Adam Lambert's Openly Gay Kara DioGuardi Tells 'The View'

Much ado has been made about American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert's sexuality but judge Kara DioGuardi told the lades of The View that he was gay from the moment he walked out on stage.

In an interview set to air on The View Friday, DioGuardi told the show's doyenne Barbara Walters that she thought Lambert was "out" out of the Idol gate.

Walters asked DioGuardi if Lambert's oft-pondered sexuality could have caused him to lose to the more conservative Kris Allen. DioGuardi replied, "Well, first of all, I hope not...because we should be judging on talent and viability in the music industry and they both (Lambert and Allen) had that."

She said of Lambert's sexuality, "I don't think that Adam was ever in. I think he was always openly out."