The long-rumored news about “American Idol” runner-up and eyeliner spokesmodel Adam Lambert is finally out: He has his very own record deal! Oh, and also? Yes, he says, he’s gay.

“I don’t think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I’m gay,” he told Rolling Stone in an interview in the magazine out today. “I’m proud of my sexuality, I embrace it. It’s just another part of me.”

But he also says he doesn’t want to be the poster boy for gay rights.

“I’m trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader,” he said.

Lambert admits that he was nervous about coming out while “Idol” was still on the air because contestants are under a media embargo, and he wanted to do it on his “own terms.” (He also says producers were open to him handling it however he wanted to.)

“I was worried that [coming out] would be so sensationalized that it would overshadow what I was there to do, which was sing,” Lambert said. “I’m an entertainer, and who I am and what I do in my personal life is a separate thing. It shouldn’t matter. Except it does. It’s really confusing.”

Lambert credits the show with helping him gain self-confidence.

“I finally checked into my self-worth for the first time in my life, and the fact that it coincided with ‘Idol’ is so sweet,” he says. “I mean, I still have moments where I think, ‘Oh, my skin is terrible, and I’m a little fat — I should really go to the gym more.’ But for the most part, when I look in the mirror now, I finally see somebody who can do something cool.”

Fair enough. Now can we stop talking about this?