Determining that simulated oral sex, same-sex French kissing and leather-clad S&M dancers were not appropriate for a morning show, ABC's "Good Morning America" made the only move it could Tuesday.

It canceled the annual office holiday party.

Ho, ho, ho! That's a little office-party joke, there. In actuality, "GMA" took the bold move of canceling an appearance by singer Adam Lambert, whose racy number at the American Music Awards Sunday prompted more than a thousand complaints from viewers. The network said Tuesday that "we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning."

"Obviously, I respect their decision — they gotta do what they gotta do," Lambert said Tuesday in an interview with Ryan Seacrest. "It's too bad, I think there were a lot of fans who were excited to come see me."

And they still can, now that CBS has booked Lambert for the "The Early Show" Wednesday morning both to perform and discuss the reaction to Sunday's appearance. Lambert is also appearing on David Letterman's "Late Show" Wednesday, which was scheduled weeks ago.

While singing his new song "For Your Entertainment" at the awards program, Lambert kissed a male keyboardist, fondled a dancer and had another dancer briefly stuff his face in Lambert's crotch. It prompted many complaints to ABC.

Lambert was hardly remorseful in his interview with Seacrest.

"I don't feel like I owe anyone an apology," he says.

"I did something female performers have been doing for years. All of a sudden a guy does it, and it's crazy. I do think there's a slight double standard." He added, "I'm sexual person, and maybe people didn't see that on American Idol," he says. "But now ... they do."

In an odd twist, the Parents Television Council (PTC), which blasted Lambert's performance on the American Music Awards, also criticized ABC for canceling Lambert's appearance ion "GMA."

"The idea that he should be scrubbed from TV completely is not where we're going," said Dan Isett, director of public policy for the PTC. "It may be a bit of an overreaction on ABC's part. The important thing is that networks have the easy ability to air on a delay to prevent this sort of thing."

BRAD AND ANGELINA IN A HEATED, SCREECHING ARGUMENT OVER ...: President Obama? Well, me might be exaggerating a bit (for a change), but reports said Tuesday there's some tension in the Brageliona household over Brad Pitt's and Angelina Jolie's diverging views on President Obama. Pitt's pro, while Jolie — according to a close friend quoted by Life & Style magazine — "hates him."

"She's into education and rehabilitation and thinks Obama is all about welfare and handouts. She thinks Obama is really a socialist in disguise," said the Jolie pal. If this is actually true, it would mean Jolie reflects the views of her father, actor Jon Voight, who's an outspoken conservative and Obama critic.

Says the source of the couple: "They get in nasty arguments all the time about it. She doesn't respect Brad when it comes to politics, but, in the end, this won't tear them apart."

MARTHA REIGNS SUPREME (OR DID YOU KNOW THAT ALERADY?): Lording over her fallen prey like a lion gleefully sending waves of fear through the Serengeti, Martha Stewart proclaimed Tuesday that her relationship with celebrity cook Rachael Ray — whom she slapped around like a tether ball last week — is all good.

To recap: In an interview on ABC's "Nightline," Stewart said that Ray is "more of an entertainer" than a teacher, and suggested that Ray's culinary and writing skills are inferior to hers. —She — just did a new cookbook which is just a re-edit of a lot of her old recipes," Stewart said in the interview. "That's not good enough for me."

But during a segment on her show featuring Emeril Lagasse on Monday, Stewart said apologetically, "just for the record there are no bad feelings between us nor have there ever been."

And she added: "I applaud Rachel for her enthusiastic approach to cooking."

Even Ray herself fell into line, saying in a recent interview she didn't mind Stewart's slights. "I really just think she's being honest. She does have a better skill set than I do when it comes to producing a beautiful, perfect, high-quality meal ... I'd rather eat Martha's than mine, too."