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Sam Smith Reluctantly Became A Gay Spokesman

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Sam Smith was initially reluctant to be a spokesperson for the gay community. He told the New York Times in 2017: “People forget but no one learns about gay history in school. Nothing. So I didn’t know anything about my history as a gay man and then words like ‘spokesperson’ are being thrown at me when I’ve just brought out my first album.”

He added, “It scared me because I was like, I don’t know anything about being gay, really.” His Grammy-winning song “Stay with Me” was a huge international hit. In 2017, he said his album The Thrill of It All showed “the gay guy I’ve become.”