Kat McPhee Tells Idols to Stay in Closet

[ccharles000]

Singer-actress Katharine McPhee, best known as first runner-up on season 5 of American Idol, is now advising future gay contestants not to reveal their sexuality while still on the show — regardless of new judge Ellen DeGeneres’s potentially liberating influence.

“I love Ellen and think she’s going to be great on the show,” McPhee tells NightTimez, a New England LGBT newspaper, “but that's a tricky thing I can only compare to someone who's really spiritual or religious: You don’t need to wear your religion on your sleeve. The competition is not about your faith or your sexuality but about you as an artist.

“Look, I think everyone knew Adam Lambert was gay. I don’t feel it was a big surprise, and I think Adam did the right thing by coming out with that Rolling Stone cover. He was just as flamboyant on the show as he is now, but anytime you say too much about your personal stuff, it can hinder you in the competition. If people saw the pictures of me being crazy in college with my gay friends and my girlfriends, they’d probably think differently of me on the show. So it’s a fine line you have to follow on a reality show competition when all of America is voting.”

Currently promoting her sophomore solo album, Unbroken, McPhee doesn’t hesitate to come out as an admirer of the feminine form.

http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/01/11/Kat_McPhee_Tells_Idols_to_Stay_in_Closet/

[joeybee12]

1. She's probably right...you have to be all things to everyone in

such competitions, so smile and keep your mouth shut.

[hlthe2b]

2. Well, I don't know whether she's right on the sexuality issue, but

I sure as hell wish they'd not promote their religion--or lack thereof. It is not relevant to your performance.

[Angry Dragon]

4. I feel

that the music is the main focus. How the music is done and presented is all that matters.

We need to in this world accept and judge people for what they do and not what they are. Once we get to that point there will be much more tolerance in the world.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. Translation: America is filled with anti-gay bigots.