Sam Smith on Thursday recalled a “sad” moment after they were “spit on”. publicly disclosed as non-binary in 2019
The 30-year-old singer of “Unholy” sat down with Zane Lowe from Apple Music ahead of their upcoming album ‘Gloria’ due out on Friday.
Smith revealed that while family and friends approve of their pronoun-taking, “the one negatives and struggles have been about my public life and my job.”
For instance, the recent one Guest of the musical “Saturday Night Live”. they said that they were “spitted” while of their homeland in Great Britain.
“Someone spat on me on the street. It’s crazy,” said Smith.
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Lowe asked the four-time Grammy Award winner, who he said gives “a lot” to his fans, to explain how that moment felt.
Smith responded, “The hard thing for me is that if this is occurring to me and I’m famous, I’m a pop star, are you able to imagine how other kids like queer feel?”
“And it’s just so sad that we’re in 2023 and it’s still happening. It’s exhausting, especially in England,” added Smith.
The “Stay With Me” singer confessed that they feel they will “dress up and be themselves more” in American cities like Latest York and Los Angeles than across the pond.
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“It is a crazy feeling,” Smith said, before referring to his trip to the White House last month where they were “surrounded by gays and queers” at President Biden’s. Marriage certificate signing ceremony.
“Byden stood up and said all this stuff. Talking about transgender people and the way he sees them, he sees us … I have never heard that in my country from politicians.”
To support their recent album, Smith is gearing as much as embark on the “Gloria The Tour” which is about to happen reach the US in July.