's performance has already received many mixed messages of support on AccessHollywood.com.

Michael James wrote, "Ok so... It's ok for Michael Jackson to grab is crotch for 20+ years. But it's not ok for an openly gay male to do the same? Not only is it discriminatory as he said, it's a little sexist, mixed with a little homophobia. He did nothing wrong."

Yet Rocio Chavez wrote, "he over did it!!! he just embarresed (sic) himself!!!"

Reaction amongst AccessHollywood.com readers is mixed. 54% of the AH Nation thinks, "Yes, (Adam's performance) was too racy for primetime TV. While 46% thinks, "It was great entertainment."

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banks said:

PLEASE!!!

Adam did what he intended to do and that was stir controversy. He better watch it before he gets black-balled out of the industry.

They should cancel him because the music sucks. Once again its all HYPE over nothing relevant, this is gonna make the album sell a few more weeks than it was going to do. I havent heard anyone talking about song content, all i have heard about are his stage antics, it was the same thing on Idol, it was all about moves and notes hit, nothing about the songs, and now its the same shit.

lastdecember said:

I hear ya. I had a bigger problem with him singing off key than I did with the sexual innuendos.

Ugh people are blowing this out of proportion had it been girls I'm sure it would've been ignored...

ABeautifulOne said:

I dont know about all that, the Britney Madonna kiss was talked about for years, and Janets Breast got her blacklisted,

lastdecember said:

cosign!

plus it was almost 11 pm, why were all the bible thumpers up anyway, let alone any children?

ernestsewell said:

U R So right. They have a big-time gay story line on One Life To Live. The characters have real relationships and kiss on camera. I don't understand why this performance is pissing them off. Maybe it's the "simulation" of sex during the performance.

ernestsewell said:

But it's all good lol

lastdecember said:

Yeah but that's not the point. People don't necessarily go all out over girls kissing and gyrating their asses but as soon as a guy does it there's a problem...

Who watches Good Morning America? He gets way more pub by them canceling him then if he actually performs . Plus it saves our ears .

newpower99 said:

Yeah an im hearing that its a mixture of them cancelling and his people cancelling because of the backlash he has been getting and his peopple are advising him to lay low for a few, not go right back on tv and do the same stunt

ABeautifulOne said:

So true. If some guy had done a song called "I Kissed A Guy and I Liked It", radio would have never played it.

"It's all..part of the plaaan"- The Joker/The Dark Knight

lastdecember said:

Are they delaying his album release? Or did his album come out already?

daPrettyman said:

It came out yesterday. Funny how that works.
[Edited 11/24/09 13:28pm]

newpower99 said:

What's more to it being funny was that Amazon had his album selling for $3.99 now it's $2.99...

daPrettyman said:

I made a huge blog entry about their hypocrisy, and I cut and pasted it in full in the other Lambert thread about the AMA performance.

ABeautifulOne said:

It would be $1.99 if he simulated anal sex I guess.
[Edited 11/24/09 13:33pm]

newpower99 said:

Now that really would have been all types of wrong

banks said:

Not the same thing.

When Michael used to grab his crotch, there was no male OR female dancer on their hands & knees with his/her mouth open for a mock oral sex moment.

CBS The Early Show doesn't seem to have a problem cause hes now going to perform there tomorrow.

Well if the performance didnt suck less people would be pissed.

He simulated oral sex on stage. Of course people are gonna be offend. It has nothing to do with him being gay. There is not a single thing that suggest that. Not one. Also when Michael Jackson went crotch grab happy in the "black or white" video it caused a HUGE uproar! If recall correctly MTV refused to air the segment of the video after it aired.

To quote Tricky. "Man, i hate stupid people...Follow a stupid kid home, watch someone stupid answer the door" ((or how ever he said it lol)

P2daP said:

I think it has everything to do with that, or at least a huge part of it. He did make out with a male band member, and one dancer humped him from behind while he humped a girl (HOT THREE WAY). The thing is...this just isn't new, and people know it.

Someone pointed out that ABC also has an open gay storyline w/ two males on ONe Life To Live that is on in the middle of the day. Lambert's response was spot on:

"I don't feel I owe anyone an apology for anything. I performed, it was late night TV, I did something that female performers have been doing for years, no different. It's just the fact that I'm me and it's a little different for people. It's really not that big of a deal. I'm not a babysitter, I'm a performer."
[Edited 11/24/09 15:26pm]

Please if someone like Britney or Jay-Z simulated oral sex on the AMAs people would still be pissed. This was not the VMAs. This was on ABC and its not an award show known for this kind of stuff. ABC has an image and Adam does not fit into it. Not because he is gay but because he is all about controversy.

I HATED the performance, but what I hate more is that he keeps baiting people just so he can use the discrimination card... WHY OH WHY can't their be better Gay role models out there?
[Edited 11/24/09 16:14pm]

RKJCNE said:

Yeah and to point out something that many have overlooked. Prince's 95 performance of "I hate U, Billy Jack Bitch, 319" was shot on a delay, the cameras filmed from the back, no closeups during the "sexy" Mayte moves that were done, her spreading her legs at one point in the 319 sequence, all that was not shown, almost blacked out, Prince's antics with the "gum chewing" while lypsynching and his lollipop to Quincy Jones, got prince off the guest list for good on the AMA's not that he fits that "popular" format anymore.

That was a idiotic move IMO, for someone who just got on the scene the other day. It has nothing to do with him being gay. Establish yourself then strive for controversy. Adam Lambert has a strong powerful voice and I hope HE doesn't make his sexuality a issue by consistently trying to prove a point or stir some sort of controversy. The brother has not earned the "right" to do so at this stage.

oops.
[Edited 11/24/09 19:42pm]