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Fearing Simulated Blow Job, GMA Cancels Performance
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Jen Carlson
Published Nov 24, 2009
Modified Nov 24, 2009
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If you missed the American Music Awards this past Sunday night, and you probably did, then you didn't see ex-American Idol singer Adam Lambert's S&M charged performance. To catch you up: at about 1:18 in this video you'll see Lambert grind a male dancer's face into his crotch, before the cameras awkwardly pan down to the floor, blushing.
Now it seems ABC is bringing their own brand of punishment — they've cancelled the openly gay singer's performance on Good Morning America! A rep says, "Given his controversial live performance on the AMA's, we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning." She's right, no one likes blow jobs in the morning.
UPDATE: Video has been removed, see full image after the jump and just use your imagination.
UPDATE II:Lambert says: "They gotta do what they gotta do," and will now appear on CBS's The Early Show tomorrow morning!
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