Is there beef between Adam Lambert & James Durbin?

Adam Lambert has offered his thoughts on James Durbin, but James doesn’t sound too happy.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Adam said of the axed American Idol contestant: “I think he’s got talent and passion 100 percent, but I feel like he’s trying way too hard.

“Also, his niche is so limited with the metal. When he did that ‘Heavy Metal’ song (by Sammy Hagar), James was note-perfect. He was on pitch, which is usually kind of an issue, and I think he sounded really good, but it felt like a copycat. I didn’t feel like I was seeing an original artist yet. And I’m not saying he doesn’t have that in him, but it hasn’t been showing.”

It sounds like James took the comments a little more personally than they were intended when asked about them during an interview with MTV.

“I was nothing (but) nice to that guy,” James said. “And, you know, he decided to take it to a different level. Whatever.”

“I don’t know what the comparison’s all about,” he added. “He sings pop and electronic, and I sing rock and metal.”