Sam Smith: ‘I do want to be a spokesperson for the LGBT community’
By Josh Haggis
Sam Smith has said that he would like to be a spokesperson for the LGBT community.
The 22-year-old appeared on The Ellen Show yesterday (December 1), where he responded to criticism he received for saying he “doesn’t want his sexuality to be a talking point.” – Find out more here.
“I’m a singer and a songwriter. I get upset sometimes because I don’t talk about it too much,” he told Ellen. “People say, ‘he doesn’t want to be a spokesperson’ for the gay community.’
“I do, of course I do, but I want to be a spokesperson for everyone,” he explained. “You know, straight people, gay people, bisexual. I don’t want it to be limited.”
Despite Smith’s comments, the soul singer was ranked at Number 7 in the Independent on Sunday’s Rainbow List 2014 last month (November), which ranks the 100 most influential LGBT people in the UK.
Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that Smith is set to record a cover version of Whitney Houston’s It’s Not Right but It’s Okay – get all the details here.
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