Idol Adam Lambert 'Comes Out' In Print

Adam Lambert is gay.

Shocker. Haven’t we heard this before?

The American Idol Season 8 runner-up sets the record straight (pun intended) in the next issue of Rolling Stone."I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear I'm gay." He explains: "I've been living in Los Angeles for eight years as a gay man. I've been at clubs drunk making out with somebody in the corner."

The Idol favorite, who finished second to Kris Allen, says, "Right after the finale, I almost started talking about it to the reporters, but I thought, 'I'm going to wait for Rolling Stone, that will be cooler. " He adds, “I’m proud of my sexuality."

Adam, 27, goes on to reveal that he had a crush on Allen during the show.

When Idol producers put him in a room to share with Allen, Lambert says his first thought was, "They put me with the cute guy. Distracting! He's the one guy I found attractive in the whole group on the show: nice, nonchalant, pretty and totally my type except that he has a wife. I mean he's open-minded and liberal, but he's definitely 100% straight."

In addition to his homosexuality, Lambert shares other personal details with Rolling Stone.

At 21, he was in a European tour of the musical Hair for six months. That was when he dyed his hair black. In Germany, he started smoking pot and tried Ecstasy. But he does have limits. Among his dislikes: cocaine.

"That drug is such a reflection of the lack of self-esteem and control people have over themselves and their lives," he says.

A million moms just banned their daughters from listening to his music.

Also, stereotypes about gays annoy him. "Clay Aiken's gay, and I'm gay, and we couldn't be more different. The only thing that is the same about everyone in the gay community is that we're gay. … Why can't we talk about a human community?"

Currently, Clay and Adam are having a little bit of a tiff. Play nice fellas, you are now officially on the same team.

The Rolling Stone article when it hits newsstands on Friday.