Adam Lambert: 'Never Make Apologies' For Who You Are

He tells People.com that people need to "calm down," and adds they can "keep speculating."

The singer has refused to confirm rumors, instead choosing to just be himself -- something his experience on AI helped solidify.

"It's a really, really cool thing," he says of the show, "to be able to show people that you can be yourself, and you should be proud of yourself, and you should own who you are and what you're about, and never make apologies for it."

"It feels really amazing to be able to try and pass that on to kids and young adults who don't have a role model like that," he says. "It feels great because I never had a role model like that."

"Conforming is not cool," he adds. "Embracing who you are and what makes you different is actually what's really cool ... The kids that are different and out there and expressive and are bold with those choices, those are the people that grow up to be people we all want to hang out with, that become celebrities or become really successful in what they do because they believe in who they are."

Published 5/28/09 by