Given all the recent talk about American Idol‘s Adam Lambert, you would have thought the Season 8 runner-up was actually the winner. Maybe these two new tidbits will now put some of the chatter to rest.

Is Adam Lambert gay?

Even though it was believed the 27-year-old might soon reveal that answer to Rolling Stone magazine, someone else may have already done the work for him. On today’s episode of The View, judge Kara DioGuardi said Lambert’s sexuality has never been a mystery.

“I don’t think that Adam was ever in [the closet]. You know, I think he was always openly out.” Kara told the co-hosts. When Barbara Walters questioned that statement, Kara added: “From what I’ve seen on the various forms of things, I do. I never thought he wasn’t.”

Long-time followers of the talk show might compare that awkward moment to the time when Rosie O’Donnell outed Clay Aiken during her dispute with Kelly Ripa. (Recap: Aiken put his hand over Ripa’s mouth during an appearance on her show; Ripa looked disgusted; Rosie implied that Kelly’s response was homophobic.) Now speaking of Clay…

What does Adam think about Clay Aiken’s comments?

In an interview with Access Hollywood, Lambert made it clear how he felt about Clay’s “thought my ears would bleed” response to his singing.

“I don’t know Clay,” Adam claimed. “I’m glad he’s getting headlines now though, because he wasn’t before.” Ouch!

Oh, but the comeback didn’t stop there. “If he wants to ride my coattails about it, good for him,” Lambert added.

I guess it’ll only be a matter of time before Aiken whips out another page-long apology.