«IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE»

Adam Lambert arrives at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday in Los Angeles. (Matt Sayles/Associated Press) Adam Lambert is a year into the wild ride that began when he emerged out of the pack on American Idol last January.The guy who parlayed a runner-up finish into an album deal and a reputation for creating controversy was in Toronto on Monday to promote his album, For Your Entertainment.In an interview with CBC's Q cultural affairs show, Lambert said he is heeding some advice from Madonna about fame."She said, 'You really have to keep your eye on the prize and put your blinders up,'" Lambert said. "Don't get sidetracked by what the press is saying about you and what message boards are saying about you and this and that.... Have a goal, have a focus and just stay tuned in on that."Lambert and Madonna share a piano teacher and he wangled an introduction to her shortly after he came out as gay on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

CBC.ca
Jan 25 2009