- A fan waited for me in my car that was picking me up
from a TV show.
She had gotten into the back seat somehow.
I don't know how she got back there
and I just kind of went, oh.
(upbeat music)
Hey, there I'm Adam Lambert
and I'm going to answer some teenage trivia
on the Kelly Clarkson Show.
(gentle music)
Okay, so my first teenage crush was on Leonardo DiCaprio
in Romeo and Juliet.
It gave me a lot of feelings.
His hair was delightful.
All I wanted was hair like that.
I remember trying gel to get that wet look
that he was always sporting and it never looked quite right.
I had to have highlights like Leo.
He was really cool and real cute and a good actor.
(gentle music)
The first song I ever made out to.
Actually don't know the song, but I know it was,
I know the album was the Cranberries.
Was it?
I don't even remember the song though.
It might've been "Zombie."
That's when the make out got a little more hot and heavy.
And when it started it was probably like "Linger"
or maybe that was after, 'cause it lingered.
(gentle music)
The coolest thing I owned when I was 16
would be my Volvo station wagon.
Very cool.
It was cream with a camel interior,
vinyl seats not leather
and actually come to think about I didn't own it.
Mom and dad did, I didn't own it,
I was just driving it and then I crashed it.
And we had it for about six months.
(gentle music)
The best relationship advice that I ever got
was something more recently from a friend
who said that they read it somewhere
and I don't remember where but talking about acceptance
as being like a big key to a healthy
and long lasting relationship.
I mean, you know, once the honeymoon phase is over
you start finding things about your partner
that might bother you or that you don't love
but it's all about accepting them as a whole thing.
Not just for the things you like.
No one person can be perfect.
No one person can be like a, you know
like the best ideal partner there's gonna be flaws.
And it's about like loving all of them,
the good and the bad.
(gentle music)
The most memorable job I had as a teenager
would be working at Starbucks.
I worked there for about six months
at the second half of my junior year of high school.
And I was really caffeinated.
I mean, you know, the coffee was free.
I was like (brrrrrrr) flying.
(gentle music)
Oh, I liked my teacher about why I was late to school
all the time.
I was a nice kid but I was always late
and nothing's really changed.
I'm still terrible with time.
I'm always tardy.
I'm a procrastinator.
Part of the way I work is that I like waiting
till the last minute and then scrambling.
Like I find it exciting, I guess, I dunno.
So yeah, I was late to school on many mornings.
I like to sleep in.
Couldn't get myself together in time.
So I would come up with all sorts of stories.
I'd be like, oh yeah, my dog was throwing up.
And like, I had to clean up the throw up.
I'm so sorry.
My mom and my dad asked me to do it because they could,
you know, like I would make up big elaborate stories
and then smile and kind of flirt with
the ladies that were taking the, you know,
the late slip in.
I did my best.
(gentle music)
The most embarrassing date I ever went on
was one where it was like a setup.
Like the friends set me up with a guy
and we sat down at dinner and it was just like crickets.
Like it was so awkward.
We couldn't seem to find a conversation to start.
And it was so strange.
And, and I'm a talker.
I can talk about anything with anybody
but it was like talking to a brick wall.
It was a long time ago.
I was like 26, maybe.
It was pretty bad.
(gentle music)
My perfect partner is,
it has to do with intelligence and humor
and how they kind of work together at this point.
I think I've learned, you know, obviously you want
someone to be attractive and beautiful and irresistible
and all of that is great, but I'm also learning
as I get older, that's all temporary anyway.
And kind of like what I was saying earlier
like the honeymoon phase can wear off and then what?
Then what do you have?
My perfect partner is somebody that is curious
and inquisitive and likes to explore things mentally
and also likes to go exploring.
Likes to travel.
Someone who's a little restless
if they're just sitting still for too long.
(gentle music)
The wildest thing a fan has ever done
and I've told this story a few times,
but a fan waited for me in my car
that was picking me up from a TV show.
She had gotten into the back seat somehow.
I don't know how she got back there.
She was sitting there in the back seat
when I got into the other side of the backseat.
And I just kind of went oh.
And she wouldn't look at me.
She was kind of like, if I just stare
at the back of the chair in front of me, he won't see me.
It was very weird.
And so I just like, the security guy
that had ushered me out,
kind of rolled down the window,
I was like, um we have a visitor, I don't know who she is.
So it was quite funny.
So thank you so much for playing Teenage Tribute
with me here on the Kelly Clarkson Show.
I love you all.
I hope everybody's hanging in there
and light at the end of the tunnel.
This is all going to be over soon.