Transcript: Kara DioGuardi "outs" Adam Lambert on "The View"

As we mentioned earlier, on today's The View, American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi spoke directly to the rumors surrounding Adam Lambert's sexuality.

Here's how it went down...

Barbara Walters brings up the topic by mentioning that Ryan Seacrest had reported that Adam was going to publicly address his sexuality, prompting a funny moment of confusion when the ladies misunderstood it as being about Ryan's sexuality.

Heres the full Adam discussion...

Barbara Walters: There are those who said that the black hair, the nail polish ... there are those who said that his sexuality may have made a difference, that younger women or whatever, feeling that he was perhaps gay, did not vote for him. Do you think that made any difference?

Kara DioGuardi: Well, first of all, I hope not. Because we should be judging on talent and viability in the music industry, and they both had that. Um, I don't think that Adam was ever in, so I'm ... I think he was always openly ... out.

(Generalized hensquabble from the panel as Foghorn Leghorn music plays) 

BW: But did you think he was always openly out? Because that's not the perception that people have.

KD: I think he was. From what I've seen on the ... various forms of things. I do. I never thought he ... wasn't.

And Elisabeth Hasselbeck INSTANTLY changes the subject to Kara ripping her clothes off with bikini girl. Still got it, Liz! 

So what do you think? Was it a fair answer? Interesting that no one applies the word "gay" directly to Adam, choosing to say "out" instead.

And I'm curious as to what these "various forms of things" are that clued her into Adam's being gay. Any guesses? I'm thinking it involves a secret needlepointing addiction...