NEW YORK, NY -- Adam Lambert has no hard feelings after 'American Idol' Season 2 runner-up Clay Aiken bashed him then apologized over a series of blog posts late last week.

'I don't know Clay,' Adam told Access Hollywood on Thursday morning after performing on the 'Today Show.' 'I'm glad he's getting headlines now though, because he wasn't before.'

NEW YORK, New York -- 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.'

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- 'American Idol' alum Clay Aiken is apparently no fan of this season's runner-up, Adam Lambert, or the current state of the FOX reality competition.

By Jesse Spero

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