Poker pro turned celebrity, Annie Duke, has commented on American Idol’s Adam Lambert and his tragic loss to rival, Kris Allen.

According to Duke, Adam Lambert – clearly a crowd favorite from the beginning of the show – lost to Allen because of his sexual tendencies.

“I am so disappointed,” said Duke following the results of American Idol last week. “I seriously think Adam lost just because he is gay. Bummed. Bummed. Bummed.”

While Lambert was reportedly openly gay during before the competition, he did not scream out the fact during the eighth season of the show in the hope of not rocking the boat with a significant percentage of the American public who might have seen this as a problem.

Kris Allen, on the other hand, played his trump throughout – that of being a devout (and naturally straight) Christian who had only recently married his childhood sweetheart.

Annie Duke may have been so supportive of Lambert because she too recently lost out in the finals of a celebrity show to the underdog.

As if anyone could forget, Duke recently took part in Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice and was flagged to be the winner against her arch rival, comedian Joan Rivers. In the weeks leading up to the finals, Rivers released a scathing attack on Duke, calling her “Hitler” and “white trash”.

However, despite the incredible support that Duke received from the public, especially her devoted poker fans, Rivers came up from behind and took the title, very much like what happened in the finals of American Idol.

On Tuesday night before the finals, Adam Lambert was leading with -350 odds, with the young, albeit talented Kris Allen, as the +200 underdog. Yet, by Wednesday evening, at the opening of the show, Lambert and Allen were battling it neck to neck at the betting sites.

Annie Duke managed to see the silver lining in Allen’s win, however. “Now Adam doesn’t have to sing that awful Kara song,” she said. “Makes me feel much better.”

Annie is an American idol in her own right with being the face of the USA poker sites and her efforts to help legalize online poker in the United States along with the Poker Players Alliance.

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