Adam Lambert says he had “no clue at all” that his racy performance during Sunday’s American Music Awards would ignite such a firestorm of controversy.

“I admit, I did get carried away, but I don’t see anything wrong with it,” he said on CBS’ The Early Show Wednesday. “I do see how people got offended and that was not my intention. My intention was just to interpret the lyrics to my song and have a good time up there.”

He said the sexually-charged moves — which included smooching another man and simulating oral sex — were not a part of his rehearsal and were “impromptu.”

“ABC was taken a little by surprise — and that wasn’t my intention,” he said. “I wasn’t being sneaky.” Being on stage, he said, “It got the most of me.”

He said that he “can understand” why parents are upset. But “honestly, it didn’t cross my mind … children. It was almost 11 o’clock. It was a nighttime show. I was there in the audience full of mostly adults.”

Because he has a theater background, he said he sometimes forgets that there’s “a camera on. I am programmed to kind of look at who’s in the live audience.”

Lambert, 27, said he was “looking out in the crowd” and saw some of his favorite pop stars and thought, “‘I wanna let loose!’ It just kind of got the best of me.”

He said though many complained, a lot of people also enjoyed his performance.

“Like Idol, I have the tendency to divide people,” he said. “Apples and oranges. You either like it or you don’t.”

He also said that if he had been “a female pop performer doing the moves … I don’t think there would have been nearly as much of an outrage.”

Janet Jackson grabbed a male dancer’s crotch, he noted.

“I didn’t hear one peep about that…” he said, adding that people re complaining because “I am a gay male.” Asked if he would do anything over, he said, “I would sing it a little bit better!”

In the future, “I will probably make more of a little bit more of an effort to stay consistent with what I do during rehearsal to what I do during the show,” Lambert said. “That is something I am learning. That way, if anyone has any problems with what I am doing, that can be explored during rehearsal.”

His message to fans? “This is one song, one production number…” he said. “I hope people don’t put me in a box and say, ‘Oh, he’s nasty and he’s going to be that way all the time!’ It was one performance.”

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Hours after ABC pulled the plug on Adam Lambert’s Good Morning America performance, Ryan Seacrest exclusively spoke to the Idol runner up who shocked audiences Sunday night at the AMAs with a sexually charged performance.

Check out the following quotes from the revealing interview:

On his racy AMA performance:

“It’s choreography, we were dancing. The sexuality of it kind of got a little more extreme when I got up on stage. I think the adrenaline kind of took me over, and I admit it, and i’m proud of the fact that I did get a little carried away.”

“I don’t feel I owe anyone an apology for anything. I performed, it was late night TV, I did something that female performers have been doing for years, no different. It’s just the fact that I’m me and it’s a little different for people. It’s really not that big of a deal.”

“I’m not a babysitter, I’m a performer.”

On the appearance of a double standard:

“I do think there’s a slight double standard. We’ve seen female pop performers doing extremely sexual routines for years and all of the sudden a guy does it and it’s crazy.”

On ABC’s decision to cancel his GMA performance:

“Obviously I respect their decision, they gotta do what they gotta do. It’s too bad, I think there were a lot of fans who were excited to come see me.”

“They probably had a lot of pressure coming at them from certain people who weren’t happy about it. I respect their decision – I don’t necessarily agree with it, but they need to do what they need to do.”

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ABC says more than 1,500 people have called to complain about Adam Lambert’s sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards.

The network characterized the response as “moderate.” Before his performance, Lambert said that he wanted to break down a double standard that existed where female performers are often sexually provocative while men don’t do it that often.

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There were also hostile comments online about the “American Idol” glam rocker who sang his new song “For Your Entertainment” on Sunday’s show with an elaborate, S&M-themed production. Lambert fondled a dancer, led another around on a leash, had a dancer briefly stick his head in Lambert’s crotch and kissed a man.

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Adam Lambert is making no apologies for his racy performance during Sunday’s American Music Awards.

While closing the show with his new single “For Your Entertainment,” the American Idol alum, 27, simulated fellatio with a male dancer, kissed male keyboardist Tommy Ratliff, grabbed his crotch and flipped off the crowd. (According to Rolling Stone, Lambert didn’t clear the kiss with anyone in advance; he told CNN the smooch happened “in the moment.”)

His performance was edited for the west coast feed of the awards show.

“You know honestly, if I offended some people… it’s apples and oranges. I’m not an artist that does things for every single person,” he told Access Hollywood. “I believe in artistic freedom and expression, I believe in honoring the lyrics of a song, and those lyrics aren’t really for everybody either.”

He also said he considered editing his performance “discrimination.”

“There’s a big double standard, female pop artists have been doing things provocative like that for years, and the fact that I’m a male, and I’ll be edited and discriminated against could be a problem,” he explained.

Added Lambert, “People are scared and it’s really sad, I just wish people could open their minds up and enjoy things, it’s all for a laugh, it’s really not that big of a deal.”

Still, some fans and celebs don’t agree.

“Did Adam Lambert just grind some dude’s head in his crotch… TO MY NIECE… GO TO BED NOW!” The View’s Sherri Shepherd Twittered. “And did Adam Lambert slip the tongue to one of his dancers???? Whoa… Celibate woman here… turning off TV now…”

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