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"Adam Lambert has no regrets about coming out of the closet in a  Rolling Stone cover story.\r\n&amp;quot;People who can&amp;apos;t appreciate an entertainer because of his sexual preference are ignorant, so I don&amp;apos;t care,&amp;quot; the American Idol runner-up says to USA Today.\r\n\r\nBut that&amp;apos;s not quite the same thing as being a gay role model, he clarifies: &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t want to be a gay poster child.&amp;quot;\r\nThis, he explains, was the reason why he ignored speculation about his sexuality -- and refused to confirm anything -- during the American Idol competition in spring 2008. &amp;quot;I wanted the focus to be on my entertainment value, not my personal life. It was scary. I had never been on national TV.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nToday, as he prepares to release his debut album For Your Entertainment Nov. 23, Lambert has begrudgingly accepted the &amp;quot;poster child&amp;quot; label.\r\n&amp;quot;Like it or not, it&amp;apos;s projected on me,&amp;quot; says Lambert, 27. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not saying, &amp;apos;Do what I do.&amp;apos; I say, &amp;apos;Do what you do.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn late October, he and boyfriend Drake LaBry split up after several months together.  &amp;quot;They&amp;apos;re still friends, and it&amp;apos;s totally mutual,&amp;quot; the source told Us. &amp;quot;They will still talk and see each other.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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