14 DAY TRIAL // Over the weekend, news broke that Adam Lambert had gotten physical with a paparazzo at the beach, resulting in the photographer pressing battery charges against him. In a new interview, the singer explains exactly what happened.
The incident got a lot of media attention not only because of Adam’s incredible appeal to the general public but also because he never came across as the type of guy who would do that.
In fact, as we also noted on a previous occasion, he seems the exact opposite of that, the kind of star that would gladly spend lots of time signing autographs and posing for pictures.
Because many media outlets and blogs sided with the pap and charged on Adam saying “you’re a star, so just smile pretty and pose for pics,” the singer himself is speaking out on the controversy.
After tweeting about it and setting the record straight with his fans, Adam sat down with Nick and Nina from Y100 and honestly answered the question of what really went down that day at the beach.
As he puts it, it wasn’t like he wasn’t a good sport with the paparazzi, who had somehow found out where he was and had gathered to snap his picture.
Come to think of it, Adam did more than many other celebs in his place would have done, namely, he agreed to have his picture taken for about 45 minutes if not even more, after which he asked the photographers to quietly go away.
Adam says he understands it’s all part of the game, which is why he didn’t mind having his photo taken in the first place – not that he could have done anything about it, after all.
However, all he wanted to do was to have a bite to eat, a pina colada and some fun times at the beach with a friend, on his day off. “This isn’t a photoshoot,” he says of how his outfit should have been clear indication he was in no mood to sit for pictures.
Eventually, after asking and asking, he grew tired of it and got up to leave, telling them, “Yeah, guys, thank you for ruining my day at the beach.”
One paparazzo, though, would still not stop from taking pictures, constantly getting up in Lambert’s face and trying to provoke him by hurling insults at him (though Adam wouldn’t say what these were).
For a moment, the singer lost his cool and went for the photographer, trying to take his camera away from him – but it was more harmless fun than a proper fight, he insists.
Six hours later, the paparazzo went to the police to tell how he’d been assaulted, punched and wrestled to the ground by Adam, which never happened.
Below is Adam Lambert explaining the recent incident at the beach with a nosy paparazzo. Listen and judge for yourselves.