Clay Aiken On His Adam Lambert Blog: ‘I Hope He Can Forgive Me’

Clay Aiken has retracted some of his “colorful” criticism of “American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert.

“Since my previous blog got dissected like a biology lab frog, I suppose I should clarify and even retract some of what I wrote,” Clay wrote on his official Web site on Friday, following a Thursday post where he suggested Adam’s performance of “Ring of Fire” from earlier in the “Idol” season was “contrived, awful, and slightly frightening.”

In the earlier post, Clay also claimed that when he heard Adam’s rendition of the Johnny Cash classic, he thought his “ears would bleed.”

“I hope no one actually believed that blood truly poured forth from my ears when I heard him. I obviously meant it as a colorful statement to imply that I did not enjoy what I heard,” Clay wrote on Friday, adding that he didn’t expect his opinion to matter “so much to so many people.”

Clay, himself Season 2 “American Idol” runner-up (to Ruben Studdard) went on to praise Adam’s talents – though he noted they weren’t his cup of tea.

“He could not have gotten on ‘Idol’ (nor made it as far as he did) without an immense amount of talent. He surely doesn’t need my approval to know he has a gift,” Clay wrote. “I imagine he’ll be around for years to come.”

The former “Idol” star admitted that he didn’t expect every listener to enjoy his own music.

“God knows, I am SURE there are PLENTY of people who can’t stand to hear me sing either. I wouldn’t dream of assuming that, and I am sure that far worse things have been said about my performances than I would even venture to type here,” Clay wrote. “To me, that’s fine. I don’t expect unanimous, nor even majority support for my music. My guess is Adam doesn’t either.”

Finally, Clay offered an apology to Adam, adding that the new “Idol” star didn’t need it.

“So, I do apologize to Adam for my colorful (and negative) choice of words. I hope he can forgive me,” he wrote. “I imagine he doesn’t give a damn! 🙂 God knows he shouldn’t.”

While Clay may not be an Adam fan, the raven-haired singer definitely has one in Kris Allen, who bested him for the season’s title.

“I love Adam and I think he’s one of the greatest people that I’ve met so far,” Kris told Access Hollywood‘s Billy Bush on Thursday morning. “[Winning was] a total surprise for me.”

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