"American Idol" alum Adam Lambert confessed he got carried away with his kinky performance during the American Music Awards -- but stopped short of apologizing.
"I'm a performer, not a baby-sitter," Lambert told CBS' "The Early Show." "I admit I did get carried away, but I don't see anything wrong with it. I do see how people got offended and that was not my intention.
"My intention was to interpret the lyrics of my song and have a good time with it."
The glam rocker was booted from his scheduled appearance on ABC's G-rated "Good Morning America" for fear he would repeat the sexed-up stage act he gave during the American Music Awards in which he engaged in a same-sex lip lock, simulated oral sex and groping.
Lambert -- whom CBS immediately scheduled for "The Early Show" and "The Late Show with David Letterman" after ABC pulled the plug on his performance-- said the kinky act that drew more than 1,500 complaints left viewers so steamed because he is gay.
"I think it's because I'm a gay male," Lambert told the morning show before giving a tame-by-comparison performance. "If it had been a female performer doing those things up on the stage I don't think there would be nearly as much outrage."
The 27-year-old singer came out in a Rolling Stone interview earlier this year.
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"It is disappointing that 'Good Morning America' did not give Adam Lambert the opportunity to tailor his performance to their audience," Jarrett Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, told the New York Post.
"'Good Morning America' confirmed that sexual orientation did not play a role in this decision. GLAAD advocated that 'Good Morning America' work with and host Adam Lambert and continue to host openly gay and lesbian performers and guests in the future."
