Adam Lambert Is Gay, Says Kara DioGuardi

American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert is openly gay, says Idol judge Kara DioGuardi.

“I don’t think that Adam was ever in [the closet],” she says in a taped interview airing Friday on The View. “I think he was always openly out. I never thought he wasn’t.”

When asked by Barbara Walters whether Adam‘s perceived sexuality may have swayed voters, Kara said, “Well, first of all, I hope not … because we should be judging on talent and viability in the music industry and they both [Adam and winner Kris Allen] had that.”