Sam Smith was savagely heckled in New York following their “demonic” Grammy’s efficiency – with video exhibiting an irate girl screaming that the British singer “belongs in hell”.
“Sam Smith belongs in hell!” an Irish girl screeches on the 30-year-old in a clip that, as reported by the New York Post, was posted on social media late Wednesday and has since gone viral.
“You demonic, sick, twisted b**tard,” she continues to rant, because the Stay With Me singer ignores her and walks in direction of what seems to be the doorway to the Central Park Zoo.
“You sick motherf**ker, Sam Smith! You’re evil,” the unidentified girl screams once more, after hurling nasty accusations about Smith being a “paedophile”.
Smith, who got here out as nonbinary in 2019 and makes use of the pronouns they/them, seemed unperturbed throughout the whole verbal assault.
The girl’s abusive outbursts come after Smith’s controversial efficiency of their chart-topping hit Unholy, alongside German singer Kim Petras on the sixty fifth Grammy Awards on February 5.
The racy rendition noticed the duo and their backup dancers clad in risque blood-red devil-esque costumes.
Smith topped off their depraved outfit with a devil-horned hat, whereas Petras, 30, donned satanic-inspired headgear.
The eyebrow-raising present additionally featured massive balls of fireside and Petras performing in a cage surrounded by whip-wielding backup dancers.
The manufacturing rapidly prompted a myriad of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) complaints, with most of them slamming the efficiency for its alleged “glorification” of Satan.
Even politicians publicly weighed in: Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Marjorie Taylor-Greene each tweeted their disgust on the “evil” and “demonic” efficiency.
Despite the controversy, Smith and Petras received the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the tune later within the night time, making Petras the primary transgender girl to win a Grammy.
“I want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open,” an emotional Petras mentioned afterwards.
A German singer-songwriter, Petras transitioned to feminine on the age of 13.
Smith, in the meantime, has spoken earlier than in regards to the abuse after they got here out as nonbinary, together with being spat on on the street within the UK.
“It’s just so sad that we’re in 2023, and it’s still happening,” Smith instructed Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in January.
“It’s exhausting, and especially in England.”
This article initially appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission
Source: www.news.com.au
