Adam Lambert on The View

Adam Lambert has returned to ABC. (ABC Images)
Adam Lambert, who has been shunned by ABC after his too-hot-for-TV performance at the American Music Awards, was finally invited back by the network, who had received criticism for not blurring out the girl-on-girl kiss shared by Madonna and Britney Spears a few years back.

Lambert had adressed the issue by saying, "There's a big double standard, female pop artists have been doing things provocative like that for years, and the fact that I'm a male, and I'll be edited and discriminated against could be a problem."

The View's in-house conservatives Sherri Shepard and Elisabeth Hasselbeck told Lambert that his peformance had offended them.

Adam argued that his antics  on the  AMA stage  was ad-libbed and that he "got caught up in the moment."  

However, Whoopi Goldberg made note that the only people making a big deal about it is ABC themselves, who are milking the "scandal."

"ABC is keeping this a lot more alive than anyone else," Goldberg quipped. "But that's just me."

Lambert did admit that controversy may have overshadowed the music. "This is what I'm about," he said, holding up the CD and pointing to it.  The network aired a pre-taped  performance of  "What Do You Want From Me," a ballad written by Pink and was a whole lot more subdued than his AMA performance - but then again,  they could have  edited stuff out!  

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