Sam Smith rocks GQ cover for Men of the Year awards
By Nick Bond
Bond theme singer Sam Smith was among the big winners at last night’s GQ Men of the Year awards – and he’s on the cover of their new issue looking very dapper, too.
Smith was in attendance at the awards, held at London’s Royal Opera House and hosted by Samuel L Jackson, and admitted he’d known for a good 12 months that he’d be singing the Bond theme – despite vehemently denying it as recently as last week.
“I’ve been keeping it a secret for a year. I just lied, I don’t think I lied very well,” he told reporters on the red carpet.
“I wanted to get the song perfect before I confirmed in my mind that this was actually happening,” he said.
“Which I still kind of haven’t done.”
Sam was among the high-profile men honoured at the awards, including comedy actor turned action hero Paul Rudd, recent Glasto highlight Lionel Richie and eternal Attitude favourite, David Gandy – who elicited perhaps the quote of the night from Will Ferrell:
Very proud to be named 'Most Stylish Man' at the 2015 @BritishGQ Men of the Year Awards tonight#MOTY pic.twitter.com/LrpV1tmSYL
— David Gandy (@DGandyOfficial) September 8, 2015
Will Ferrell: "I want to examine @DGandyOfficial for testicular cancer"
— British GQ (@BritishGQ) September 8, 2015
The winners in full:
Leading Man Of The Year
Paul Rudd
Icon Of The Year
Lionel Richie
Legend Of The Year
Keith Richards
Woman Of The Year
Emilia Clarke
Editor’s Special Award Of The Year
Jose Mourinho
TV Personality Of The Year
James Corden
Comedian Of The Year
Will Ferrell
Cultural Icon Of The Year
JJ Abrams
Politician Of The Year
George Osborne
Sportsman Of The Year
Lewis Hamilton
Ciroc Solo Artist Of The Year
Sam Smith
Actor Of The Year
Christoph Waltz
Band Of The Year
Blur
Breakthrough Musician Of The Year
James Bay
Designer Of The Year
Kim Jones
Breakthrough Designer
Christopher Raeburn
Vertu Breakthrough Actor
Jack O’Connell
Hugo Boss Most Stylish Man
David Gandy
Creative Icon Of The Year
Marc Newson
Inspiration Of The Year
Giorgio Moroder
Writer Of The Year
Nic Pizzolatto